North Wexford - 13/08

People: Me, Skelly, The Cramp James, Monkeywrasse aka Chef

Duration: 5pm Saturday - 9am Sunday!

Tide: Up at 8.10pm Saturday then down, then back up, then back down again.

Weather: Excellent. Dry all the way. Few little bursts of wind from time to time. Glorious on Sunday morning.

Bait: Rag, Lug, Crab, Mack, Sandeel, Squid

Rigs: Pulleys, Flappers, Up and Over

Results: We all had a load of pup smuts. Me and Skell had a few Tub Gurnards. James had a nice 4lb smoothie but Monkey got the biggest at 6lb.



Report: Me and Chef (Mr Wrasse) hit the beach at about 5pm. The lads had to follow us down as someone wanted to watch the pool stumble around the pitch and pretend to be professional footballers. As soon as my rig was in the water I had a pup smut on Rag. Things looked good and a few more followed. Got a nice knock and lost something big on peeler. Wonder what that was haha. The lads finally arrived after 7ish I think and we were all fishing away soon after. There was a bunch of French folks beside us camping and singing but as the tide was big we couldnt move much further down. Not too worry, a load of the lassies decided to strip down and splash around in the rollers. Needless to say the fishing went slow.

Picked up when the sun decided to leg it as it usually does. The fire was lit, the beers were opened and the rods were rebaited. At this stage we were only catching smuts and dogs. This beach usually throws up a fair few flats we thought then came to the conclusion there must be something big patrolling. I had caught a small huss on this beach a few weeks ago and Id say the tope lads would come in too so the heavy traces and big baits went out but no joy. Soon after the Gurnards started to show. Great little fish. The lads had a few of them last year and cooked them so I had to try one for myself. Head off, gutted and onto the fire. Absolutely beautiful. One of the nicest tasting fish Ive ever had and I like my seafood! While munching down on the grub prepared by chef I heard a shout from the man himself. "Fishy". Jogged over to see a lovely Smoothound arrive out from the bubbles. Weighed in at around 6lb. Quick pic and off he went. Chef was chuffed at his new PB. Shortly after Skelly hit the high road as he was up early for mass...

Things went slow but about 3 hours into the flood and the sun coming back up the fish started biting again. Few more pups, a nice 4lber for James and a little Dab for myself. The only flat of the whole session! James was chuffed with his PB smoothie. Thing must of knackered him as he fell asleep shortly after haha! Chef being the driver followed suit and went to put the head down for a few hours. Me being a sucker for punishment fished on for a while enjoying the amazing weather. About 10 I think the James fella awoke so we packed up and headed off... Not the most productive session going by the hours to fish ratio but was great craic to be out. Have been dyin to do an all nighter all summer. A few days down in Kerry at the end of the month shall hopefully cure the east coast blues of late. Watch this space...

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beer,nice scenery and a few fish=perfect all nighter,nice hounds

brilliant.well done.nice report

Well done lads, great report Jay ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,havent been out in a couple of weeks but i've got my van now so there'll be no stopping me ,,,Youve almost convinced me that we had some kind of Summer with that report ,,,,,Frollicking French Fillies, ,,Sunkissed beachbabes and bar-b-ques,,,,,,and did you say there were fish there as well ,,Wheres me rods

It was a good laugh alright
Nice report man, Kerry to look forward now.
Just remembered I still have bait in my boot s**t
Ps I didn't make it to mass

nice few hounds there lads!!!!

who let the hounds out? whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo!!!!!!!!! lol............

Hardcore Fishing lads!nice one great report and pics few nice hounds there!
tightlines
fergal

well done jay sounds like a great session and the fishing was good aswell i love nights like that

Brilliant report Jay; does the session justice, was a rare auld night.
All that was missing was the guitar and sing song, that's a priority for sure for our next adventure.

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Well done lads, great report Jay

Cheers Dave. Was a goodun alright. Theres no stopping ya now with the van.

Frollicking French Fillies

Haha great stuff Dave. Youre a true cunning linguist...

Just remembered I still have bait in my boot s**t

Paul "Smelly Boot" Skelly!

well done jay sounds like a great session and the fishing was good aswell i love nights like that

Cheers Alan. Fishing was good but not great. Bloody weather. Hopefully September will be nice and stable. It usually is for all the kids goin back to school.

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Shhhhhhhhhhhh Jay,TG4 will rob the story line.

Shhhhhhhhhhhh Jay,TG4 will rob the story line.

TG4!!! Ive already sold it to Hollywood. George Clooney is playing the part of the Sea Bass the silver fox he is...

Is he not a bit short to play the main character!!!!!!!!!

Is he not a bit short to play the main character!!!!!!!!!

Ah he'll pull off a speciman...

Great fishing lads, well done. Good Luck on your trip to Kerry, hope the fish bite for you's