north connemara co galway 18th april 2011

People:myself

Duration:19:30 to 21:00

Tide:high 18:10 5.5m

Weather:dry

Bait:sandeel,white rag,mackerel,squid

Rigs:3 hook flapper

Results:13 fish




Report:after the session yesterday I said I would head back to the same pier with the young lad to see if I could show him how to fish
I dropped a line down the edge and shortly after landed this lad

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next fish was this lad

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never caught one at the pier before so was delighted to see it
the rod a distance started to go next and I landed this lad

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I put on a small set of feathers and got a good few of these lads

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headed home after that because the young lad was getting tired
2 more species added to the list and its great to see the pier pick up so fast,I fished it Friday last and only landed 1 fish
I was talking to a local man who said he he saw a load of mullet there as well,happy days the summer is here

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Good stuff Gerry, the species list is growing all the time... great to hear things are starting to pick up..

Mick

nice one on the 2 new species fairplay cant wait to add a wrasse to my own
tightlines
fergal

Great days fishing there buddy

thats a cracking days fishing there

20 FISH IN 2 SESSIONS NOTING WRONG WITH THAT GER KEEP IT UP NICE TO SEE THE POLLOCK STARTING TO SHOW

Nice session gerry still no wrasse back around my marks yet, but hopefully in the next few weeks they wil be back

nice going gerry,,nice few species ther,,that first pic,looks like a shanny,,,well done

nice one gerry,nice to see you getting the fish for the young lad!

Love to see wrasse and pollock, it means summer is here

nice one gerry.the young man will have all the tricks soon. you will have to watch out, it wont be long till he will be putting up his own reports. . well done on the species.

nice session gerry well done did the lad get anyting

Good stuff Gerry, the species list is growing all the time... great to hear things are starting to pick up..

Mick

thanks mick,its amazing what difference 2 days made,i fished there on friday and had very few bites,great to see it picking up,hopefully the mackerel will be here soon as well

:) nice one on the 2 new species fairplay cant wait to add a wrasse to my own
tightlines
fergal

thanks fergal,best of luck with the wrasse hunt,the white rag did the job for me

Great days fishing there buddy

thanks cian

thats a cracking days fishing there

thanks polmac

20 FISH IN 2 SESSIONS NOTING WRONG WITH THAT GER KEEP IT UP NICE TO SEE THE POLLOCK STARTING TO SHOW

cheers alan,when you are down give the pier where you met myself and the wife and young lad at a go near darkness and it should be pretty good

Nice session gerry still no wrasse back around my marks yet, but hopefully in the next few weeks they wil be back

thanks Brian,I would say it wont be long until we see reports of some nice wrasse from you

nice going gerry,,nice few species ther,,that first pic,looks like a shanny,,,well done

thanks jamie I think it was a shanny as well,caught 2 of them that night

nice one gerry,nice to see you getting the fish for the young lad!

thanks Noel,he enjoyed going out and seeing some fish

Love to see wrasse and pollock, it means summer is here

usually I know it summer when I nearly crash the car from watching short skirts

nice one gerry.the young man will have all the tricks soon. you will have to watch out, it wont be long till he will be putting up his own reports. . well done on the species.

thanks dan,it will be awhile before he puts up a report,he has to learn the abc first,he is only 16 months

nice session gerry well done did the lad get anyting

thanks gitsea ,he didn't get any he is a bit small yet but he had great fun holding on to the rod while a small pollack was tugging on the other end

Nice on Gerry. The fishing over here is awful at the mo. Had a weekend in Wales, Dinas couple of weeks ago and blanked all weekend. Hope you`re well pal.
Martin.

Nice on Gerry. The fishing over here is awful at the mo. Had a weekend in Wales, Dinas couple of weeks ago and blanked all weekend. Hope you`re well pal.
Martin.

thanks martin,hope you are well too,the fishing was bad here too,it has just picked in the last 2 weeks,the pier is producing a good few species now,you will have to take a trip over again soon

Good to see the wrasse about Gerry, I tried for some yesterday evening at a local mark but none around here yet,wont be long hopefully