Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:17 am

People:me, Mark( Sparkiemark), Paul

Duration:6pm-12am

Tide:high 9-50pm approx

Weather:SE breezes at first, calm later

Bait:crab,rag, squid,mack

Rigs:flappers and pulleys

Results:smoothies(pups), tope(pups), whiting, doggies, tub gurnard, Dab, Thornback Ray (Pup :lol: )

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Report:Met Mark and Paul at Jack Whites and drove on down to a beach near Courtown to see if the big smoothies were still around. Unfortunately they were somewhere else, at least from 6pm-12am :roll: , but we had plenty of action all evening with a nice variety of species. We were all fishing 2 rods each , so there was plenty of bait in the water at all times, but we couldnt tempt a biggie :roll: . I started the ball rolling with a pup on the first cast, followed by a doggie, a dab, and a pup tope, all on successive casts, and all on the small rod in close on rag/squid/mack combos.


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I did this despite the distraction of a young tanned lady in shorts who didnt seem to have anything else to do except walk up and down the beach in front on us :roll: . Thank the Lord my prayers were answered and she fe*ked off to distract someone else :roll: . With her gone we could concentrate entirely on the fishing :wink: . Paul who had never had a smoothie before , was delighted when he landed a small but perfect smoothie :lol: .


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We were delighted for him but then he went and landed a small thornback ray :shock: , showing that he obviously hadnt heard of the "Youre not supposed to outfish your host" rule :lol: :lol: . Isnt it funny how excited you get when one of your number gets an unusual catch :?: , its only afterwards that you realise that you didnt catch it :shock: :shock: .


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There was a strong run on the tide with some weed at first but it eased off later and it was a glorious evening , perfect for smoothies, if only someone had told them :roll: :roll: . The two lads caught Tub Gurnards, and I was a little envious :mrgreen: as I'd been trying to add one to the species list for the year, but peace was restored when i got one of my own 8) , on mack tipped with squid .

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I hooked into 2 lost rigs, one with a dead doggie attached, which meant I was able to replenish 2 of my lost leads :wink: . Going back to my car for a minute I Met Jayball 10 and some lads from the site but he had his hands full when I saw him so I left him to it :roll: . The lads fished the bottom end of the beach and i'm sure will post a report :lol: . We continued our hunt for big smoothies but we only got hits on our back up rods and their small bait combos. Still ,we ended the night with 7 species between us, good going for beach fishing. Packed up when bait ran out at 12pm.
Dave

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Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:18 pm

nice report there,,,i see nemo was out again :mrgreen:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:21 pm

hard luck dave those bid lads are playing hard to get ,but at least it was a nice evnening and the
scenery was good :lol: :lol: i was futher south last night and managed to pick up 4 hounds from 4 to 6 lbs
and did i tell you me and niel were out during the week i managed to get 2 and well lets say niel fish face brown
is still a SMOOTH HOUND VIRGIN THIS YEAR :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: MAYBE he will get a few tonight :) :)

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:24 pm

well done lads 8) another good read & session Dave & nemo looking good :wink:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:24 pm

saving private brian wrote:nice report there,,,i see nemo was out again :mrgreen:


Thanks Brian :wink:

FisherKing wrote:well done lads 8) another good read & session Dave & nemo looking good :wink:


Thanks FK, he's part of the team now till his batteries run out, then he's bait :twisted:

mitch wrote:hard luck dave those bid lads are playing hard to get ,but at least it was a nice evnening and the
scenery was good :lol: :lol: i was futher south last night and managed to pick up 4 hounds from 4 to 6 lbs
and did i tell you me and niel were out during the week i managed to get 2 and well lets say niel fish face brown
is still a SMOOTH HOUND VIRGIN THIS YEAR :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: MAYBE he will get a few tonight :) :)


Well done Gerry, thats great fishing, did you send Neil the pics :twisted: . Hopefully he'll pop his cherry soon :wink:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:34 pm

well done dave and co great mixed bag just a pitty the big hounds did not show but a good session all the same

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:50 pm

just because i dont up apost dose not mean i have not caught, ger forgot i sent him a pic of a biggy from enereilly the other night so there you bitches, and i see from your report dave that your still a bass virgin this year, i feel for you , honestly i do :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:01 pm

tight lines wrote:well done dave and co great mixed bag just a pitty the big hounds did not show but a good session all the same


Thanks Alan :wink:

fishface wrote:just because i dont up apost dose not mean i have not caught, ger forgot i sent him a pic of a biggy from enereilly the other night so there you bitches, and i see from your report dave that your still a Bass virgin this year, i feel for you , honestly i do :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D


What a bitchy reply :shock: :roll: :roll: Sad really :roll: I only try to fish and get on with my fellow anglers :lol:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:41 pm

eyesreilly wrote:he had his hands full when I saw him so I left him to it :roll: . The lads fished the bottom end of the beach and i'm sure will post a report :lol:


Haha, a mans gotta go when a mans gotta go :lol: I should remember in future to put the mouse back in the house quicker when I meet an SAI celeb :wink: We had similar results to yourself but managed 2 big fellas and a small Huss. I got put off putting up reports last year when someone lashed into me for having a street lamp in the background. Must of been some kinda famous street lamp or something :roll:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:35 pm

8) nice one great variety of species!we fished a beach last night close to courttown also, hoping for a nice hound,all we managed were a few pups :( but better than nothing),dab, whiting and a grey gurnard aswell.it just wasn,t to be with the hounds.bout a hour kip in the car we gave it another lash around 5/ 6am but the weed was something else so we packed up.lovley night to be out though .good fishing fair play
fergal

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:32 pm

Was a great nites fishing, the weather was beautiful, the company was good, and it was just a really relaxed evening session. Was just a shame that we didn't see any of the big hounds about. We wer all catching fish mid range and in close, I couldn't even buy a fish at range with crab.

Was a brilliant nite with everyone adding a new species for the year. Mine was the gurnard, dave had Tope and gurnard, and Paul getting dab,smoothy,gurnard and a beautiful little ray.

The ray was by far the high light off the nite, it was small but it was sum thing we didn't expect to see. The other high light was the lady walking her dog past us with huge assets up front!

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:07 pm

Nice photos and good report lads-Well done 8)

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:47 pm

Sparkie wrote:The ray was by far the high light off the nite, it was small but it was sum thing we didn't expect to see. The other high light was the lady walking her dog past us with huge assets up front!


Yeah, huge assets ... and I'm sure if I wasn't fishing with 3 cavemen, she would have stop for a chat :mrgreen:

Well done on the ray, even small they are always welcome.

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:15 am

Nice fishing eyes, had some pups myself with the kids :) , isint amazing that in the pic you took of the fishing charter not one passenger seems to have a life jacket on, must all be goood swimmers :P
I'm still trying to find nemo :wink:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:07 pm

Nice fishing lads! 8)

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:45 pm

Good variety - well done on the new species.

fishface wrote:nd i see from your report dave that your still a Bass virgin this year, i feel for you , honestly i do

You will have to take another trip down south, that should sort you out :wink:

Re: Wexford beach, 2nd July,2011

Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:34 am

gotta love those big eyes on the smoothie pups :lol: :lol: almost look like wee cartoon characters dave :lol: :lol: :lol: . and that was a great result with the thornie. was that the beach we fished with you last year dave? gotta get down with you for a session before the end of july man. i think drew and a few of the co down lads are interested too. might be good craic to have a mini meet again :P :P . speak soon man :wink: