5 Mile Point, Wicklow

People:me alone

Duration:about 3.45 - 7.15pm

Tide:low around 6ish I think

Weather:light N wind, quite pleasent for Feb.

Bait:frozen black lug, peeler, mussel, sandeel, razor

Rigs:1/2 hook flappers

Results:1 whiting about 23cm

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:First time fishing this year, not a great return but it was a fine day to be on the beach. 5 others fishing to my left didn't seem to have much luck either. One rod in close, another at various distances, new headlight broke and reel kept coming off the rod on the retrieve due to dodgy coasters :x so I decided to leave.
This beach has failed to produce anything of note on my last few sessions here, anybody fish it successfully recently, would have expected plenty of whiting at least?

ouch hate when little things like that go wrong (loose reel, and so on) its not a beach i fish that ofthen to be honest
do you ever get much of it

do you ever get much of it

Not really,rarely any quantity anyway, however my first few sessions on it produced a good few species including my first bass, hence why I'm allways hopeful when going here.
I generally tend to stick to between Newcastle and Wicklow because of lack of transport, Newcastle is normally just dogs, this time of year the Killoughter "road" is terrable and I don't know Wicklow very well during Winter so this leaves 5 Mile as the best bet.

BTW used circle hooks for the first time, may have only caught 1 but it was hooked in the lip and easy to remove.

At least your first session this year wasn't a blank Col :)
I heard of some nice Bass being caught from 5 mile point last year, dont know where about though :? Were they full circle hooks or semi's col?

Oh yeah forgot to ask what size you were using too :oops: thinking of giving them a go myself this year!

AL, the hooks were Grauvell 8610 BC, size 1/0, pretty small compared to a normal J 1/0 but I only wanted them for scratching anyway.
Technically there not circles but sickles, they work on the exact same principal as a circle hook but suposadly hold the bait better :roll: