n.donegal monday 19th

People: just me

Duration: 1pm - 6pm

Tide: HW 4.30ish

Weather: hurricane

Bait: mack, sandeel, crab

Rigs: yip

Results: very little

Report:
the forecast was giving 18mph SW winds for today. i thought that this shouldnt be too bad, in any case i should probably have been able to find shelter were it necessary..
arrived at destination after a 2hour drive only to get out of the car and into a complete GALE!! i spent a good hour trying to locate a spot out of the wind, i barely managed to do so.
the target was turbot (or ray, or bass, or s.trout..) but there wasnt any sign of any.
a poor days fishing but nice to get the cobwebs BLOWN AWAY from the weekend.
only one fish caught - better than none i suppose. missed a few other small bites and caught a lot of big shore crabs.
will be back mid week to try again. hope that feckin wind dies down!

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hard luck on that one, i thought you'd of had a blast where you went.
keep at it buddy
dave

it might have being only one fish but it looks a nice size flounder well done

Fair play to you for getting out, at least you beat the blank.

Is it just me or are the shore crabs bigger this year?

Keep 'er lit,
Monty

well done on getting out chuck, crabs is wat every body seems to be catchin these days nice flounder aswell, hang in there m8 ull get that turbo yet.

im after 1 myself.

hard luck on that one, i thought you'd of had a blast where you went.
keep at it buddy
dave

cheers dave. im sure things can only improve!

it might have being only one fish but it looks a nice size flounder well done

cheers tight lines. aye, not a bad wee flounder indeed. was actually quite happy with him

Fair play to you for getting out, at least you beat the blank.

Is it just me or are the shore crabs bigger this year?

Keep 'er lit,
Monty

Monty the shore crabs i was getting were BIG strong brutes! never seen them as big, anywhere. th eone in the photo was by far the smallest i got.

well done on getting out chuck, crabs is wat every body seems to be catchin these days nice flounder aswell, hang in there m8 ull get that turbo yet.

im after 1 myself.

thanks fagan. ha, dont worry, i'll get one soon enough i sure. just need to put in a little more time!..

Unlucky. Donegal seems to have its on weather system as we've discovered one or twenty times. Least you didnt blank!

Unlucky. Donegal seems to have its on weather system as we've discovered one or twenty times. Least you didnt blank!

indeed bazzer. cheers. will do it all over again tomorrow and Thursday. intend to improve on last result. Hope to hell Donegal weather is kinder and lets me fish the mark i want to!

hard luck charlie. things can only get better man

Hard luck man, the weather can be fairly local in Donegal alright! You'll get that turbo soon, keep at it.

hard luck charlie. things can only get better man

ive been out and about quite a bit lately and everywhere seems to be pretty slow up this neck of the woods Al. you could be right alright, things can only improve.. bring it on

Hard luck man, the weather can be fairly local in Donegal alright! You'll get that turbo soon, keep at it.

cheers Sweetwrasse. maybe i was being pretty optimistic to be trying to get one this early man. ah well, can but try. ta

fairplay gettin out and tryin but as said donegal has its own weather system and if the winds blowin it can be rash place to be. last yaer we were fishinf fahan in our t-shirts basking in the sun and all off a sudden it started to completly empty and the wind kicked up that much tripods were blowing over and everthing was everywere and after desperatly tryin to get things packed up it settled and the sun came back out and wind stopped. id say a wee bit early yet bout 4 or 5 weeks should see the summer fish returning in numbers...

last yaer we were fishinf fahan in our t-shirts basking in the sun and all off a sudden it started to completly empty and the wind kicked up that much tripods were blowing over and everthing was everywere and after desperatly tryin to get things packed up it settled and the sun came back out and wind stopped

ffs! i could well believe that

fairplay gettin out and tryin... id say a wee bit early yet bout 4 or 5 weeks should see the summer fish returning in numbers...

i was up again there during the week for two days (report to follow), things were defo still very slow (no turbot)
think i'll defo leave it for a few weeks now before i venture back up that way..
thanks for the post ghost

i was up again there during the week for two days (report to follow), things were defo still very slow (no turbot)

try whitepark bay charlie
2 up 1 down size 4 hooks and a rolling lead with strips of mackerel. even if you don't hit the turbos you'll stand the chance of something else man
a lot cheaper on the fuel too

i was up again there during the week for two days (report to follow), things were defo still very slow (no turbot)

try whitepark bay charlie
2 up 1 down size 4 hooks and a rolling lead with strips of mackerel. even if you don't hit the turbos you'll stand the chance of something else man
a lot cheaper on the fuel too

appreciate that suggestion there Al but i wouldnt like to think that i would have to put in a 12hour session, or a very long session(s), to get a wee turbot. as much as i am keen to get one i just dont have the patients to sit that long! i tried wpb on a few occassions last year only to drawn blanks
defo a lot cheaper on the fuel for sure but i reckon im goin to maybe leave it for a while now. maybe in a few weeks time
cheers