Wexford Smoothies - a day to remember :)

[chuckaroo]

Duration: Saturday afternoon and early evening

Tide: high around 6pm

Weather: sunny and warm, an odd light shower, blowy

Bait: fresh rag, frozen peeler crab, frozen squid

Rigs: flappers and pulleys


a few days late on this report sorry.. i was called out to fish last night..


so last weekend I decided to head to the Wexford coast to try and catch my first ever smooth hound, they are a species that we just don't get up here from the shore in my native Red Bay, well, not that I have heard of anyway! i had never even seen a smooth hound let alone catch one before..

so lets just say that the target species was caught i had a fantastic day with some decent lads, some great fishing and some good craic. we caught quite a few on the day, with my own PB included ah, i'll just let a handful of pictures do the talking...

i'd like to give a big thank-you to the lads on here that responded to my posts and PMs on the subject and provided me with great advice on how best to approach catching my first smooth hound - invaluable help and very kind! i got some great responses from a good number of people but the biggest thanks of course goes to one of the lads in particular who met up with me, guided me to the marks, and then ghillied me the rest of the day and at very short notice too! brilliant stuff, hugely appreciated mate. And Al, who I know if he wasnt going through such a tough time at the moment would have been fishing along side me, good luck with things mate

well chuffed
enjoy the pics

cheers
Chuckaroo

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few more..

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my PB.. a nice wee pup on the last cast

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Good work Chuckaroo. Glad it was worth the journey!

well done on the smoothies..
and also on wearing a PFD while rockfishing, more people should!

chuffedaroo well done mate

Nice going Chuckaroo! Great pics. especially the last cast "specimen", such cute, big puppy-dog eyes! I must give these smooth hounds a go one of these years and see what all the fuss is about.

The Pics definitely do the talking! Well done mate

Cracker of a session, well done lads.

Crankin report and photos Charlie. delighted you enjoyed our visit to the sunny south east.

RESULT CHARLIE!!
glad you got your smoothie in the end man and fair play to the east coast lads for looking after you all and pointing you in the right direction
we might not be getting any shore fishing done at the moment with the way things are at home but it's good to see that the rest of you all are getting in on the action man. nice one!!

well done

nice one on the smoothies!great session

Great session and of the mark you be counting the weeks for it to start all over again....

Great when a plan comes together well done!

RESULT CHARLIE!!
glad you got your smoothie in the end man and fair play to the east coast lads for looking after you all and pointing you in the right direction
we might not be getting any shore fishing done at the moment with the way things are at home but it's good to see that the rest of you all are getting in on the action man. nice one!!

cheers Al
yeah, if it wasn't for the east coast lads turning up or offering advice then i could well still be standing there trying to get one...
good luck

thanks for all the other comments lads, appreciated

Nice smoothies, I love the pic of the little pup:)

well done Charlie glad u got some decent smoothies its always nice to get ur target spiecies. all worth the trip down. great read and excellent photos

cheers fagan

cheers fagan
it was a productive, successful and rewarding trip

nice fishing well done