Donegal Bay, 16/11/2012

[johnwest]

People:Me

Duration:5.5hrs

Tide:Last of the ebb and 5hrs flooding.

Weather:Light breeze, dull with plenty of light rain.

Bait:Frozen lug and mackerel, prawns.

Rigs:2 hook flapper and 1 up 1 down.

Results:2 flounder, 1 sea trout and 1 turbot.




Report:
I arrived at my chosen spot on the beach with about half an hour of the ebb tide left, the 10 min tramp warming me up nicely. First cast produced a nice plump 31 cm flounder on a prawn bait, the flounder are fattening up well at the moment. Second cast produced an even nicer 35cm flounder, again to prawn bait. With 2 decent flounder in 2 casts, I thought I was in for a productive session but as low water arrived and the tide turned, the flounder seemed to turn off completely. Next time here I'll try the ebbing tide for 3-4 hrs as I have found other beaches in the area seem to fish better on the ebb. A couple of hours later I had a good lively bite and hit a fish which gave a few kicks before parting company, probably a sea trout. This suspicion was reinforced a short while later when a 33 cm sea trout took a mackerel strip as I was retrieving. Around half tide there was a lovely surf with a series of nice tables but the flounder remained un-interested. Finally however a turbot showed up to mackerel strip and that was it. All the fish were taken at distance, nothing in close at all.
The rain had left the sand very wet and the surf produced lots of "foambergs" which blew up the beach looking like ice floes, strange!

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Last edited by johnwest on Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:36 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Some nice fish there JW.Well done.

A few beauties there JW, nice fishing

That is a rather odd sight there with the 'foambergs'
Martin

Good fishing JW!!....always great to read your reports...

Great report and pics very much like the one of the foam bergs, they look very impressive, we get them often here on Inch beach.

Regards Wez

Great report and photos and the foam bergs are impressive to say,hope to fish up that side of the country in new year on visit to finner.

JOHN A.

Some nice flats there John Great pics and report.
fergal

JW nice fishing congrats on the nice turbo

Nice few fish there John cant wait to get out that way for a cast its been way to long should be some fat Flounders knocking about over the next while.

well done