pure nostalgia nth beach greystones 18th feb

People:me

Duration:not long enough

Tide:rising

Weather:fine

Bait:crab

Rigs:one hook

Results:pure nostalgia and a few fish




Report:its been coming for a long time a trip to greystones nth beach it was one of my favourite places to fish back in the 70s and 80s so armed with fresh crab i arrived and was like a young fellow fishing for the first time the long walk to where i wanted to go flew in and was soon set up one rod cast out with one hook clipped down and one about 40yds i had the place to myself pure magic then the memories came flooding back this beach was used a lot years ago for ifsa comps and yielded a lot of fish one of my favourite ones was the midsummer night comp run by the borough sac where you could get 200 anglers stretched the full length from greystones to bray head and the weigh in was on the back of a trailer where you could win a bag of spuds or basket of tomatoes looking over towards the harbour i remember in the late60s getting the 84 bus on a sunday morning in dublin to fish the harbour wall with rag got from the late lilly corrie in the abc fishing tackle shop in little mary st and with mussell we used to get from the boats arriving back into the harbour there was also many a pint drank in the beech house after a days fishing and the usual stories of the ones that got away did i catch fish today well i did 1 codling 2 flounder several whiting but it was all about visiting an old friend and i kid you not as i was packing up at 5 i saw 2 dolphins or porpoises break the surface about half a mile off shore what a perfect end to a great day ps i on mature recollection it was howth sac who ran the midsummer comp

love the old story of greystones.... brillant...... i bet you won pleanty of spuds back then..... nice report......

takes me back allright.lovely memories..

Nice

Nice report. I'm with you on some of them memories but not going back that long but long
enough to remember when Greystones produced some smashing bags of fish!
The good aul days what!!!

Nice report and well done on the few fish

On the nostalgia bloody hell even though i am only 34 i remember the good old days with the nice bags of fish and great spirit between Anglers at comps.

Fished the harbor today and landed a few fish (Post report in the morning)but for me the north beach is completely changed

Its still an old friend but one that has had bad cosmetic surgery

My earliest memories of fishin Greystones was in the early 80s and like you mentioned buying bait from ABC I used to fish where the new harbor is on the left.. it used to be shail ground there and always good to throw up a few decent flats, I got what they called the "new DART" out and used to walk to the harbour.

Still with all the work done there I cant wait for the ground to settle and see what fish it brings in..@ fisherman59, thanks for sharing those memories!!

Wow that report brings back a lot of memories ,both fishing and especially great characters from
the greystones ridge ,so many stories i would not know where to start . The fishing was fantastic
you used to be spoiled for choice ,in the late 70s and 80s i remember catching cod out at the molditch up to 15 lb in fact cod were everywhere in g/stones .or you could go to the breaches boy
and target and catch blond and thornback ray and always catch at least i double figure fish ,but not
anymore........ no cod.... no ray... no plaice .... Thank god we still have our tope

brill ,fab ,brought a tear to my glass eye,you know i fished my first comp on that beach,was pegged on the sewer pipe ,remember,under the arch and out into the sea about 30 yds the best competition beach on the north of the harbour the corner been the real hot spot you must b near enough the same age as myself,if u have fond memories of that beach,i know i love it,so your not on your own and will be visiting it in the near future,tks yours truly the coyser,did u know chuck norris is so famous rice crispies wont make noise when he pours milk

well lads im glad it brought back memories to some of you the whole area of greystones was a mecca for match and pleasure anglers alike the sth beach and the thoughts of drawing the peg at the grey shed in the gannons but hey thats for another day thanks for all the replys

yes brought back lots of good memories of my misspent youth. comps on a sunday bait digging on a saturday.oilskins all wet and sandy and a mile walk to a peg. rod ,bag ,bait bucket,big steel jigger, waders.its no wonder i was a skinny whippit back then but some lovely fish . i remember a comp been won on kilcoole beach with a huge black sole most beautiful fish i had ever seen looked as if it had been hand painted .i wonder when there has been one seen on the east coast in the last 10yrs?

well lads im glad it brought back memories to some of you the whole area of greystones was a mecca for match and pleasure anglers alike the sth beach and the thoughts of drawing the peg at the grey shed in the gannons but hey thats for another day thanks for all the replys

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God be with the days ,the grey shed the hottest spot on the south beach,first and second rivers,great pegs in any comp,then there was the bend in kilcoole the big tree ,still standing till this day ,do you remember the bags of fish caught on that stretch,god how we ffd up,they could still be there today,only for mans greed for money you know its realy sad how destructful we are,with not a thought for the future,our childrens and our grandchildren ,most of them wont see a 10 lb cod, or a 2lb plaice or a bass for that matter if nothing is done sharpish,so lads let our voices be heard when need be,so there will be memories ,for there kids guys god i have lovely memories of those days so jd what can we do yours truly the coyser fishing since that time when there were fish by golly chuck is that you help

yes brought back lots of good memories of my misspent youth. comps on a sunday bait digging on a saturday.oilskins all wet and sandy and a mile walk to a peg. rod ,bag ,bait bucket,big steel jigger, waders.its no wonder i was a skinny whippit back then but some lovely fish . i remember a comp been won on kilcoole beach with a huge black sole most beautiful fish i had ever seen looked as if it had been hand painted .i wonder when there has been one seen on the east coast in the last 10yrs?

Brilliant