Wicklow Harbour 15/6/12
Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:01 pm
People:Sweetwrasse & myself
Duration: A few hours
Tide:Rising
Weather:Horrendous
Bait:Rag
Rigs:Single hooks and a sliding weight
Results:Male & Female corkwing wrasse, Ballan wrasse and Tompot Blenny's
Report: Had planned to hit wicklow pier to try target a few new species, unfortunately the swell and massive amounts of fresh water coming down the river put and end to that. After Sweetwrasee managed a double of a small Corkwing and a Tompot Blenny right beside the pier wall a change in tactics was in need and the 5lb braid and size 4 hooks came out. We were getting plenty of bites but these mini species have a serious knack of managing to strip the bait from the hook in seconds. Eventually we got the fishing dialled in and were able to hook a few more fish Even managed to catch the same Blenny twice!!
so just shows you how hardy they are. Wasn't pure LRF fishing as we were using bait 
but the conditions called for it its very enjoyable catching some mini species on a rod only rated for a couple of grams. From what looked like a fairly tricky session was pretty good to manage to winkle a few fish out.
Duration: A few hours
Tide:Rising
Weather:Horrendous
Bait:Rag
Rigs:Single hooks and a sliding weight
Results:Male & Female corkwing wrasse, Ballan wrasse and Tompot Blenny's
Report: Had planned to hit wicklow pier to try target a few new species, unfortunately the swell and massive amounts of fresh water coming down the river put and end to that. After Sweetwrasee managed a double of a small Corkwing and a Tompot Blenny right beside the pier wall a change in tactics was in need and the 5lb braid and size 4 hooks came out. We were getting plenty of bites but these mini species have a serious knack of managing to strip the bait from the hook in seconds. Eventually we got the fishing dialled in and were able to hook a few more fish Even managed to catch the same Blenny twice!!
so just shows you how hardy they are. Wasn't pure LRF fishing as we were using bait but the conditions called for it its very enjoyable catching some mini species on a rod only rated for a couple of grams. From what looked like a fairly tricky session was pretty good to manage to winkle a few fish out.
Re: Wicklow Harbour 15/6/12
Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:10 pm
well done
Re: Wicklow Harbour 15/6/12
Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:27 am
nice pictues jack 
not too much action around the beaches very poor tides latley 
not too much action around the beaches very poor tides latley
Re: Wicklow Harbour 15/6/12
Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:33 am
After the last few weeks it was just nice to see a few fish 
Love the colours on the corkwing.
Love the colours on the corkwing.