donegal beach mark 21/09/10

People:me and brian

Duration:8am-1pm

Tide:droping

Weather:strong southwest wind

Bait:macs, sandeel, squid

Rigs:2 hook flappers

Results:loads of tiny turbots, flounders, single colie




Report:hit a new mark on tusday morning expecting a good size turbot, strong wind was blowing directly in the face so fishing was hard for the start as weeds pulled ours lines across the all beach
conditions werent great but small tiny turbots seems didnt slept too almost every cast prodused a small fella
for the first start have used fresh mac and squid freshly cought by brian evening before to see what feeds on beach also had some sand eel kept them for big turbot but they didnt work even small ones wont take them
as tide was almost slack some nice flounders appiered manage to cath around 10 between us and some bit bigger turbot but still not a plate size
anyway i was happy enough to cath first turbot in my life and add new spiese in my list
hopeing next time will get big ones if the weather not stands in my way

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at least you had good numbers to keep you busy and the new species

Nice one lads the pan size ones can be hard to find sometimes, but at least ye got plenty to keep you busy, I hope to get a shot at few soon if I can drag myself away from the Pollock & Wrasse

Good going on the turbos grady even if they are small, a catch is still a catch..

nice 1 grady.hah i got mine a week r 2 ago too.so mayo next is it

Well done grady on the new species and on getting a few turbot It sounds like the conditions in which you where fishing in where awful (wind and weed, nightmare!) and so I am glad that your effort paid off for you with a few fish caught during the session. Great report and pictures.

well done,grady!

thanks corbyeire, its good to be busy alright and specealy when after new spesies

at least you had good numbers to keep you busy and the new species

Nice one lads the pan size ones can be hard to find sometimes, but at least ye got plenty to keep you busy, I hope to get a shot at few soon if I can drag myself away from the Pollock & Wrasse

cheers brian, is not easy stay away from the fishing you like most but sometimes is nice to try something diferent u have good beaches in sligo and its the best time to do it

Good going on the turbos grady even if they are small, a catch is still a catch..

catch is still catch you are right there mick even turbots were small they been wormly welcome
thanks mick

nice 1 grady.hah i got mine a week r 2 ago too.so mayo next is it

cheers brian, i saw your report alright beter later than never yap have to try mayo beach may get plate size turbot before you got 1

Well done grady on the new species and on getting a few turbot It sounds like the conditions in which you where fishing in where awful (wind and weed, nightmare!) and so I am glad that your effort paid off for you with a few fish caught during the session. Great report and pictures.

thank you paula, yes conditions were awful but we cant ordrer the weather but we have choise to fish in that or give up,
but i wount give up i'll beter take a chalange and hopeing to be aworded with nice catch

well done,grady!

thanks oli seems you noy wasting your time down in cork, sadly we have no bass up in ours area

we will get some,when u come to Cork

nice one on the turbo's Grady, will be targeting them myself this weekend at a mark i know, there was an 8 or 9lber got from this mark during the week, hope its mammy is hanging about

Always nice to get a new species, theres been plenty small flounder and turbot all over donegal lately, very little over 30cm, but there has to be a few bigger ones about, mabey we should be adjusting our bait and hook sizes to target them specifically.

cracking result man . i know it might be a bit late to remember just now,, but that second pic looks like you might have a turbot and brill . the only positive way to say for sure is if you can remember if one was bumpy and one was smoothe . the turbot are covered in little bumps called tubercles which you can easily feel if you give them a rub, but the brill are almost identicle apart from this feature as they will feel smoothe to the touch and not bumpy.. just a thought in case you're robbing yourself of another species to add to your list man

nice one on the turbo's Grady, will be targeting them myself this weekend at a mark i know, there was an 8 or 9lber got from this mark during the week, hope its mammy is hanging about

thanks lad best of luck on big ones there is big fish in the mark where i was fishing but i had no time to fish in diferent levels of tide in high tide may more mammys would appiers who knows

Always nice to get a new species, theres been plenty small flounder and turbot all over donegal lately, very little over 30cm, but there has to be a few bigger ones about, mabey we should be adjusting our bait and hook sizes to target them specifically.

thats true hook sizes and baits make sinse alright, but what could be beter that strip of fresh mackerel squid and saneel i mean very fresh even squids were cought just in evening before but hooks i had may bit to small well always worth to experiment cheers

cracking result man . i know it might be a bit late to remember just now,, but that second pic looks like you might have a turbot and brill . the only positive way to say for sure is if you can remember if one was bumpy and one was smoothe . the turbot are covered in little bumps called tubercles which you can easily feel if you give them a rub, but the brill are almost identicle apart from this feature as they will feel smoothe to the touch and not bumpy.. just a thought in case you're robbing yourself of another species to add to your list man

thanks al good point there that what i'v thought too there plenty of brill , but sorry bought of them were bumpy definetly two turbots, so only one spesie could be add at the moment thanks for advise al