Donegal Bay, 10th and 11th Feb 2012

People:Me

Duration:approx 7 hrs each day

Tide:Low to just after high water.

Weather:Very mild, calm, sunny even.

Bait:Frozen and fresh lug, fresh mackerel.

Rigs:2 and 3 hook flappers

Results: Flounder, turbot, dab, whiting, coalfish, dogfish.




Report:
Two days, four marks. Friday started off on a beach which was a new mark for me. The surf looked lovely and the sun was shining so it was great just to be out. Unfortunately the fishing was a bit slow. About 1 hour after the start of the flood, a small turbot (19cm) put in an appearance and nothing for another hour when a slightly bigger turbot (22cm) showed up. Both fish took mackerel bait. That was it, not a bite or a molested bait for the next hour and a half so it seemed like time to change venue. Still I suppose some people would be quite happy to catch a couple of turbot, wouldn't you Tightlines? I'll give that spot another go later in the year, perhaps the best time to try a new spot is when the old favourites are fishing well.
The move to another mark didn't really improve matters with only a hand sized dab, (God I wish I had bigger hands!) a slightly bigger coalfish and 4 small whiting (19cm) for my trouble. And so to bed.

Saturday started off with a nice flounder first cast and then nothing followed by lots of nothing, in fact about 3 hours worth of nothing but weed covered baits so I took the hint and moved on to the fourth mark of the 2 days. This didn't seem a particularly wise move for the first 2 hours as not even a bite registered. However around high water a bit of activity started with a couple of 29cm whiting and then 3 dogfish (read and weep Creep!) with a fourth escaping when a swell tore him off just as I was about to swing him in. One dogfish had a small whiting for company in the only double shot of the night. Not an outstanding couple of days fishing but one more for the 2012 species list and a day out beats a day in.

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Ahh A dogfish LOVELY!! Those Turbos have the best camouflage only the measuring stick gave it away , Nice to get out though keep it up!!

Fair play John nice fishing and congrats on the two turbos....

I see your a bit of a Dab hand at catching Turbot how did the frozen lug compare to the fresh?

I see your a bit of a Dab hand at catching Turbot how did the frozen lug compare to the fresh?

I had been expecting a few more flounder but floundered in that respect . Most of the fish took mackerel strip but the dab took frozen lug tipped with a bit of mackerel. The fresh lug attracted 1-2 whiting but the lug was also tipped with mackerel so the mackerel alone might have done the job.

Nice fish there nice wee turbot

fine wee turbo...........

great session John, nice looking turbots, well done