Bray Harbour, 15-5-11

[eyesreilly]

People:me

Duration:7pm-10pm

Tide:rising

Weather:windy

Bait:manky lug and rag, frozen crab, mack, squid

Rigs:flappers in close, pulley at distance

Results:silver eels, blenny, coalie, corkwing wrasse




Report:




Went to Bray Harbour for a few hours Sunday evening. Had some rag and lug leftover from Saturday but it wasnt in good condition. The evening was surprisingly sunny in Bray and I had only a jumper on for most of the time , got chilly later though. Things started off quiet enough, I had a pulley rig baited with crab, then lug and squid and then with just mackerel,,,,,,,but the crabs just picked them clean each time. In close , i tried for wrasse in among the rocks, with a small 2 hook flapper with rag tipped with squid. I should have just used the one hook as I lost a couple of rigs and all the fish were caught on the bottom hook . Got nothing at distance. Started getting bites after about an hour and first fish was a surprise eel .




I managed to release him without too much fuss, last time i caught one he mangled my trace. This was followed by two other eels, last one was biggest but I didnt bother with the pic as I already had one. A blenny was next, the manky rag was going down a treat but I only had a few .



The wrasse came next,a female corkwing, really soft bites, I had the rod in my hand all the time and i missed her a few times but she kept coming back.First wrasse of the season for me too .



Last fish was a coalie, also my first this year .




Then the bit of newspaper I had my manky rag in lifted into the air and dissappeared over the railings,,,,not surprising really as there was a large photo of a Spitfire in it. The Spitfire flew for a few yards before making a perfect landing in the water .Ah well ,it was time for me to go anyway and pick herself up from the Amusements in Bray. I was delighted with my little session , 3 new species for the year and I wasnt even going to go out .The missus had a nice result too, bagging Winnie the Pooh

Last edited by eyesreilly on Tue May 17, 2011 7:31 am, edited 1 time in total.

Looking a bit nicer than the last time I was there Dave! Well done on the Eel! Handy for the species list...

Well Dave yea the crabs ( in the sea ) they do strip everything as I found out last week again but fair play for the ell.....

good to see your still getting out dave,send me a pm when your going again, if i survive the drive i might get some fishing in

hich one is winny

hich one is winny

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 4:39 am
You need to get more sleep

Looking a bit nicer than the last time I was there Dave! Well done on the Eel! Handy for the species list...

We laid that weather on to test you Drew,,,,,,,,,,you passed with flying colours

good to see your still getting out dave,send me a pm when your going again, if i survive the drive i might get some fishing in

I'll let you know next time James

dave ya should have text me i had rotten rag in the fridge and some nice refrozen crab for the wow wows

Well done on the new species.
I should get out myself and try for a few wrasse and mini species but it's hard to get motivated now that the bass ban is in force

hey frank youve a whole month to get into wrasse ect you might get addicted and leave them poor bass alone forever !:mrgreen: