Donabate Beach Martello Tower 25.08.2020
Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:54 pm
When: 25/08/2020
Where: Donabate Beach Martello Tower
Duration: 13:00-16:00
High Water: 17:03
Equipment: 15ft Shakespeare Agility 2 with Rovex 9000 reel & 11ft bass rod with shimano 4000 reel.
Bait/Lures: 2 hook flappers with beads/attractors/muppets & a pulley rig. Ragworm, peeler crab, razorfish, mackerel.
Conditions: Very rough with heavy rain from storm Francis
Result: Blank
With a tonne of bait left over from the boat competition I attended on Sunday, I decided to give a new spot a try, I've only fished here once before and that was way back in March. I setup camp under the martello tower as this is the recommended spot in shore marks section on this forum. I started off with 2 hook flappers on both rods, one with rag and the other with peeler but as time went on things got pretty rough with storm Francis so I eventually reduced down to 1 rod with a pulley rig and using mackerel/razorfish/ragworm cocktails. Most of the time my baits were coming back unscathed until I put a nicely size mackerel fillet with the last of my ragworm out and pulled in a few crabs. The rain started getting very heavy around 15:30 so I packed it in, even though I had planned to fish until 19:00.. I don't think I'll be fishing here again any time soon
I'll have a video to post here later today!
Where: Donabate Beach Martello Tower
Duration: 13:00-16:00
High Water: 17:03
Equipment: 15ft Shakespeare Agility 2 with Rovex 9000 reel & 11ft bass rod with shimano 4000 reel.
Bait/Lures: 2 hook flappers with beads/attractors/muppets & a pulley rig. Ragworm, peeler crab, razorfish, mackerel.
Conditions: Very rough with heavy rain from storm Francis
Result: Blank
With a tonne of bait left over from the boat competition I attended on Sunday, I decided to give a new spot a try, I've only fished here once before and that was way back in March. I setup camp under the martello tower as this is the recommended spot in shore marks section on this forum. I started off with 2 hook flappers on both rods, one with rag and the other with peeler but as time went on things got pretty rough with storm Francis so I eventually reduced down to 1 rod with a pulley rig and using mackerel/razorfish/ragworm cocktails. Most of the time my baits were coming back unscathed until I put a nicely size mackerel fillet with the last of my ragworm out and pulled in a few crabs. The rain started getting very heavy around 15:30 so I packed it in, even though I had planned to fish until 19:00.. I don't think I'll be fishing here again any time soon
I'll have a video to post here later today!
Re: Donabate Beach Martello Tower 25.08.2020
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:16 pm
I don't think I'd have even set up
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Re: Donabate Beach Martello Tower 25.08.2020
Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:24 am
kenf41 wrote:I don't think I'd have even set up
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Ah yeah I just couldn't let good bait go to waste
luckily I have decent rain gear so it wasn't too miserable!
Re: Donabate Beach Martello Tower 25.08.2020
Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:14 am
Gonzo wrote:kenf41 wrote:I don't think I'd have even set up
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Ah yeah I just couldn't let good bait go to waste
As they say; there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing!