Portrane Beach 30.07.2020

When: 30/07/2020
Where: Portrane Beach
Duration: 18:00-21:30
High Water: 20:45
Equipment: 15ft Shakespeare Agility Surf Rod - 1/0 two hook flapper rig with beads/attractors & 7oz grip lead. & 11ft bass rod - 1/0 two hook flapper rig with beads/attractors & 5oz grip lead. Bite detection bells.
Bait: Ragworm tipped with squid.
Conditions: Very strong southerly winds, and plenty of surf.
Result: Microscopic flounder.

After a good month of mostly boat fishing I decided to give the beach a bash today, I dug 20 good size rag the day before and headed back to my favorite spot on Portrane beach. I was the first angler on the scene and the water was rushing in as I scouted out my spot for the evening. Not long after setting up, more anglers started to arrive, and at one stage there must have been at least 10 rods in the water. After a few hours of nothing happening, no signs of anyone else catching anything and as I was running low on bait I decided to start packing it in. After reeling in the second rod I found I had a tiny flounder on my hook to save the blank

Personally I’ve found shore fishing for July around north Dublin has been disappointing, especially after some great sessions in May and June. Weather hadn’t been great in fairness.

Personally I’ve found shore fishing for July around north Dublin has been disappointing, especially after some great sessions in May and June. Weather hadn’t been great in fairness.

Here's to hoping things pick up again soon

Fishing often picks up on that beach in September

Here's a timelapse video I made of the session, but turned off camera before getting the tiny flounder so it's not in it lol


http://youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0Rj1JUfOU

Last edited by Gonzo on Sat Aug 01, 2020 3:55 am, edited 1 time in total.

Personally I’ve found shore fishing for July around north Dublin has been disappointing, especially after some great sessions in May and June. Weather hadn’t been great in fairness.

Here's to hoping things pick up again soon

I think july has always been like that.
I'm hoping August is good as I've booked a house on morriscastle beach for a week

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Personally I’ve found shore fishing for July around north Dublin has been disappointing, especially after some great sessions in May and June. Weather hadn’t been great in fairness.

Here's to hoping things pick up again soon

I think july has always been like that.
I'm hoping August is good as I've booked a house on morriscastle beach for a week

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It was better tonight fishing north Dublin, a couple of hounds and a plague of whiting, plenty of bites. Nothing spectacular but an improvement on my last couple of local sessions