south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:00 pm

mPeople:me and anto byrne/not from site

Duration:11.30 til 15.00

Tide:high tide turning

Weather:foggy and cold

Bait:lug tipped with mac

Rigs:3 hook flappers

Results:me=11whiting and 4 dabs/other anto=codling 25cm/8whiting and 1 scorpion fishand 2 dabs




Report:i decided to bring my mate down to arklow to christen his new rod n reel.he was a very happy camper after 1st cast produced a 25cm codling and an 16cm dab.we had fish on every cast so it wasnt long before bait was gone :cry: all fish were small but still enjoyed a livley few hours.on the way home home all i was listening to was where we going next time ,another man addicted :D

Re: south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:02 pm

Good mix of species and plenty of them, any pics of the scorpion?

Re: south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:00 pm

well done lads nice swession for the east coast

Re: south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:46 pm

good god sounds like a session from one of my dreams :D massive results

Re: south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:39 pm

pics of scorpion in other antos phone cahal.if your after them as mini species the north wex beaches are a good place to try.a few of them caught at rnli fundraiser last month in courtown :wink:

Re: south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:22 pm

sorry folks date wrong ;19th feb

Re: south beach arklow 18th feb

Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:33 pm

loads of fish there antokildare well done :D