North Dublin Conger 22.07.2021

When: 22/07/2021
Where: North Dublin
Who: Myself
Duration: 20:00-00:00
High Water: 22:52
Equipment: 13ft surf rod using pennel pulley rig (3/0 specimen X & 1/0 chinu) & 11ft bass rod with 1 up 1 down paternoster rig (size 4 b940s with popup floating beads).
My Bait: Ragworm, Squid.
Conditions: Hot, Humid, Foggy, Hazy Sun, Full Moon
Result: 1 Tope, 1 Smooth Hound, 1 Conger Eel

After a good session yesterday I had to go back to the same spot again tonight, and it paid off, got a slightly bigger tope pup than last nights, a small smooth hound, and my first proper conger eel as I was about to pack up! All fish took the squid on the pennel!

I took the eel home for tomorrow nights dinner, going to part boil, skin and then marinade it in an eel sauce then I will fry it in a tempura batter with panko breadcrumbs, so hopefully it'll be nice

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Getting some great sessions in,, let us know how the conger tastes,, love seeing the reports,,

Well done , enjoy the eel

Class! You'll have to start getting a proper tope bait out along with the rest now.

Wow. Even better day than the one before. very nice
Like the sound of that recipe

Class! You'll have to start getting a proper tope bait out along with the rest now.

Yes if only the mackerel would ever show up

Getting some great sessions in,, let us know how the conger tastes,, love seeing the reports,,

Had the conger this evening, now I didn't bother with the marinade, just boiled it for a few minutes, removed the skin, cut it into small pieces, battered with tempura & panko breadcrumbs then pan fried. I would say that it didn't taste bad, more just bland so I probably won't be eating it again any time soon

The mark that keeps on giving, well done.

I went back there tonight 22:00-01:00 with some fresh caught mackerel off the boat during the day to see if I could tempt a proper tope. I made a shamrock tope rig into a pulley rig and threw out a flapper, though it didn't cast very far so next cast I just did a tail cone which did cast a bit better but at the end of the day nothing took the bait in 3 hours fishing.. Might try there off the boat some time maybe that'll work

Oh and since it was just a blank I just did a short report on my website only: https://lambayfishing.ie/full_report.ht ... type=shore