Bray beach, 6/1/13
Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:57 pm
People:Myself and 4 others
Duration:1600 to 2000
Tide:Hw 1800 ish
Weather: fairly breezy but dry
Bait:Fresh + frozen lug, squid, mussel, mackerel and sandeel
Rigs:3+2 hook flapper, 2 up 1 down, 1 hook clip down
Results:Dab, Whiting, 5b Rockling, Codling and LSD
Report:
Fished a club comp last night, looking back at it now tho i shouldve stayed at home or went to youghal with the lads on saturday night....
I had set out with high hopes, i had a new rod and reel getting their first outing with me and if my history of bringing out new gear has taught me anything its when i have new gear with me i generally do well.... Not this day tho, it would seem having 2 new items of gear cancels any good luck mojo i would normally have....
Anyway, the fishing, it was obvious from the get go it would be hard going, the wind was heavy enough to eliminate any hope of seeing bites on the rod tips so it was more a case of cast out, leave the rod 25mins then reel in and check to see if anything was on the hooks.... My first cast resulted in a 13cm Dab, i was at least off the mark, all the other guys were soon to reel in after seeing me with a fish, tough luck to them, they had nowt this time
The (over confident) banter from me was a hand sized dab was gonna win the comp for me 
2nd cast, i had a slightly better Dab, 19cm, again, none of the other guys had anything, i was deffo confident at this stage, sadly tho it was short lived, as i reeled in for the 3rd time i had nothing to show for it, a quick look up and down the beach showed the rest of the guys bringing in something, this lack of fish continued for me for most of the night, i even birdied 2 reels, 1 of them was whilst trying out a prototype trace, said trace has now been shelved as it clearly didnt work...., 2nd reel went because it wanted to i think.... Thankfully i had a 3rd reel in the box for just such emergencies.... 
So, finally i was back to fishing, my stress from going through as many reels was rewarded with 2 rockling and a 29cm whiting, wasnt enough to win me the comp tho, i came 2nd last with 5 fish over 3 species, the winner had about 14 fish, over 5 species which included a small codling and a doggie.
Theres no photos from the evening as im pretty sure we all know what whiting, rockling, dabs and doggies look like,
On a side note to the fishing tho, one of the guys with us had a few people come up to him and give the obligatory questions and offers of advice, as it got darker tho, he had a couple of young girls come up to him, we think they were around the 15-16 age group, and it was blatently obvious they had had a drink, they started off asking him how deep did he think the water was, would ther water be warm enough to swim in, then one of them started to tell him they didnt have enough money to get home to Finglas, she then went on to offer him a 'service' for a fiver!!!!!! Needless to say he gave her a bit of advice and told her to get home!!!!!
Duration:1600 to 2000
Tide:Hw 1800 ish
Weather: fairly breezy but dry
Bait:Fresh + frozen lug, squid, mussel, mackerel and sandeel
Rigs:3+2 hook flapper, 2 up 1 down, 1 hook clip down
Results:Dab, Whiting, 5b Rockling, Codling and LSD
Report:
Fished a club comp last night, looking back at it now tho i shouldve stayed at home or went to youghal with the lads on saturday night....
I had set out with high hopes, i had a new rod and reel getting their first outing with me and if my history of bringing out new gear has taught me anything its when i have new gear with me i generally do well.... Not this day tho, it would seem having 2 new items of gear cancels any good luck mojo i would normally have....
Anyway, the fishing, it was obvious from the get go it would be hard going, the wind was heavy enough to eliminate any hope of seeing bites on the rod tips so it was more a case of cast out, leave the rod 25mins then reel in and check to see if anything was on the hooks.... My first cast resulted in a 13cm Dab, i was at least off the mark, all the other guys were soon to reel in after seeing me with a fish, tough luck to them, they had nowt this time
The (over confident) banter from me was a hand sized dab was gonna win the comp for me 2nd cast, i had a slightly better Dab, 19cm, again, none of the other guys had anything, i was deffo confident at this stage, sadly tho it was short lived, as i reeled in for the 3rd time i had nothing to show for it, a quick look up and down the beach showed the rest of the guys bringing in something, this lack of fish continued for me for most of the night, i even birdied 2 reels, 1 of them was whilst trying out a prototype trace, said trace has now been shelved as it clearly didnt work...., 2nd reel went because it wanted to i think.... Thankfully i had a 3rd reel in the box for just such emergencies.... So, finally i was back to fishing, my stress from going through as many reels was rewarded with 2 rockling and a 29cm whiting, wasnt enough to win me the comp tho, i came 2nd last with 5 fish over 3 species, the winner had about 14 fish, over 5 species which included a small codling and a doggie.
Theres no photos from the evening as im pretty sure we all know what whiting, rockling, dabs and doggies look like,
On a side note to the fishing tho, one of the guys with us had a few people come up to him and give the obligatory questions and offers of advice, as it got darker tho, he had a couple of young girls come up to him, we think they were around the 15-16 age group, and it was blatently obvious they had had a drink, they started off asking him how deep did he think the water was, would ther water be warm enough to swim in, then one of them started to tell him they didnt have enough money to get home to Finglas, she then went on to offer him a 'service' for a fiver!!!!!! Needless to say he gave her a bit of advice and told her to get home!!!!!
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:02 pm
It's not ofthen you meet a hook..sorry..hooker on a beach. Sorry..couldn't help it. I have several other puns ready to go but I'd get banned. Worms and hooks etc...I'll get me coat!
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:10 pm
did he get her no? 
of all the nights sat night would be one to avoid due to drunkards,in fact the way it has fished lately every night should be avoided last time i fished it for two hours midweek without one fish and it had a nice rolling surf just what you would expect a few codling to have their heads down on the feed 
yea did well getting any fish 
of all the nights sat night would be one to avoid due to drunkards,in fact the way it has fished lately every night should be avoided last time i fished it for two hours midweek without one fish and it had a nice rolling surf just what you would expect a few codling to have their heads down on the feed yea did well getting any fish
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:11 pm
LOL yeah right, and no pics as usual 
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:22 pm
Stephen8wood wrote:It's not ofthen you meet a hook..sorry..hooker on a beach. Sorry..couldn't help it. I have several other puns ready to go but I'd get banned. Worms and hooks etc...I'll get me coat!
The doors that way
roger de dodger wrote:did he get her no?
D'you know the best thing about having to fish that beach for a club comp.... The guy who chose the venue stayed at home!!!!
Maybe he doesnt like the rest of us? As for getting yer ones no, she was like 15...Or at least we think she was 15..... Coulda been younger for all we knew... The Austrian wrote:LOL yeah right, and no pics as usual
Shhhhh, dont tell anyone else but i caught a 20lb cod really close in, about 15yrds out and one of the other guys also had an 20lb Bass, the thing practically swam up to his feet, gave him a nudge and waved at him
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:53 pm
Yea youghal would of been a better idea lar and you were saying how much you were looking forward to the comp 
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:24 am
Could be worse, you could have caught crabs!
Re: Bray beach, 6/1/13
Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:14 am
Well done on catching anything on that beach I've never had any luck there,,,,,even at the famous Hotspot It's terrible to think we can't even go fishing without young wans pestering us for you know what
I've never had any luck there,,,,,even at the famous Hotspot It's terrible to think we can't even go fishing without young wans pestering us for you know what