Co, Sligo beach marks, 04th & 18th of January 2011

[FisherKing]

People: Jan 4 myself & Polaris(Jamie) 18th myself

Duration: Few hours

Tide: Flood

Weather: wet windy sunny & cold

Bait: Mack & Sandeel

Rigs: 2 & 3 Hook Flappers

Results: 2 Sea Trout & 2 Flounder




Report:

Was itching to get out for my first session of the year & wet a line so arranged to meet up
with polaris at the beach mark, I arrived first the sky looked clear, wind light & good surf running , everything was looking good.
I got set up & put a 2 & 3 hook flapper out, one at distance the other in close, Jamie soon arrived down along with the rain
Jamie got set up & I got a good bite on the rod in close, ran over & reeled in my first fish of the year a nice wee Sea Trout happy days at this stage the rain was belting down on us & the wind getting strong, fishing was very slow & tough for the next few hours with not a bite took one last cast for the road before we packed up as we were soaked to the skin at this stage & as I was reeling in my lines I felt a bit of weight pulling back, thought to myself must be some the rack in the current but as it came close I could see a fine flounder come to the surface that measured just under 37cm biggest I’ve had from this mark & another species for the this year, even though we got a good soaking it was well worth it & a good laugh with a couple of fish.

18th

As I working close to a few beaches during the week & wanted to get out for my second session of the year I kept the rods in the car & brought bit of frozen bait with me just in case ..Sneaked of work for few hours & made my down to the nearest beach for a cast.
Arrived to a nice surf & quiet strand got set up quickly & within five minutes got a good bite & reeled in fine little sea trout few quick pics & back she went, missed a few bites over the next hour but picked up a nice Flounder in the mid twenty’s near the end of the session good to be out again & roll on the next session...

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Last edited by FisherKing on Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.

nice kick off to the year brian,,,,,that sure was a wet day,i,ll havta re waterproof me gear cos it was letting in,,,,the soggy bottom boys,,,we,ll hava meet up soon and i,ll bring my clowd,lol, anyways nice start to the year bri ,,well done

good flounder ,we arnt getting many over this way at the moment too cold i recon

Well done guys. That's a cracker of a flounder Brian, you must have been well pleased with that. Nice couple of seatrout too. That's your year off to a good start. I bet your itching to get out to the rocks for a spot of wrasse fishing again

Well done nice flounder and trout

great way to start the year brian!! no blanks and some nice fish. i tell ya man you could pull a sea trout outta a puddle

Flounder is a stonker! love it, well done.

Conor

Well done on the sea trout, very nice flounder too!!!!

good man brian, nice couple of trouts and your flounder if im right it about 14" (45cm) it real giant great sessions mate, well done,
sunday im hiting one of the beaches in donegal couldn't wait any longer

nice kick off to the year brian,,,,,that sure was a wet day,i,ll havta re waterproof me gear cos it was letting in,,,,the soggy bottom boys,,,we,ll hava meet up soon and i,ll bring my clowd,lol, anyways nice start to the year bri ,,well done

Cheers Jamie, just hope the weather stays dry, youl have to try & out run the rain clouds

good flounder ,we arnt getting many over this way at the moment too cold i recon

Cheers Roger, hopefully will get a few more before the big ones head of spawning

Well done guys. That's a cracker of a flounder Brian, you must have been well pleased with that. Nice couple of seatrout too. That's your year off to a good start. I bet your itching to get out to the rocks for a spot of wrasse fishing again

Cheers Paula, i cant wait to get back at the big Wrasse just love catching them, pure class fish

Well done nice flounder and trout

Cheers zud

great way to start the year brian!! no blanks and some nice fish. i tell ya man you could pull a sea trout outta a puddle

Cheers Al , I better make the most of this weather & try for a few big ones

Flounder is a stonker! love it, well done.

Conor

Cheers daminim

Well done on the sea trout, very nice flounder too!!!!

Cheers Frank

good man brian, nice couple of trouts and your flounder if im right it about 14" (45cm) it real giant great sessions mate, well done,
sunday im hiting one of the beaches in donegal couldn't wait any longer

Cheers grady, I wish she was 45cm that would be some beast good luck at the weekend hope you get some good fishing in