north beach enerreilly

People:me

Duration:16.00 - 22.00

Tide:23.00 ish

Weather:overcast ,southwesterly wind

Bait:rag , razor, crab , mackerel , sand eel, squid

Rigs:pennel pulley rig , 3 hook flapper
Results: 2 gurnard , 2 plaice very small pup smoothie




Report:no takers on the carp pulley rig fished as far as i could cast . all fish fell to rag tipped with a small piece of mackerel fished at 60 or so yards. i was after a smooth hound and got one even if it was tiny ,new pb never the less have been told a slack tide is best for em ? after a bigger one now ! any help would be much appreciated !

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Nice one on the smooth hound!similar myself went up in search of them in wexford managed 1 pup love a bigger one though some good looking fish there!niceone
fergal

bigger tides best some good tips viewtopic.php?f=6&t=35016
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pup smoothies are so kool man..........i would love a pet one in a tank if they would stay that size for ever ha ha, there look exactly like a bigger one just miniture!!!!!! NICE FLATTIE TOO BRO!!!!!!!

well done.if thats a plaice well i have caught tons of them

well done.if thats a plaice well i have caught tons of them

what would make you think it's not a plaice

good fishing smurfy

well done.if thats a plaice well i have caught tons of them

It's a plaice all right.

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ah im not saying its not a plaice i have just been confused with them and have had lots of fish like that and especially with those coloured spots.more orangey than red.jd has describe it below well

well done.if thats a plaice well i have caught tons of them

what would make you think it's not a plaice

good fishing smurfy

Defo a plaice great pic of the hound so small you wouldnt thing they can graw into the fighting fish they are and good man Rodger well done on the link

Well done, great photos.

Nice one!!! That Smoothie is the same size as the one im getting at present... Wheres his big brother ??? Great photos by the way!!

Try Arklow South Beach. I was there around 4p.m yesterday (high tide) and had new species to my repertoire - a 14inch Starry Smoothound. Hardly knew he was on the line until I was reeling in to finish the seesion! Took mixture of frozen mack tipped with squid and ragworm on second of Pennel Pulley rig. Conditions were indeed calm.

On a wexford beach on 18th august, during daylight and from full to dropping tide on an overcast, calm day we caught 4 smoothies ranging from 4lbs to 6.85lbs. A few pups were also taken but out of the better fish, 3 fell to peeler and 1 fell to a lug sausage ( 6 or 7 lug bound side by side by elastic and fed on to the hook). The calmer sea seems to bring the better fish closer to shore.......the calmness of the sea has seemed to be a factor every time. Well for me anyway

Im hittin there today