Wicklow New Pier 25-2-12

People:Me, Fishface, Mitch, Mitch's daughter and son.

Duration:7pm-10pm

Tide:LW 7pm approx

Weather:Beautiful mild calm night. Bit cooler later

Bait:Mack, lug and squid

Rigs:4 hook flapper, 2 hook flapper

Results:Hordes of whiting, a scorpion fish and a dab.

Report:Fishface did a recce on Friday night and with him getting 17 whiting in an hour we decided on a whiting fest for Saturday in Wicklow Harbour. It was nice to be heading further than Greystones for a change as i've been keeping close to home since this recession left me with long pockets and short arms . I got there first and set up 2 rods, one with a four hook flapper specifically designed to beat Fishface's tally of whiting . The other rod had a 2 hook flapper attached , dropped just off the edge of the pier. Both were baited with mack tipped with squid, or lug tipped with squid. I had a full house of 4 whiting on the first cast, with another whiting on the second rod, and this was the way the evening went, doubles and trebles all night . Fishface and Mitch arrived, along with Mitch's son and daughter, and soon everyone got in on the act and were hammering whiting. Mitch had a Dab, which along with my scorpion fish, were the only fish that were able to beat the whiting to the bait, as the sea was alive with them. To be honest, I needn't have bought lug as the whiting was doing the business on it's own, and here's me with long pocket's and short arms . Although you do get fed up catching them, it was nice to see both rod tips twitching away on such a mild, calm night, just a pity they weren't a bit bigger . Fishface wasn't too impressed with my 4 hook flapper and he attached 2 x 3 hook flappers together in a doomed attempt to outfish me , with which he deservedly got into an almighty tangle . I had better luck with my 2 rig, 6 hook, concoction,,,,and with Mitch on hand to authenticate my catch, I reeled in to see what was on the other end . As the shock leader came into view I could hear Mitch saying " There's one,,,,,two,,,,,three,,,,,,,four,,,,,there's more,,,,,,five,,,,,,well done Dave six whiting,,,,,,,,,,,that's Neil well and truly beat" . And on his home ground too . Well,,,,,I know it was just whiting,,,,,,,,,but it made it a bit more interesting and hopefully it heralds the start of better things to come ,,,I might even try my first daytime fishing session of the year today to use up my lug .We eventually got fed up catching pin whiting and the larger 20 cms ones and once Fishface had finished his litterpicking of the pier, fair play to him, we headed home.









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Sounds lke a manic Whiting session,,pretty much the same as ourselves.
Once we get the month of many weathers (March) out of the way; it's BBQ & Smoothie time

up yours

poor fish face imagine a dub showing him up on his own patch dave you did right recycling the whiting they are as tough as old boots on the hook and if your only getting them on your hook sure why not give em a mouthfull of their cousins to keep em happy
is that fishfaces tripod behind you in the pick i believe he has the talest one on the beach??

as for fishface litter picking how could he expect a hand when everyone else has temporary blindness from that headlight

Well done Eyesreilly, great read, sounds like ye had some amount of fish and six on the last one i can see a discovery programme in this one

Regards

Is that a 6 hook flapper?

Nice one Dave your like a one man Longliner

Is that a 6 hook flapper?

2 rigs attached together Alby

good read dave i love it when a plan comes together but i'm sure neil is planning his revenge

No offense lads, but there is something just a bit wrong about using 6 hooks at a time to catch pin whiting and post pics up here.... Its one thing doing it for macks for bait/freezer but using 6 hooks at a time to go pulling juvenile fish isnt going to win us too many fans. I know it was probably a bit of craic and all that and I don't mean to put a downer on your session, its not intended that way. I know I'm probably going to get a raft of comments about match fishing and the like and thats a fair point I suppose but targetting small fish with 3 hooks in a match situation at least has a purpose to it, ie the winning of a match as opposed to using 6 with no purpose..... Dont mean to cause a stir but it just didnt sit well is all.

think the guys were having there own match pete, maybe they set a 6 hook rule

A few times ive put 4 x 3 hook flappers on together for the craic 12 hooks in the water but most i ever got was 9 I have never managed a full house not cheap on bait either

tried two sets of feathers of the boat sod for macs, wasnt nice when i hit a few

tried two sets of feathers of the boat sod for macs, wasnt nice when i hit a few

dennis try 2 lb of lead next time works a treat .

tried two sets of feathers of the boat sod for macs, wasnt nice when i hit a few

dennis try 2 lb of lead next time works a treat .

on a 6lb class rod

2 rigs attached together Alby

I had you pictured in your kitchen concocting all kinds of rigs?

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on a 6lb class rod [/quote]

He hasnt got one anymore

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on a 6lb class rod [/quote]

He hasnt got one anymore [/quote]
Oh yea I have it now

ever get the feeling petekd that people are ignoring you, and rightly so,keep your silly comments to yourself,we make our own rules as we are not govern by any club or commitee, had enough of that for years

No offense lads, but there is something just a bit wrong about using 6 hooks at a time to catch pin whiting and post pics up here.... Its one thing doing it for macks for bait/freezer but using 6 hooks at a time to go pulling juvenile fish isnt going to win us too many fans. I know it was probably a bit of craic and all that and I don't mean to put a downer on your session, its not intended that way. I know I'm probably going to get a raft of comments about match fishing and the like and thats a fair point I suppose but targetting small fish with 3 hooks in a match situation at least has a purpose to it, ie the winning of a match as opposed to using 6 with no purpose..... Dont mean to cause a stir but it just didnt sit well is all.

There WAS a purpose though ,,,,,,TO BEAT FISHFACE . Just cos we don't fish organised comps doesnt mean we're not competitive,,,,,,,,but it WAS just a bit of craic . I understand your point though Pete and will take it on board