First conger of the year

People:Me and fishy1987

Duration: No sure. Few hours

Tide: Rising

Weather: Cold and windy

Bait: Mack + lug

Rigs: Pirks and 3hook flappers

Results: 1 conger




Report: After hooking a few congers recently and not landing one between spat hooks, snoods being bit through and so on, i was determined to land one so we decided on a few hours fishing hoping for a few wrasse and conger. Landed on the mark and set up a 3 hook flapper wit lug and a pirk wit a mack head. I was fishing the pirk one turn up from the bottom as it's a snaggy mark. The bait was only in the water a few minutes when the rod tip started to shudder before the fish took properly and nearly pulled the rod over the railings. I struck and got a bit of a scrap before i got the fish to the surface and pulled it into the steps where fishy grabbed the pirk and got the eel in for me. Few quick picks and a weigh in. 7lbs 2 oz. No monster but it's a start for the seasons eel fishing anyway. Also added a quick pic of my first haddock that i caught on board the camden mist out of crosshaven. Fine boat and great skipper. Paul really put in the work to put us on the fish and it wasn't easy that day. Fishing was patchy but if there's any fish about, paul's the man to find them.

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nice fish ,,,well done

Nice conger to get the ball rolling, fine haddock too.

Nice conger evan first of many this year & haddock

well done Evan,u da conger king in Monkstown

Ah the conger. He looks like he has a bit of graffiti on his belly

Well done, both the fish look great. Have to try for a conger one day Ive heard the scrap is mighty

well done even nice way to get started for the year fine haddock too

nice fisheys well done evan

well done Evan,u da conger king in Monkstown

Thanks oli. You should try fishing for them some day. Great fight.

Well done, both the fish look great. Have to try for a conger one day Ive heard the scrap is mighty

They're great sport on the beach casters alright. Definitely worth targeting anyway. On some of the marks i fish you could consistently catch fish around 20lbs and bigger when the season really gets going in autumn.

well done even nice way to get started for the year fine haddock too

Thanks man. I was delighted to get the haddock alright. My dad was even happier. Fish suppers all round.

nice fisheys well done evan

Cheers john. I must try that mark i met you at before when i lost my wing mirror. I'd say there's a few big eels lurking around there.

size doesnt matter definetly when it comes to conger when i tried getting him up first he wasn,t to happy!i cant wait till i get one not sure about kissing him now tough

nice conger evan, im also will go hunt for them end of the week in donegal there is plenty of them around, friend of my he was out last friday managed few of them best was 14lb and has lost another 15 due to tackle as swivels or line been snaped, that's mean some monsters down there, well will see that
anyway well done mate good work

nice conger evan, im also will go hunt for them end of the week in donegal there is plenty of them around, friend of my he was out last friday managed few of them best was 14lb and has lost another 15 due to tackle as swivels or line been snaped, that's mean some monsters down there, well will see that
anyway well done mate good work

I've had big ones bite through lines on me alright. I now use 250lb line and haven't had any trouble. Another thing i did before if i didn't have line heavy enough is to put a load of beads on above the hook and tie a stop knot above the beads to hold them in place. The congers are then biting the beads instead of the line. Or some silicone tubing does the trick too.