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Martello Tower, Sutton

Postby Steve O'Hanlon » Mon May 24, 2004 3:00 pm

Had to spend the last 7 weeks on the sidelines after breaking a finger playing hurling. So I was delighted to finally get out for the day last Friday.

Unfortunately the fish were not playing ball and I didn't even have a single bite! I had hoped that fresh peeler might have tempted a bass, but I knew I was fishing at the wrong time - bright sunlight over high tide is possibly the worst time to fish here!

On a more positive note I hope to be Kayak fishing off the Bailey lighthouse next weekend (yes, you read that correctly!) and that should produce some fish. I'll post a report at the weekend assuming the sea is calm enough to venture out.
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Re: Martello Tower, Sutton

Postby jd » Mon May 24, 2004 3:06 pm

Steve O'Hanlon wrote:I had hoped that fresh peeler might have tempted a bass, but I knew I was fishing at the wrong time - bright sunlight over high tide is possibly the worst time to fish here!


Legally speaking, you shouldn't be fishing for bass at the moment.
John
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Postby IDPearl » Mon May 24, 2004 3:16 pm

What sort of kayak have you got??
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Postby Steve O'Hanlon » Mon May 24, 2004 4:44 pm

JD, the chances of catching a bass in Dublin at any time of the year are remote, but rest assured that if I had caught one it would have been carefully released. I have only ever kept one bass for the table out of the 20 odd I have caught in the last 5 years.

Re the Kayak, it's not mine, but belongs to a good friend. It's a 3 man Canadian. We've often taken it from Dollymount round to Howth pier, but never tried fishing from it in the sea (have caught a pike in it though!).
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Postby jd » Mon May 24, 2004 6:57 pm

Steve O'Hanlon wrote:JD, the chances of catching a bass in Dublin at any time of the year are remote, but rest assured that if I had caught one it would have been carefully released. I have only ever kept one bass for the table out of the 20 odd I have caught in the last 5 years.


Cool-
i was just meant as a general reminder re the close season..
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Postby Steve O'Hanlon » Tue May 25, 2004 9:50 am

No thats fair enough. I wasn't specifically targetting them (hard to target a non-existant fish!), I just wanted to get fishing again after a long lay off. I was hoping for some doggies and a flattie or two to be honest, but nothing showed.
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