Greystones Harbour 23-10-13

People:Me and Neil

Duration:5pm-10pm

Tide:Dropping

Weather:Sunny and mild,cold later

Bait:rag,mack and squid

Rigs:2 hook flappers

Results:Silver Eel, Corkwing Wrasse ,Flounder, Whiting, Pollock, Codling, and Shore Rockling




Report:With me stuck in the house on painting duty last weekend and Fishface having one of the best night's fishing in years on Sunday evening,,, I was determined to get out during the week to wet a line . My chance came on Wednesday afternoon and I got to Greystones early to catch a few hours of daylight fishing in peace before Fishface arrived . I set up on the Pier and got bites on my rag baits straight away as there were plenty of Whiting (of the Sub Species"Pin") about. I had a couple of doubles of them before getting a better bite on my second rod,,,,which turned out to be a silver eel of about 50cms. I unhooked him with the help of another Angler handy enough without him tangling up my rig and sliming up my teatowel .



I cast over to the base of the far pier in the hopes of a late season wrasse and managed to pluck out 3 before it got dark Eat your hearts out Al and Jordan





Neil arrived at around 6pm and guess what , he had another new rod and reel He was soon pulling in pouting and whiting but I managed to hook into a nice pollock and after initially getting snagged , I gave him some slack and then caught him unawares and pulled him up out of the depths below. It would have been a right sickener to lose that fish, especially as I could see him shining in the water below.





As darkness fell, there was a real chill in the air and it was time for the winter suits to make an appearance,,,,,though I was a bit worried when I saw Fishface was wearing what looked like a knee length skirt under his coat,,,,,but everyone to his own I suppose



It was the bottom of the tide now and the bites were starting to dry up,,,though I did manage to get a nice flounder and then when I remarked on the absence of Shore Rockling,,,,, one made an appearance on cue



As per usual,,,I lost a few traces to the rough ground , but all things considered , I'd rather lose a few to catch a few . Plenty of codling about, but sadly despite punching above their weight in the bites category,,,,they were all tiny . The fishing died off around 10 pm and we headed off. On a final note,,,,just another reminder to keep an eye on your vehicle,,,or better still ,,,park where you can see it as there are reports of a few a few Bogey's about

Great stuff eyes, great to see the wrasse and pollack about, nice eel too!

Another good session dave and neil havnt been out for a while with my back opp but itching to get back out and what better place to start of again that on your favorite mark.... Nice amount of fish caught and whats the crack with Neils skirt..... Winter wollies time again....

nice session dave,good species count too, thats an new imax skirt id swear,not to be released til next winter but neil has connections everywhere well done to the 2 ronnies on a great report again )

me one and only pair of trousers were in the wash so had to borrow off the missus,,could get used to it ,or have I come out?

Nice report, was out last Sunday from 11 - 2, wrasse were rampant. Only a novice and hadn't yet caught one, beautiful fish. Bagged 5-6, lovely seeing them scutle away.

great pics and report dave, and those monster wrasse
i'm starting to make headway getting stuff sorted at home, so a winter cod trip down to cork might be on the cards if you fancy it man

lovely mixed bag of a session
that minty wrasse looks deadly