The Kingdom, September, Days 3 & 4
Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:32 pm
People:Bootsy, Dave (From Wexford), John, Martin & Eugene
Report:
The weather was horrible on day 3, howling wind and horrible rain. Not the best time to head across the Conor Pass for some estuary lure fishing, but we gave it a craic, results were very poor, no Bass showed up, but Dave got a small sea trout as by-catch. While we were fishing, an otter casually strolled out from the bank and strolled into the water about a rod length away. He proceeded to back stroke in front of us, pretty much calling all 3 of us pr*cks!
We gave this up after 90 minutes or so, but there was a few other anglers beginning to venture out while we left so it was probably our ineptitude that saw us fail. After this we headed over to a seriously good rock mark I had fished previously, and it’s got some cracking views with Bootsy moaning non-stop on the 2 mile hike! When we got to the mark, it was a little wild, very windy right in our face and there was some big runners hitting the rocks, although it would have probably been ok from our fishing platform, we took the prudent decision and left it alone.
We did manage to rescue the situation however and headed back to Pauidi O’Shea’s for a few pints and a bit of lunch. That night we headed out with John & the other legend Martin from Ullcatch (http://www.ullcatch.com). As already reported, we had some cracking painted ray.
To summarise:
a) Got Called a pr*ck by an otter
b) Hiked 4 miles for nothing
c) Cracking pint in Paudies
d) McGowan doesn’t catch fish when he brings the camera!
Day 4
We were eagerly anticipating day 4, Martin, Eugene & John wanted to bring us lure fishing and the weather was incredible, we couldn’t wait. Plenty more Bass, Pollock & Wrasse were landed and the craic was unreal. At one stage Martin clipped on a lure that looked to me like a multi-coloured luminous remote control, I began to take the p*ss and no sooner had he began his first retrieve, bang, Bass on. “What’s the name of that lure Martin?”........ “F*** Off boy!”
Ended the day having a bit of grub and a few pints with the lads, followed by another dozen pints and a few J-bombs in Dingle
deadly craic, deadly fishing & plans were being hatched to buy a cottage in Tralee 3 ways!!
Report:
The weather was horrible on day 3, howling wind and horrible rain. Not the best time to head across the Conor Pass for some estuary lure fishing, but we gave it a craic, results were very poor, no Bass showed up, but Dave got a small sea trout as by-catch. While we were fishing, an otter casually strolled out from the bank and strolled into the water about a rod length away. He proceeded to back stroke in front of us, pretty much calling all 3 of us pr*cks!
We gave this up after 90 minutes or so, but there was a few other anglers beginning to venture out while we left so it was probably our ineptitude that saw us fail. After this we headed over to a seriously good rock mark I had fished previously, and it’s got some cracking views with Bootsy moaning non-stop on the 2 mile hike! When we got to the mark, it was a little wild, very windy right in our face and there was some big runners hitting the rocks, although it would have probably been ok from our fishing platform, we took the prudent decision and left it alone.
We did manage to rescue the situation however and headed back to Pauidi O’Shea’s for a few pints and a bit of lunch. That night we headed out with John & the other legend Martin from Ullcatch (http://www.ullcatch.com). As already reported, we had some cracking painted ray.
To summarise:
a) Got Called a pr*ck by an otter
b) Hiked 4 miles for nothing
c) Cracking pint in Paudies
d) McGowan doesn’t catch fish when he brings the camera!
Day 4
We were eagerly anticipating day 4, Martin, Eugene & John wanted to bring us lure fishing and the weather was incredible, we couldn’t wait. Plenty more Bass, Pollock & Wrasse were landed and the craic was unreal. At one stage Martin clipped on a lure that looked to me like a multi-coloured luminous remote control, I began to take the p*ss and no sooner had he began his first retrieve, bang, Bass on. “What’s the name of that lure Martin?”........ “F*** Off boy!”
Ended the day having a bit of grub and a few pints with the lads, followed by another dozen pints and a few J-bombs in Dingle
deadly craic, deadly fishing & plans were being hatched to buy a cottage in Tralee 3 ways!!
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Re: The Kingdom, September, Days 3 & 4
Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:39 pm
Greats fishing lads.Good to see a few fish about.
Re: The Kingdom, September, Days 3 & 4
Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:59 pm
it felt like a lot longer t was up hill most of the way didnt bitch on the way back