North Wexford Beach 8th & 9th
Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:40 am
People: Myself and one other
Duration: 3hrs 8th - 4hrs 9th
Weather: Nice on the 8th, started nice on the 9th but turned to Sh#'t
Bait: Crab, Rag
Rigs: Pulleys
Results: only one small hound
Bit of a disappointing report but haven't put up many this year. Fished hard on the Friday night in a spot that usually throws up some great hounds but again not a single bite. Nearly all the spots i know produce from south of Arklow to Cahore seem to be very different beaches after the winter storms. Is anyone else noticing this? Also since i can't go every weekend like i used to, i've been concentrating my efforts to weekends of spring tides and i'm wondering if that's my mistake for the hounds. I've had plenty of bass this year so you'd think the hounds would be easy
I planned to get up at 5.30 by sleeping in the car at the first mark. I was planning on trying another spot with a friend out on the Kayaks but he slept in and i chickened out going alone as i'm still new to the Kayaking game. I slept in the car for another few hours and eventually arrive at another mark that i know can produce hounds in the day light. tried to get out on the kayak but once i popped the boat in the water, the lovely calm looking sea changed completely. Arrrgghhh you got to be kidding me... had to lug the bloody thing back up the hill to the car and off we went to the rock mark to fish into the tidal stream.
first cast, first hound. Thank god i saved my blank! no real size but it was good to feel something pulling on the other end. Had one other great run before i finished up for the weekend and then drove home stinken, tired, and sunburnt
Duration: 3hrs 8th - 4hrs 9th
Weather: Nice on the 8th, started nice on the 9th but turned to Sh#'t
Bait: Crab, Rag
Rigs: Pulleys
Results: only one small hound
Bit of a disappointing report but haven't put up many this year. Fished hard on the Friday night in a spot that usually throws up some great hounds but again not a single bite. Nearly all the spots i know produce from south of Arklow to Cahore seem to be very different beaches after the winter storms. Is anyone else noticing this? Also since i can't go every weekend like i used to, i've been concentrating my efforts to weekends of spring tides and i'm wondering if that's my mistake for the hounds. I've had plenty of bass this year so you'd think the hounds would be easy
I planned to get up at 5.30 by sleeping in the car at the first mark. I was planning on trying another spot with a friend out on the Kayaks but he slept in and i chickened out going alone as i'm still new to the Kayaking game. I slept in the car for another few hours and eventually arrive at another mark that i know can produce hounds in the day light. tried to get out on the kayak but once i popped the boat in the water, the lovely calm looking sea changed completely. Arrrgghhh you got to be kidding me... had to lug the bloody thing back up the hill to the car and off we went to the rock mark to fish into the tidal stream.
first cast, first hound. Thank god i saved my blank! no real size but it was good to feel something pulling on the other end. Had one other great run before i finished up for the weekend and then drove home stinken, tired, and sunburnt
Re: North Wexford Beach 8th & 9th
Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:16 pm
Poor fishing is not really an incentive to put up a report, fair play to ya.
Them beaches can be like a desert on some occasions, everything looks perfect but the fish forget to show up
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Them beaches can be like a desert on some occasions, everything looks perfect but the fish forget to show up
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Re: North Wexford Beach 8th & 9th
Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:49 pm
Sorry to hear of poor result 
considering all the effort you put into the weekend......still, no blank 
considering all the effort you put into the weekend......still, no blank
Re: North Wexford Beach 8th & 9th
Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:27 pm
Fished clones last Friday and had a few pups and whiting. was very poor. Back down on Sunday for a few days hopefully picks up.
Re: North Wexford Beach 8th & 9th
Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:48 pm
welcome to my world JH!
Its good to see reports of people catching very little to give a bit of perspective on the whole thing
I was down in Bannow last weekend 14 rods in the water - 1 bass 2 flounder for 5 hours
Harsh reality
better luck with the yak next time
Its good to see reports of people catching very little to give a bit of perspective on the whole thing
I was down in Bannow last weekend 14 rods in the water - 1 bass 2 flounder for 5 hours
Harsh reality
better luck with the yak next time