Garyvoe & monkstown

People: 1st night me and a buddy 2nd just me

Duration:1st night 3 hours 2nd day 5 hours

Tide:lw 1st night hw 2nd day

Weather:COLD and i mean COLD

Bait: crab lug mackrel sandeel razor mussle

Rigs: everything

Results: 1st night 1 flounder about 20 cm 2nd day about 10 codling biggest maybe 1lb poor cod pouting and whiting and 2 doggies and a SEAL!!!






Report: Was going to fish monkstown saturday but with all the rain there was no point so i headed out to garyvoe about 6 the first half an hour was ok i got a flounder and my buddy got a few colies but after that the weed started to show and was impossible to fish so with a ton of bait left over i headed to monkstown by myself on sunday morning, got set up around half 9 casted a big juicy crab half way out while baiting up another trace i got a serious bite rod was going mad started to reel a big weight and a lovely fight had it in about half way out and my leader knot went !!!!!! gutted knot must of been wrecked from all the weed the night before never the less i put on a second reel and casted out a 3h flapper close in got a few small bites but waited while i was finished setting up another trace finished that i began to reel in and there was a dead weight and only a small fight for some reason i thought it was a ray or weed but it was actually 2 doggies and a codling my arms were dead the next half an hour i was getting fish every cast and got a bit bored so i decided to try for a conger on a second rod put on a mackrell flapper with a 4/0 hook the biggest i had casted that out, while reeling in my main rod i noticed a serious bite on my conger rod i dropped my main rod and began to reel in there was the biggest weight and fight on the rod i ever had in my life i was thinking to my self at least 30lb plus conger next thing what pops out of the water a FU*KING seal with my trace he was taking line of my real and all. i thought i would try and play him for a while for but 30 seconds later the line snaps for the next few hours it was the same 2 or 3 fish a cast all small i decided to head home then because my hand were numb. All on all had about 30 fish good fun session

Great report Sean.... I bet you must have had the fright of your life when the rod went with the seal......

Sounds like a tough couple of sessions,,,nice to ge ta few fish though,,,,the seals have become lazy,,,,,plundering poor anglers who put in hours of work!

pity you didnt land him and you would definitely win your last post hands down on the strangest you have reeled in lol

hahahah defiantly i thought it was a huge conger my heart was racing :L

Fair going there Sean, that has to have been a real " Oh F$%K" moment with the seal, great haul of fish there on the Sunday

Thanks

That was a great report sean,i used to fish garryvoe regular and had some great sessions at the wall when i was in the navy,i envy all ye cork lads that have great fishing in cork harbour and the east cork beaches all the way to youghal.


Regards
John Ainsworth

That was a great report sean,i used to fish garryvoe regular and had some great sessions at the wall when i was in the navy,i envy all ye cork lads that have great fishing in cork harbour and the east cork beaches all the way to youghal.


Regards
John Ainsworth

Only in the winter tho

Garryvoe was easy fishing that night

Garryvoe was easy fishing that night

For you at least you got more than 1 fish