buncrana pier 11-4-11

People:just me

Date :11/12-4-20011

Venue:buncrana pier

Duration:about 4 hours, 10.30pmish to 2.30am

Tide:flooding(hw approx 1.30am)

Weather:windy, some strong gusts, the odd spot of rain and cold(not in the floatation suit )

Bait:frozen mackerel and sandeel

Rigs: 2 hook boom size 1 and pulley size 2/0

Results: 1 baby ray


Report: pulled a double shift in work got home about 9pm got fed and while making a coffee i said to the wife "now the wains are in bed and i am off tuesday, maybe i'll go fishing for a few hours" her reply to me was " ok but your taking me up the town for lunch tomorrow". i cant remember if i drank the coffee but i was packed and ready to go before you could boil a kettle Decided to stay local so went to buncrana, it was a bt windy and a nip was in the air but once i was suited and booted i didnt care. There was quite a few strong gusts but withe tripod weighed down nothing moved, apart from the crabs managed to land a hermitt crab a first for me At around 1am i got a rattle on the big rod and hit into a fish, not much of a fight so my guess is a doggie, but i'll never know as it let go, not a touch on the big bait/rod the rest of the night. Was casting at all angles with the wee bass rod, hopping for a coalie or any fish to save the blank. After several casts even the crabs stopped bitting, so at 2am i wound in the big rod and put it away, when that was away i wound in the bass rod it had a bit of weigth on it, another crab i thought, when the headlight shone hit it i thought it was a flattie but when it landed on the pier it was the smallest ray i have seen, blank saved on the last cast of the night.

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well done on the raymond cant wait to get my first of the year

nice ray m8, cant wait to catch my first 1 this year. well done!!!

they are about but in small numbers, i guess i was lucky again but give a few months and more and the bigger ones will start to show

nice one martin, you just have to learn how to catch the big ones now..

good to see you getting out a bit more now too

nice wee ray there, well done

class looking wee raymond man . on the bright side, if the nippers are there then daddy and mammy wo'nt be too far behind

pity bout the one that got away!well done on your ray may not be a secimen but beat the blank in style
tightlines
fergal

thanks for the replies folks and its always nice to beat the blank

nice one martin, you just have to learn how to catch the big ones now..

good to see you getting out a bit more now too

dont worry Steve the big ones are on there way

good to be getting out again, have several years of missed sessions to catch up on

dont worry Steve the big ones are on there way

good to be getting out again, have several years of missed sessions to catch up on

Well you know where I live if you want a change of scenery.. just bring lug and rag

dont worry Steve the big ones are on there way

good to be getting out again, have several years of missed sessions to catch up on

Well you know where I live if you want a change of scenery.. just bring lug and rag

have to start building up the brownie points then

Nice wee raymond Well done

Nice to see the ray showing, welldone!!

they are about but in small numbers, i guess i was lucky again but give a few months and more and the bigger ones will start to show

You need to start ringing round when your going fishing!! Lol! I would have been well up for a sesh! Think its gonna be a good year for the Ray in the North as i heard of 2 fellas having a pile of Ray off a beach on the Swilly in February! Also reports of a few Ray in the past few days! Heading out this weekend to the Swilly and Mulroy Bay in search of a few so hopefully i'll have a nice report!

they are about but in small numbers, i guess i was lucky again but give a few months and more and the bigger ones will start to show

You need to start ringing round when your going fishing!! Lol! I would have been well up for a sesh! Think its gonna be a good year for the Ray in the North as i heard of 2 fellas having a pile of Ray off a beach on the Swilly in February! Also reports of a few Ray in the past few days! Heading out this weekend to the Swilly and Mulroy Bay in search of a few so hopefully i'll have a nice report!

sorry mate, most sessions i get are unplanned, but i'll text you the next time i get the chance to go and we can meet up

No probs Martin lad. I'm hitting Mulroy Bay on Sunday for some early season Ray if you wanna go! Fishing a beach thats hard to get to but hopefully worth it.

No probs Martin lad. I'm hitting Mulroy Bay on Sunday for some early season Ray if you wanna go! Fishing a beach thats hard to get to but hopefully worth it.

sorry mate the wife is on a 12 hour shift this Sunday but good luck