Greystones Harbour 22-12-13

People:Me and Santy

Duration:8-30pm-11-pm

Tide:LW 8pm

Weather:calm ,cold with slight southerly breezes

Bait:mack, frozen lug, crab,sandeel

Rigs:2 hook flappers

Results:shore rockling, pouting, pollock and whiting




Report: With herself out of action for the last week with the flu, I didnt get the chance to get out . The weathers been brutal lately so with a gap in the weather forecast for Sunday I got some frozen bait in case I got the chance to get out. Fishface was otherwise engaged so I headed out to Greystones on my own. Well not entirely alone as for the last few weeks I've travelled everywhere with this little guy



He usually stays in my van to keep an eye on her, but on occassion I cut him some slack and this was one of those occassions, so with the van safely in view I brought him down the pier with me and we set up. We set up one rod each and I cast out a two hook flapper baited with mack and frozen lug, with Santy casting similar baited with sandeel and lug. I was first in with a chunky Shore Rockling , 30 cms, happy days.





It was cold but surprisingly calm and as we were both well wrapped up it was comfortable fishing for the few hours we were there Santy was especially warm in his thermal suit which he said was designed for much colder Polar weather. I had a couple of small pollock, some pouting and two pollock and was feeling well pleased with myself but Santy was feeling a bit down and with a busy night ahead of him in a couple of days time I told him to sit down and relax for a while while I baited up his rod for him.

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I was getting a bit anxious for him 'cos as you all know it's a bit nerve wracking when you bring someone to one of your marks You desperately want them to catch , so I put on some crab on Santy's rod and hoped for the best. He watched the rod-tip anxiously as it danced in the breeze



I noticed the tip moving out of step with the wind and called out ,, "You're in, Santy ", and after a small struggle he landed a nice little rockling



With Santy on the scoreboard,,,that took was the pressure off me ,,, so I could concentrate on whipping his ass,,,but he turned the tables on me and just kept pulling in fish after fish,,,pouting , pollock and more rockling and finished up with a double of whiting and rockling











Of all the baits the mack was best , but the sandeel and crab worked too. The frozen lug didnt attract anything on it's own, but then it's usually reserved for flatties. All in all it was a good night, plenty of fish and looking out today I'm glad I went last night. Hopefully Santy is hooked for life now ,,,but I wont be bringing him with me any more, he can stay in the van from now on,,,,at least until tomorrow night when he has to head off I have to say he was great company and very quiet, not like my last fishing partner . Merry Christmas to you all and best wishes for 2014, Dave

Great session who knew Santa liked to fish and was very handy too great report

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brilliant report lad..
you'd never put in a good word for me will ya? is it too late to be good?
happy christmas lad

haha great report well done on the few fish

that was a long hour ? did santa catch more than you I wonder? glad to see you got your wishlist sorted , see you whenever

ho ho ho i think its important to chill out when your not working and lets face it some one who only works one night a year has plenty of free time ! can he dig lug ? if so i think fishface is gonna be a lonely angler next year i wonder if your beared buddy is gonna show up for the new years eve 1st fish of 2014 comp now he has the mark sussed?

Well done dave and happy xmas

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Well done to ye both, nice fishing. If Santa is actual size then them fish are huge. . Happy Christmas.

good stuff dave and santy,some session happy christmas and good luck for next year

great report, good to know Santa had a good session, fair play to you for helping relax before the big night.

Fair play Eyes and Santy, a nice festive fish there

Nice festive report Dave.
Your a man dedicated to your craft.
Happy Xmas and may the God of Cod be good to you in the new year.

Cheers lads and Merry Christmas to you all ,,,,,couldn't resist going again on Christmas Eve and as i've been a good lad all year long the man in the red suit dropped by with a nice Christmas codling and a Festive Flounder

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brilliant report dave. that oul santy fella can fish!!
neil might be in trouble
all the best for 2014 buddy
see you down the east coast in the spring

Fair play to you. Nice report you must have been an elf in previous nlife ....well done!

Fair play Dave great session and the man in Red a new fishing buddy and no one to moan at you!!!!!!!