Crab Fishing in wicklow

People:Sweetwrasse, Myself and a new fisherman.

Duration:4ish till 9ish

Tide:all over the place

Weather:Calm with clear skies not to shabby

Bait:Crab, lug and some refrozen mack

Rigs:Flappers everywhere

Results:Some whiting and a nice rocking




Report: Had planned a trip down to Wicklow to see if we could catch some nice flounder before they disappear for the winter. After some meticulous planning we set out with every intention of landing a bumper catch. Sadly it was not to be and we ending horsing the entire crab population of Wicklow out of it. Surprisingly enough the best bait we found for the crabs was fresh and frozen peeler (a myth busted there). Determined not to go home without catching a fish a quick change of venue and a switch to some mack and lug got us into some whiting and Sweetwrasse got a nice rocking, fairly sure it was a three beard will upload a picture for confirmation. All in all a bit of a let down but some valuable lessons learned about catching crabs.

An article in this month's Sea Angler by Dave Lewis suggests that just after the first spell of frosty weather can be a good time to target flounder as the crabs will have headed off to deeper warmer water. Obviously it hasn't been cold enough yet in "Wickla".

bar the esturys full of codling - the fishing seems to be holding to form - nice and vague

hard luck lads

I have found the flounder a bit tougher this year as well. Most of the esturies have a lot of fresh water in them and are very coloured after the changeable weather. We've had a few, but nothing like last year. It was much colder earlier last year as well, so there might be somethign to it alright....Crabs have been a menace.

Kev

Will have to try the spot again as I've heard good things about it. Maybe wait for a better tide.

unlucky man. the crabs can be a real nuisance at times
i found the same myself. crabs are quite happy to eat your peeler, even removing lashings of bait elastic holding it on

Convinced that spot would produce Jack. You forgot my lovely doggie at the end Hopefully this weekend brings a nice busy session or two