Trip down the Shannon Part 2 2/6/2013

People:Myself, Joebhoy, Junior Conger, Joe and The Austrian

Duration:6.30am till 2pm

Tide:Last hour of the drop and all the up to full

Weather:Lovely with a bit of drizzle towards the end

Bait:Mack, Squid, Peeler

Rigs:Pulleys

Results:Great Craic, banter & a dose of slagging and a few fish to top it off




Report:After last weeks results a new plan was hatched. After getting approval from the planning department the green light was lit. So far there was myself, Junior Conger and Joe, shortly followed by The Austrian and Joebhoy and Gearoid Mc S was also going to join up with us but unfortunately due to work commitments he was unable to meet us. So with bodies ready and location decided all we had to was to wait for Sunday to arrive. Put down one of the busiest weeks ever with work so this trip was badly needed.
I had arranged to meet up with Joebhoy at a local hotel around 6ish, with this on the mind i ended up waking up at around 3.30 and not being able to get anymore sleep Met up with Joebhoy with my eyes welded solidily to the back of the brain and off we set. The craic had started already with the banter on the way to the mark, this was helped by a good strong dose of Centras finest coffee We arrived at the mark to glorious sunshine, got all the gear set up and baits launched. Managed to get a good bang on one of the rods but no hook up just before the Mallow boys arrived.
I tell you something, everyone should have a Joe Ganley fishing with them, because everytime i fish with Joe as soon as he starts to walk towards me i manage to hook a fish This hook up resulted in a decent doggie Blank saved which i duely had to point out to Joebhoy, cue a constant stream of slagging up and down the mark At one stage everyones rods were rattling with doggies, i think in total there was a total of about 10 doggies caught, mostly falling to Joebhoys charms i'd say at one stage he could have cast the line out with his teeth and managed to pull ina fish. During this stage Ruairi pulled in a lovely strap conger, Joe who was at the other end of the mark was having a slow day (sorry Joe) but did pull it out of the bag with a doggie late into the session, happy days , blank saved
The one thing missing was a few of the thornie lads, the words were barely out of my mouth when to my left i heard the call, this is defo not a doggie Joebhoy was in, up popped a lovely 4lb thornie, the missing link had appeared Joe reset and just before The Austrian arrived had a screaming take on one of his reels. This resulted in a bigger fish that weighed in at 5lbs and was also one of the angriest rays we have come across
While i went up to meet The Austrian Joebhoy unfortunately lost what felt like a bigger fish. Ruairi was the next on with a lovely wee thornie, at this point i had lost more gear than i expected and was looking at fish being taken on either side of me When suddenly i got a belter of a take, this fish gave a great battle so i knew it could not be a doggie. What landed up for me was a lovely plump 9.5lbs thornie Martin got set up and launched his bait, Martin had a few good rattles but unfortunately had no hook up, roll on the next outing Martin. The craic was mighty between everyone, even if the fishing did die off towards the top of the tide. Rather than chucking out anymore gear to decorate the bottom of the estuary we all decided to hit the high road.
The funny thing that happened during the session was that when i hooked the Thornie i managed to have my pic taken by a local who has a b&b so as to advertise the activities on the estuary on her website Hmmm should i be charging royalties
Roll on the next trip

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Nice going lads, was down on the shannon myself yesterday for 4 hours and only managed one doggie and had one other good knock which I would say was a ray but I struck too soon.

Nice going lads, was down on the shannon myself yesterday for 4 hours and only managed one doggie and had one other good knock which I would say was a ray but I struck too soon.

Cheers Red, we also missed a few fish fish today and the fishing seemed to come in waves

Nice going lads, was down on the shannon myself yesterday for 4 hours and only managed one doggie and had one other good knock which I would say was a ray but I struck too soon.

Cheers Red, we also missed a few fish fish today and the fishing seemed to come in waves

Thats the way the cookie crumbles sure, I have a funny feeling from the pics ye were at the same mark as me too, I fished one rod close and the other at distance and moved every 3/4 of an hour to try and find the fish but it wasnt happening, I fished 2 hours either side of low though and I guess they move to different areas at different states of the tide, Had a few frights with either a bass or a sea trout jumping out of the water too while I was in dreamland watching the rod tip

Nice going lads, was down on the shannon myself yesterday for 4 hours and only managed one doggie and had one other good knock which I would say was a ray but I struck too soon.

Cheers Red, we also missed a few fish fish today and the fishing seemed to come in waves

Thats the way the cookie crumbles sure, I have a funny feeling from the pics ye were at the same mark as me too, I fished one rod close and the other at distance and moved every 3/4 of an hour to try and find the fish but it wasnt happening, I fished 2 hours either side of low though and I guess they move to different areas at different states of the tide, Had a few frights with either a Bass or a sea trout jumping out of the water too while I was in dreamland watching the rod tip

We had the same today, thought at one stage that they were salmon jumping because a couple of the jumpers were fairly big

Great fishing lads and sounded like mighty craic......

nice wee report. great session
some crackin fish there! dont know about junior congers tho.. (only jokin - its as big as any fish i caught yesterday..)
great pics. well done all involved

I tell you something, everyone should have a Joe Ganley fishing with them, because everytime i fish with Joe as soon as he starts to walk towards me i manage to hook a fish

:grin::grin::grin: ha ha

Good goin lads. Nice to see the rays turning up in numbers for ye

Lovely report Seamus, roll on the next session, I make sure to have fresher bait then, even your Tesco mack has outperformed these frozen stinkers from last year. My hands still smell fishy today

Lovely report Seamus, roll on the next session, I make sure to have fresher bait then, even your Tesco mack has outperformed these frozen stinkers from last year. My hands still smell fishy today

Hi Martin

The body is a bit tired and sore today, after the session yesterday I had to go to lahinch and pick up the mother in law and bring her back home to limerick strongest coffee made and I was fine Great days fishing and fun had. I think after two showers I'm still stinking from mack Talk to you soon

Another great session lads, nice report as usual Conger, well done

Great wee session! Nice to see the ray back in the estuary! Can't belive your ray was 9.5lbs, going to buy you a new set of scales. Still think mine was bigger lol

lovely session laads... fine fishing

Great wee session! Nice to see the ray back in the estuary! Can't belive your ray was 9.5lbs, going to buy you a new set of scales. Still think mine was bigger lol

you only have longer arms Joe, trust me

it was a good day some nice rays caught! delighted to get one too haha

Great wee session! Nice to see the ray back in the estuary! Can't belive your ray was 9.5lbs, going to buy you a new set of scales. Still think mine was bigger lol

you only have longer arms Joe, trust me

Thank you Martin

it was a good day some nice rays caught! delighted to get one too haha

Great day out Ruairi, we'll have to hit back for the bigger lads
How's that 'young fella' that was fishing with you, did ye give him a sleep in

Ended up getting hauled into the office saturday and after a derserving few(alot) of pints sat night I decided against the long journey down.

Nice fishing once again and I will for sure make it next time!!

Great report and fishing Sounds like a mighty day was had by all!

Ended up getting hauled into the office saturday and after a derserving few(alot) of pints sat night I decided against the long journey down.

Nice fishing once again and I will for sure make it next time!!

Hi Gearoid
We stuck to the further down spot as there was a festival going on up the road and we didn't want to become an exhibit Good old days fishing had by all, we'll plan another trip

Great report and fishing Sounds like a mighty day was had by all!

Cheers Sweetwrasse