5 Mile Point, Wicklow.

People:me

Duration:10:30am-2pm

Tide:dunno exactly deff rising pretty fast towards the end

Weather:no wind, flat calm and jumper not required

Bait:all frozen:razor,mack, black lug, peeler and squid plus berkly gulp worm

Rigs: one up one down and pennels

Results:one tiny dab and one decent sized plaice

Catch and Release:: yip


Report:Tried all variations of above baits, including large lug/squid cocktails and razor baits should a rogue bigger fish come along. At the begining I was getting a few bites but these ceased completely for the latter 3rd of the session, the time when I would have expected more with the tide rising.Might have had something to do with the appearance of a huge seal. The plaice, at about a pound, was a nice surprise and I also managed a freak (for me!) long cast of well over 150yrds which I couldn't replicate afterwards :oops:
Had gone expecting dogs and whiting, neither showed.

Hadn't gone fishing in ages and it was a very pleasent day to be out, good weather, no wind and even a fish or two to boot.

col

Hi Col, is this 5 mile point on the murragh or the one near to Brittas..?

Hi Eoghan, the one I'm talkin about is between Newcastle and Killoughter. Would have fished Killoughter but apparently the road down was in a bad way so stuck with 5 mile. I'm pretty sure thats what the place is called anyway, hadn't heard of the places you mention.

col

I know where you mean now.
I usually fish that beach in the winter for Cod if I get bored as it can turn up a few decent fish sometimes. Fishes best on low water at night I have found.

Fishes best on low water at night I have found.

I used normally try to make 2hrs b4 high tide but on the occasions that I've just headed out for a quick while and its happened to be low water I've had better results too, so this certainly seems the time to be there.