Malahide Estuary 23.09.2020
Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:38 pm
When: 23/09/2020
Where: Malahide Estuary Donabate Side
Who: Myself
Duration: 09:00-12:00
Low Water: 10:21
Equipment: 9ft spinning rod with 4000 reel.
Bait/Lures: Tacklehouse Feedshallow 128mm Bloodhead, 28g Kilty Catcher Chartreuse, Samson Subsurface Enticer, Pencil Sandeel Lure & an assortment of paddle tail sidewinders.
Conditions: Overcast and very chilly.
Result: Blank
I was told this spot is great for spinning with a Kilty lure over low tide, bit of a long walk down the beach from near the golf club though but I got there! There was a good few people fishing on both sides, some were bait fishing, others on the fly and a handful of people spinning/plugging including myself! I kept rotating lures, casting in all directions and moving around a bit but no joy. The only signs of life were the sprat hopping as I brought my lure in!
Where: Malahide Estuary Donabate Side
Who: Myself
Duration: 09:00-12:00
Low Water: 10:21
Equipment: 9ft spinning rod with 4000 reel.
Bait/Lures: Tacklehouse Feedshallow 128mm Bloodhead, 28g Kilty Catcher Chartreuse, Samson Subsurface Enticer, Pencil Sandeel Lure & an assortment of paddle tail sidewinders.
Conditions: Overcast and very chilly.
Result: Blank
I was told this spot is great for spinning with a Kilty lure over low tide, bit of a long walk down the beach from near the golf club though but I got there! There was a good few people fishing on both sides, some were bait fishing, others on the fly and a handful of people spinning/plugging including myself! I kept rotating lures, casting in all directions and moving around a bit but no joy. The only signs of life were the sprat hopping as I brought my lure in!
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Re: Malahide Estuary 23.09.2020
Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:11 pm
Putting in the hours, hopefully the fish start biting!
Often planned on heading down there but never just managed it. Have it starred on a map of a few spots I’m gonna try hit over the next couple weeks with lures in north Dublin.
Take it you were wading out a bit?
Often planned on heading down there but never just managed it. Have it starred on a map of a few spots I’m gonna try hit over the next couple weeks with lures in north Dublin.
Take it you were wading out a bit?
Re: Malahide Estuary 23.09.2020
Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:44 pm
Kevvv wrote:Putting in the hours, hopefully the fish start biting!
Often planned on heading down there but never just managed it. Have it starred on a map of a few spots I’m gonna try hit over the next couple weeks with lures in north Dublin.
Take it you were wading out a bit?
Yeah Malahide is probably the closest place for me to fish now since I had to sell my car and buy a bike.. I've found it's actually a pretty good place to fish! And no I wasn't wading that day, just standing on the edge trying to keep my feet dry
most other people there who were fishing were wading though!
Re: Malahide Estuary 23.09.2020
Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:57 pm
Based in Swords too so have been finding myself heading to the High Rock side mostly out of laziness but a few weeks ago while there a guy beside caught a decent bass.
He was fishing for mackerel on feathers with his two sons and was using an extremely colourful lure as a weight. On the retrieve the bass took the lure and nearly snapped his rod. He hadn’t even known it was a bass!
He was fishing for mackerel on feathers with his two sons and was using an extremely colourful lure as a weight. On the retrieve the bass took the lure and nearly snapped his rod. He hadn’t even known it was a bass!