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March

Postby m.b3 » Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:57 pm

Been doing a bit when the weather settles. The fishing has been quiet enough during the day. A good few fish at night but my ability/camera doesn't produce the goods- if anyone wants to see bad pictures of pin whiting I can send them a pm.

My first attempt at a mackeral this year saw nothing for 2 hours then a bite and not only a mackeral but a flounder too :)

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Little strips of mackeral behind floating beads produced a few more.

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A lead that gives a little bit of resistance helps set the hook.

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Very little happened on the baits fished on the bottom, fishing from my feet out to silly distance stuff on light mainline. The odd mackeral obliged on retrieve and pin whiting made an appearance when the water had some colour in it. Not much in the way of flatfish but that is normal for March.

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Homemade 'fishfinder' lead that didn't find many fish.

Small baits.

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Using up some old rigs.

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One thing of interest was a foul hooked herring...

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I couldn't catch one despite trying various rigs that fished baits at different distances from the bottom and even throwing around tiny baits with the lrf gear.

One for another day.

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Re: March

Postby Thompst111 » Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:28 pm

Mackeral this early on must if been a nice surprise. A nice size herring too. Night have to try the floaty beads. What part of the country you fishing

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Re: March

Postby kstaff » Fri Mar 26, 2021 6:55 pm

Awesome stuff Mark, great to fish in that way, can be very surprising and rewarding.
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Re: March

Postby m.b3 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:14 pm

Thompst111 wrote:Mackeral this early on must if been a nice surprise. A nice size herring too. Night have to try the floaty beads. What part of the country you fishing


west cork. the herring was a decent size alright- i couldn't get over the shine off them! the loose scales would blind you when the sun came out!
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Re: March

Postby m.b3 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:16 pm

kstaff wrote:Awesome stuff Mark, great to fish in that way, can be very surprising and rewarding.

it is still suprising me although i am not over the flounder i had 7 feet off the bottom a few years back :shock:
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Re: March

Postby corbyeire » Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:14 pm

The floaty beads sorting you out, happy days
im back to the river!

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Re: March

Postby Gonzo » Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:23 pm

Interesting rigs, tiny baits, floating beads and weights that roll around in the currents :D
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