Greystones pier, 28 Nov 2012

People: Me

Duration: 20 h 30 - 21 h 30

Tide: high at 23 h 00

Weather: freezing cold and windy, but dry and clear

Bait: frozen lugworms

Rigs: 2 hooks flapper (size 2)

Results: 1 flounder




Report: It was difficult to find fresh bait midweek, so I decided to give frozen lugs a go. I went to what I believed to be my "old faithful" : Greystones pier. I knew the temperature was near zero, but the wind made it much worse. The bright side is that I had the whole pier just for myself. I could try all the spots I wanted : near the wall, or at distance, inside the harbor, in its mouth, or sea side, where the sea was a bit rough... I only caught a flounder at distance on the sea side. It looks like that pier isn't as reliable as it was last month. Did somebody had more success down there recently ? I wanted to try harder, but I couldn't feel my hands anymore and I gave up (I have to find some decent gloves...). It is always nice to fish under the moonlight and these polished stones made a great background for the picture of my flounder, so I went home frozen but happy

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well done on giving it a go, a well deserved wee flounder..
i'll be braving the cold tomorrow myself. hopefully i'll produce something too!

Well done, its very cold of late.

Well done on braving the elements. Glad you got your reward with a nice flounder

Well done on the flounder JPA. Heading out tomorrow night in dun laoghaire for a wee session as the weather looks fairly decent....

nice flounder id say wrong choice of bait, rag and mack do the trick down there, im sure eyes would agree

Thanks everybody for the kind comments.

nice flounder id say wrong choice of bait, rag and mack do the trick down there, im sure eyes would agree

I think you're right fishface, rag worked well for me there, but I couldn't find fresh bait for this last minute session