North Wexford Beach 12-3-11

[eyesreilly]

People:me, Fishface, Mitch and Ringo

Duration:7PM-10-30PM

Tide:falling mostly

Weather:Rain then clear and mild

Bait:lug, mack , squid, crab

Rigs:flappers and pulley rig

Results:whiting, rockling , dab, smoothound




Report:Despite the lack of reports from the East Coast, I decided to give it a lash and head down the motorway to Wexford in the hope of a few fish. It was lashing rain on the way down and once again I wondered what I was doing . I had promised myself that I was giving up being a Martyr in 2011, but here I was chasing after some scarce fish ,,,,,,driving in the rain down to Wexford with petrol past €1-50 a litre . The rain had thankfully stopped by the time I arrived but I had to walk through the flooded river on arrival and I set up my tent in case it rained again, which of course it did . On the plus side it was mild enough, and it cleared off after a half hour or so. I set up my 2 rods, one in close and one at distance, a sneaky crab on the distance one , and lug and squid on the flappers. Fishface arrived and set up and guess what,,he had only cast out when the ratchet screamed and he landed a nice Dab, who must have had a strong bite . When he landed another fish shortly after, a rockling,,,,,,,,,,without reply from me, I could sense what was coming, ,,,,,,,,another night of slagging from Fishface . I was relieved to land a rockling myself, then a whiting , and then the night progressed into a session of rockling after rockling. All I got on the distance rod was pin whiting, despite my hopes of a small Smoothie (in my dreams ).. Mitch and Ringo arrived and set up in the distance. I soon saw Ringo throwing back a fish,,,,,from which I deduced that he must be catching ,no flies on me . On talking to the lads later, I found out that they were catching 5 beard rockling, or slugs as they now seem to be called, I prefer rockling, and flats. Not very exciting fishing, as they dont really move the rod tip much,if at all .Neil had had enough by 10pm and packed up,,,,and I followed suit at 10-30pm, but not before being called over to see Ringos last fish,,,,,,,,,,a beautiful little Smoothound, perfectly formed. I sent Fishface a photo from my phone, hopefully to annoy him!, as we were all wearing Imax survival suits, he wouldnt know which one of us caught it . I was so envious of Ringo, he caught it on crab as well,which I had been sneakily using all evening. Still ,,,even seeing one is a start, all I have to do now is catch one myself

ps,,,,,I ended up with 6 rockling and 2 pin whiting ,,,much the same as everyone else except for Ringo ,,who had a Smoothound

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Last edited by eyesreilly on Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Well done on getting a few fish. Great pic of the little hound

well done.theres a sign now that the smootys are on the way.there sending the pups in first lol.nice dab too by the way

good to see the smoothie [pup] comming in a sign of things to come but those slugs sorry
rockling I HATE THEM they were everywhere like a plague not wishing my life away but
roll on may and some real fishing just think about it, nice warm nights a good chance of a bass if there is a bit of surf, and on those nice calm nights you can have a go at those hounds or maybe a shot at a ray Bring it on

hopefully youll get your smoothhound allright ,bigger than that aswell

Nice fishing for las month 12/2/11.

Nice fishing for las month 12/2/11.

Is this March already

Nice Pup that! Smoothies are comin back! Happy days!

Nice fishing for las month 12/2/11.

Always one smart arse

Nice report Dave. Looking forward to summer nights in Wexford. Have a weekend booked for the May weekend and then a week in June with the family I know how it felt about the rain. I chickened out on Friday and chose instead to clean out my shed and drink

Great report dave and roll on the summer.

Nice one Dave & Co. First Smoothie pic of the season? Hopefully many more to come.

nice report and well done on the few fish lets hope that pup is the start of the invasion

Good Sesh Lads, well done!

nice one guys, smoothies so early on has to be a good sign