Co, Sligo Garfish, September 28 th & October 8 th 2010......

People: Myself

Duration: Sept 28th : 1.5 Hrs & Oct 8th : 1 Hr

Tide: Flood

Weather: 28th very wet & 8th windy

Bait: Limpets & Spinner

Results: Sept 28th: 2 Pollock, 4 Ballan, 1 Garfish, 1 Mackerel. Oct 8th: 2 Pollock, 4 Coalies, 3 Mackerel.




Report:

Sept 28th

Was Starting to get worried that I hadn’t caught a Garfish yet so on Tuesday morning I headed to a mark I seen a few at a couple of weeks ago where I caught a John Dory spinning so Packed the gear in to the car & drove to the mark.
It was raining nonstop making the rocks very slippery I tied on the spinner & on the second cast hooked a Garfish which leapt into the air like a mini Marlin Putting up a great fight, after a few minutes got her landed, Happy Days A few pics & back she went, stayed spinning for another fifteen minutes or so but no joy the rest of the Garfish were playing hard to get so I decided to move further down to another rock & try for a few Wrasse.
Stuck on a simple one hook rig loaded with small Limpets dropped down along the edge of the rock & within minutes was into what I thought was a good Wrasse when up came a nice Pollock got her landed & tipped the scales at 5lb the biggest one I’ve caught on Limpets yet, re baited & picked up four Ballan Wrasse before going back to spinning for the llast ten minutes where I caught another Pollock & one Mackerel.

October 8th

Spur of the moment spinning session at the same rock mark as before started of slow but as the tide reached near high water the fish came on the feed, picked up some Coalies, Mackerel & Pollock around the 2lb mark, only one decent Pollock about that managed to bury itself in the kelp & get free but I'll be back!!!!!!!!!!!.

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Well done Brian, nice results, that seems to be a decent mark ,must try some limpets before all the wrasse disappear

well done and nice gar

Well done Brian mate, super report and pictures. Congratulations on getting the garfish, they way the jump out of the water once you hook them is mental alright!! You described it perfectly - "A Mini Marlin" Nice wrasse and pollack too. Great results in two short sessions out. I'm glad that there is still some wrasse about because I know how much you like fishing for them. What about the mullet, is there still a few about or have most of them gone now?

Some lovely fish there, I see the trusty old lure is still going strong.

well done brian.love the garfish pics

Well done Brian, nice results, that seems to be a decent mark ,must try some limpets before all the wrasse disappear

Cheers Dave, its a great mark always a few decent fish lurken about

well done and nice gar

Cheers junior

Well done Brian mate, super report and pictures. Congratulations on getting the garfish, they way the jump out of the water once you hook them is mental alright!! You described it perfectly - "A Mini Marlin" Nice wrasse and pollack too. Great results in two short sessions out. I'm glad that there is still some wrasse about because I know how much you like fishing for them. What about the mullet, is there still a few about or have most of them gone now?

Thanks Paula, still some nice Mullet about yet so hopefully I will get another bash at them before they head off, if I can drag myself away from the Wrasse fishing

Some lovely fish there, I see the trusty old lure is still going strong.

Cheers nicefish, geat lure for the price & has out fished all jelly worms I've tried

well done brian.love the garfish pics

Cheers brian

nice one brian, good fishing, well done on garfish one more lovely spesie to add in your list
super one

nice result as ever Fisherking

with the gars if your planning on throwing them back try and shake them off the hook - they are like macs with very fine skin that burns from contact with your hand

im told if you handle them they are a goner pretty much after a few days

well done on the garfish brian,that mark is producing some great fish,first a john dory and now a garfish,i would love to have a mark like that

well done brian on the garfish,,that lure is doing the bizz,,nice result,,..

nice one brian, good fishing, well done on garfish one more lovely spesie to add in your list
super one

Cheers grady, roll on the next one

nice result as ever Fisherking

with the gars if your planning on throwing them back try and shake them off the hook - they are like macs with very fine skin that burns from contact with your hand

im told if you handle them they are a goner pretty much after a few days

Cheers corby, didn't think they were the same as Mackerel I knew I should have kept her for the pan

well done on the garfish brian,that mark is producing some great fish,first a john dory and now a garfish,i would love to have a mark like that

Cheers gerry, its one of the best marks I fish, there is alway plenty of big fish about & a few nice surprises swimming around on the flood tide

well done brian on the garfish,,that lure is doing the bizz,,nice result,,..

Cheers Jamie, we must get a session in soon & try a few beaches for a Bass

nice one brian good to see you got the garfish in the end man and you did'nt even need the WD-40

nice one brian good to see you got the garfish in the end man and you did'nt even need the WD-40

Cheers Al, roll on the next one & think ill bring a can as back up