Bray Harbour 21-1-12

People:me

Duration:7-30pm - 10pm

Tide:rising

Weather:not bad, breezy but dry

Bait:frozen lug, mack, and squid

Rigs:2 hook flappers

Results: Codling, pollock, shore rockling


Report: With a gaggle of girls, my daughter's friends, coming to the house for a " Baby Shower",,,whatever that is ,,,,,,,I decided to abandon my 6 day old pledge of "not going out till the fishing gets better" and headed for the solitude of Bray Harbour. I just about got the gear packed before the first of the scantily clad young ladies arrived . I concentrated on images of cod and coalies and exited stage left . In no time I was reversing down the Harbour and was soon setting up the gear. It was only when I put on my headlight that I noticed the doggie doo dah's that were strategically placed all around my fishing area. It was like being in the middle of a minefield and I decided that it was only a matter of time before my diminishing eyesight placed me in danger of setting off one of these bad boy's I took a dustpan from the back of the van and did a bit of "mine-clearing" before I could relax into the fishing. I lost a rig in the snags on the first cast,,,,, but that's not the end of the world and on the second attempt I had a small pollock, blank saved for another night . I set up the distance rod,,,but this was to prove a fruitless exercise as i didnt get a nibble on it all night . In close I had a couple of shore rockling, so I was happy enough with this mini session. I had the small rod in close, baited with frozen lug/squid while I was baiting up the distance when all of a sudded I noticed the small rod buckling over ,,,,,,,,,,bang,bang, bang,,,,it was going ballistic and when I lifted into it I knew there was something decent on the other end. I eventually got it to the surface after about 5 seconds,,,,the water is not very deep here you see ,,,and my heartbeat went up a notch when I saw a fine Nodder thrashing about on the surface . Luckily for me my small Tubertini reel was up to the job and the 20lb line held and the size 2 hook that was barely in the corner of his lip didnt straighten out,,,,,,,,,,,,everything was going right for once,,,,,,,,and I soon had him up over De wall and onto my dishcloth for a nice piccie for the lads at SAI . Even better,,,,,,,,there were a few witnesses walking by who were suitably impressed by my achievement,,,,,,even more so when I told them this was a rare occurrence for me I returned the Nodder as I decided it would have ruined the moment if the 2 elderly ladies saw me bash him over the head with a hammer,especially as I had told them they were so rare . He floated around for a bit and I was nearly sorry to have let him go but then he gave a big splash and charged off back to the depths,,,,well it's not very deep ,,and I was glad. The next one won't be so lucky, if I ever get one. He was 41-2cms,,,,let's say 42 as we're all anglers here . I couldnt wait to tell Fishface so I sent him a text before packing up and heading home to tell the tale again,,,,,i'm easily pleased as i've said before . I seem to get one good fish per year from Bray Harbour so i'll see yis in 2013 for my next report

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nice report, nice fish. i would have knocked him on the head meself

Nice fishing Dave!!!!

way to go dave . that's a great codling for there man. must have went well on the wee rod alright . looks like the gauntlett has been well and truely set out for fishface now

nice 1 dave fine codling from bray harbour it bigger than anyting i got i youghal last night but will try again 2night i should have booked into a hotel for the amount of money i am spending on petrol

gauntlet might be the right word as im out of fishing circles at the moment with a bad thumb oh and by the way , nice one dave, hope i dont have to keep repeting myself all year

Well done mate, @ fishface hope your thumb gets on the mend
but My money is on Dave

gauntlet might be the right word as im out of fishing circles at the moment with a bad thumb oh and by the way , nice one dave, hope i dont have to keep repeting myself all year

could be the perfect opportunity to get back to the fixed spool reel neil

Fair play Dave nice fishing was down in youghal with Alan last night and by George its causing a fortune on juice and hurt the back down there again

nice report, nice fish. i would have knocked him on the head meself

Cheers,,,,,,,,,,,funny enough, so would I

Nice fishing Dave!!!!

Cheers Drew , it was a bit better last night than the night you were there

way to go dave . that's a great codling for there man. must have went well on the wee rod alright . looks like the gauntlett has been well and truely set out for fishface now

Thanks Al , hopefully Neil will be back in action soon, I'm enjoying the break from all those stories about the good oul days ,,,,,,,but now someone else(or maybe it's him incognito ) is rambling on about the good old days in Greystones.

nice 1 dave fine codling from bray harbour it bigger than anyting i got i youghal last night but will try again 2night i should have booked into a hotel for the amount of money i am spending on petrol

Cheers Alan, best of luck tonight in Youghal, had a great session,not fishing mind you ,last time I was there.

gauntlet might be the right word as im out of fishing circles at the moment with a bad thumb oh and by the way , nice one dave, hope i dont have to keep repeting myself all year

Youre repeating yourself for the last few years,,,,,,,,,,it's an age thing

Well done mate, @ fishface hope your thumb gets on the mend


Cheers Kevin
but My money is on Dave

Fair play Dave nice fishing was down in youghal with Alan last night and by George its causing a fortune on juice and hurt the back down there again

Cheers Sparkey

fine looking codling there mate, well done

Super codling dave THUMBS up to ya dave oops sorry neil

fine looking codling there mate, well done

Thanks Grady

Super codling dave THUMBS up to ya dave oops sorry neil

Thanks Ger,,,no need to give him the 2 fingers ,the photo turned out well, I took it with my DIGITal camera

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