Dun Laoighre Sunday 5th

People: Me and my 7 year old Shane

Duration:12 to 4pm

Tide:High tide at 1.50pm

Weather:Breezy and cool outside the harbour but pleasant enough inside

Bait:Rag and Mussel

Rigs: float

Results: 2 Wrasse for Shane - blank for me




Report:
Dusted off the rods and headed for the safety of Dun Laoighre with the keenest fisherman in the house. Hard to take him anywhere other than harbour walls so we planned a wrasse hunt. He'd been looking forward all week convinced that he'd catch a couple because he caught them here last year. He even wore his lucky cap
Set him up with a small bubble float and rag for bait and just dropped it into the water off the edge of the wall. The float dissapeared within 2 or 3 minutes and that was the way for the day. Plenty of bites and his first catch after came after 10 minutes. Unhooked the fish and looked up to discover an audience, and had to field a host of questions. Returned the fish to the water and after an anxious few minutes he recovered and swam off.
Second fish caught after an hour and went through the same routine as the first. Kept at the float fishing for another while until he decided he wanted to go through every spinner in the box.
Anyone thinking of introducing their young kids to the joys of fishing I'd recomend Dun Laoighre. Nice and safe and sheltered sitting on the steps close to the waters edge. He even got to cast on his own for the first time.

Obviously me not catching anything had nothing to do with lack of skill just that I was helping him

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great to see the kids do better than their parents

fair play to him

if he's anything like my kids your probably still geting stick

Well done Shane some lovely Wrasse, hard luck Dad.

Well done shane, nothing like beating your dad in anything even still and im no kid
Crackin wrasse also, in fantastic shape

fine couple fish shane!plenty more opportunitys to outfish your dad ha
tightlines
ferg

Nice work. I fish around Dun Loaghaire a bit but haven't targetted the wrasse much. Are those ballen wrasse or the other kind...the colours seem to vary quite a bit - is that male and female?..also how deep was the bait and was it the west or east pier....(sorry, a lot questions). All I seem to get there is whiting.

Well done, lovely fish