Arklow beach/pier 3/11/11

People:Me and Creep

Duration:3.5 hours

Tide:Ht at 14.00

Weather:Dry and gale force wind

Bait:Lug,Crab,Squid and Razor

Rigs:3 and 2 hook flappers, 1 up 1 down

Results:Me Flounder Dab and Whitings
Creep 5 bearded rockling, Plaice and Whitings




Report:1 st report lads... Got to the mark at just after HW ( not that you would know well that's Arklow ) and set up on the beach only to find that even a 5oz gripper wont hold bottom and the surf was breaking at about 7/8 ft high in front of us and the wind was howling down the beach.

We decided to move mark and went into the harbor for some shelter so Creep got set up down at the railing at the end of the pier and me slightly up from him. The very heavy swell was breaking onto the pier and around our feet trying to take our bait wraps and haversacks back out with it. Then the first very big wave hit the back of the pier and broke over the wall landing on top of Creep, to say I had a big chuckle at that well has to be done.!!

I move up to a spot that I taught looked where no water was breaking over the back of the wall!!!! what a mistake my turn for a soaking... and a few more soaking we had for the session....

Creep was 1st into the fish with a pin whiting in perfect condition so his blank saved. I was in next into the fish with a very nice flounder pan size but back he went so my blank saved then I had a double up with a pin whiting and a dab followed by whiting after whiting. Creep got a fish of his spices list a nice 5 bearded rockling so he did a jig on the pier maybe to get the water of himself.

On one of the last cast Creep pulled in a nice place on the flapper on lug that we got off "Tightlines" cheers Alan.

It was getting dark and the sea had started to change direction and come straight onto the pier so we made to call to call it an night not that we wanted to but the conditions got to dangerous to fish safely....

A nice short session had by the two of us.

Tightlines

Dave

not so easy to fish in conditions like that thou
but seems was a good bit of sport there
well done to creep on his new speasie in his list
well done lads

nice one guys fine variety of species there!

Thats what it was like last week there, and were that boat pulled my fathers rod in, nice result for ye tho.

well done boys i bet it felt good being able to wet a line (pardon the pun ) after all the running around yous did over the last few weeks if yous are heading out during the week give me a shout and i will dig the bait for us talk soon
cheers
alan

Cheers lads

Alan i will give you a bell sun or early monday mite be heading out on monday

Apart from the catching the crack was great, at one point Sparkey said "Its dry here, look no water", and he had a smug look on his face hehehe just as he said it I heard the thunder roll of the wave on the other side and down came a wall of water on top of him!! Perfect timing!!to say I laughed understatement, But heres the thing about fishing these conditions Safety first, I know that mark well also i was up with the railings should anything go pear shaped also I was wearing (as always) a flotation suite the currents around Arklow are dangerous as they have a great push particular around the Harbour, boats know this and hence sadly cant change direction quickly as they'd like, also the Harbour mouth is small, (which I'll never understand, they had room to open it a bit wider) speaking of which anyone knows what is going on with Greystones Harbour??? That used to be a great place until they decided to put up all that modren art work fencing all over the damn thing (feel sorry for the people living there that have to look at it day in day out )

well done boys i bet it felt good being able to wet a line (pardon the pun ) after all the running around yous did over the last few weeks if yous are heading out during the week give me a shout and i will dig the bait for us talk soon
cheers
alan

Cheers lads

Alan i will give you a bell sun or early monday mite be heading out on monday

Whats this "Might"?!?!?! I've fishing to make up for, and just because you didnt draw a blank on a boat , Alan mate dig away we'll take it!! too much fishin to be made up for, I heard you lads did well with the Cod so well done to ya's!! Woop woop!!

ERE DAVE wheres my piccie of my Five Bearded rockling??

On my phone hee hee hee and there it will stay ha ha ha . Will send it on to you later on.... maybe...... ...