back of spidal pier - 15th july

Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:14 pm

People: myself and ramond

Duration: 5pm to 11pm

Tide: high at 8.30pm

Weather: hazy sunshine, light south westerly

Bait: limpets mack (eventually)

Rigs: pulleys and float, spinning

Results: zilch, nada!


Report: started off spining trying to get some mack and had the limpets floating and on the bottom - was cursing i didnt have some better bait - hallelujah! - a bag of 4 mack fillets gets washed up just in front of me!!!

from loughrea - how it got to me i dont know!! - anyway baited up and threw the mack out on the sand - had a bit in close aswell for good measure

mate ray helped with his amazing ALDI elastic line and rod - which managed to birds nest on a toby then on meps to the point of me grabbing it off him as it was finding my line aswell!

not even a bite to high tide - few others arrived with the feathers - chucked it about for half an hour no joy and headed off again - then i wouldnt have believed it except for i saw it with my own eyes - this lad from cork turns up and throws out mussel on the ground - first cast small wrasse - and then another small one 20mins later

he told me he only had the four mussel - he headed off - more arrived with feathers - again no joy, nobody else catchin

at about 10 the midges arrived and coupled with the hayfever and the lack of fish - the turning up of the mackeral - was not the sign - i expected it to be

packed in at 11 - but sure what a fine day to be standing out at the bay



:D