morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:16 pm
Bait: lug, rag , mack, prawn, sandeel, crab, razor
Rigs ; PENNEL , FLAPPERS
Arrived high tide, three lads.
We had 1 doggie, 2 rockling, 1 dab and a plaice that was 44cm absolute monster last cast of the night, using a pennel rig loaded with three full sandeel, pretty amazing , never caught a plaice using full sandeel and on a 4/0 pennel rig.
Quiet night all the same, sea was like a lake it was that calm.
Rigs ; PENNEL , FLAPPERS
Arrived high tide, three lads.
We had 1 doggie, 2 rockling, 1 dab and a plaice that was 44cm absolute monster last cast of the night, using a pennel rig loaded with three full sandeel, pretty amazing , never caught a plaice using full sandeel and on a 4/0 pennel rig.
Quiet night all the same, sea was like a lake it was that calm.
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:20 pm
sounds like a cracking plaice cian and great results.pity you had no camera.a picture of that plaice would of been sweet 
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:52 pm
4/0 little big i belive ,
i genaraly use 1/0 or 2/0 max
but i know what you are saying big bait big fish thats true but frenkly it wont work for me around both wicklow,wexford aera(however still i use one rod with 5/0 and 4/0 pannel me self
)
i genaraly use 1/0 or 2/0 max
but i know what you are saying big bait big fish thats true but frenkly it wont work for me around both wicklow,wexford aera(however still i use one rod with 5/0 and 4/0 pannel me self
)
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:10 pm
I have pictures , just cant load them , everyone on the site has posted in regards loading them , they load too big from camera to computer.
and people have suggessted ideas, i cant do it no matter how hard i try, sorry and thank you lads.
When i get another free day ill have to give it another bash.
I was fishing for a huss not a plaice, two of the lads were on morriscastle on sat night and caught 2 huss one small and one 4lb, got the pic, it was a beauty of a fish. but no luck for me.
and people have suggessted ideas, i cant do it no matter how hard i try, sorry and thank you lads.
When i get another free day ill have to give it another bash.
I was fishing for a huss not a plaice, two of the lads were on morriscastle on sat night and caught 2 huss one small and one 4lb, got the pic, it was a beauty of a fish. but no luck for me.
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:23 pm
sounds to me the trouble is on your camera.you computer should automatically pick them up.maybe be a good idea to ask a person in a camera shop or email the company brand of camera,cause pictures make your report so much better.hope you get all sorted soon.my uncle in dublin used to fish that beach alot in his younger days.some great reports he used to tell me from back in the late 60,s/70's.it aint like that now
CIANDOWNEY wrote:I have pictures , just cant load them , everyone on the site has posted in regards loading them , they load too big from camera to computer.
and people have suggessted ideas, i cant do it no matter how hard i try, sorry and thank you lads.
When i get another free day ill have to give it another bash.
I was fishing for a huss not a plaice, two of the lads were on morriscastle on sat night and caught 2 huss one small and one 4lb, got the pic, it was a beauty of a fish. but no luck for me.
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:33 pm
44 cm place it's real giant, i'v got my couple of days ago, but it wasn't that big so farr
i may have to follow you with the rigs and big baits that could be they after
well done, fair play on you
i may have to follow you with the rigs and big baits that could be they after
well done, fair play on you
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:48 pm
nice fishing nice place at 44cm it quite a rear thing now a days also love fishing morriscastle it alway trowes up a few fish
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:36 pm
Fished there last night myself, left about 930, didnt see anyone else though. Had ten fish in 5 casts, a double a cast. 3 flounder, 4 dabs, 2 whiting and a small smoothhound. Loads of fish going on a lovely night. Only used blacks and a bit of mackerel. If thats east coast fishing at a bad time of year, im going to like living here 
Re: morriscastle beach 16 3 11
Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:52 am
I know thats whats so good about this site the photos, im defo gonna head to a camera shop and ask them , have to get my pictures up some amazing stingray and wahoo from puerto rico , go there about three times a year fishing, just waiting to get a marlin, thats my dream in life!!!
Grady, the plaice was pure fluke, was tryin for a huss it is early but heard reports and seen the photos they are being caught there. if i was fishing for flats id use a 1/0 kamasan hook , wishbone with plenty of bling and a sliver of silver mack and other hook loaded with rag. we arrived at 6.30 and fished about 600-700 yrds to the right were theres rough ground, great in the summer for bass too. first 200 yrds of the beach gets disturbed by swimmers , we never caught anything big there.
i remember two yrs ago we were walkin back to the van and saw two foreign lads holding up a bull huss, they were locked and in hesterics they didnt know what it was , they didnt have a clue about fishing , knew by there set up , they had a hook just tied on to there mainline and a weight with a fillet of mackerel, well the huss was at least 10lbs it had a head like a human. biggest fish i ever seen caught of that beach. they were keepin it, and we took it of them and released it. they were going mental. finest huss i ever seen from the shore.
Grady, the plaice was pure fluke, was tryin for a huss it is early but heard reports and seen the photos they are being caught there. if i was fishing for flats id use a 1/0 kamasan hook , wishbone with plenty of bling and a sliver of silver mack and other hook loaded with rag. we arrived at 6.30 and fished about 600-700 yrds to the right were theres rough ground, great in the summer for bass too. first 200 yrds of the beach gets disturbed by swimmers , we never caught anything big there.
i remember two yrs ago we were walkin back to the van and saw two foreign lads holding up a bull huss, they were locked and in hesterics they didnt know what it was , they didnt have a clue about fishing , knew by there set up , they had a hook just tied on to there mainline and a weight with a fillet of mackerel, well the huss was at least 10lbs it had a head like a human. biggest fish i ever seen caught of that beach. they were keepin it, and we took it of them and released it. they were going mental. finest huss i ever seen from the shore.