When: 20/09/2020
Where: Portrane Beach
Who: Myself and my uncle Ken
Duration: 10:30-16:00
High Water: 14:02
Equipment: 15ft beachcaster with 9000 reel & 11ft bass rod with 4000 reel, bite detection bells.
Bait/Lures: 1/0 flapper on the 11ft rod, 3/0 pulley on the 15ft rod. I had a selection of bait today including ragworm, black lugworm, peeler crab, razorfish, mussel, mackerel & squid. Tried all different kinds of cocktails!
Conditions: Overcast, a bit chilly and a good surf.
Result: 1 Plaice
We were supposed to be taking part in a boat competition today but it was cancelled due to the swell so we hit Portrane beach instead. I was eager to test out my first ever black lug I pumped a few days ago so I threw on the fattest worm I had and tipped it off with a bit of salted mussel, literally had the line in the water no more than 10 minutes and I got a nice big jingle on the bells, reeled in a nice little plaice which is a first for me so I was delighted! That was it though for the next 5 or so hours and Ken didn't catch anything! Another lad fishing the other side of me caught a bass and another man way down the beach caught 2 bass so there was decent fishing going on!