Bryella,old head louisburgh,25th april

People:me and goldwing

Duration:5.30am-3pm

Tide:high to high

Weather:rather good really

Bait:mackerel,sandeel

Rigs:feathers,baited feathers,ray rigs,spreader rigs

Results:mackerel,coalies,doggies and codling.

Report:Well the day had finally arrived,the maiden launch of bryella,the 14ft dory we bought a few months ago,she was spruced up,loaded up,and ready to go,at 2am we were on the road,and in louisburgh by 3am,after numerous checks and tweaks,we finally lost our verginity and launched at 3.45 and then had to wait till first light to move out. it was a long bloody wait! but finallydawn arrived and we were off,i was "skipper" for the day and all that i'll say about that,is that we did not sink! we started fishing just outside the point and got of to an excellent start with a few small codling!i knew they could be got fauther out by clare island,but did not know they could be caught this far in the bay things went quiet and we moved down the bay a bit into shallower water,50-60ft of water,we found a spot where there were fish on the fish finder and we were into mackerel stright away,and big healthy ones at that,i only measured one and it was 36cm,and we caught bigger! thats the bait sorted for a few months so it went on like this most of the day with mackerel,coalies being the catch,we moved down to bethra to see could we get some ray but all we got was doggies! now folks, this boat is a chugger,your not going anywhere quick on bryella,and it was a long way back to old head,so while i "skippered" the boat back up the bay john decided he would have a nap in the cuddy BUT...there was a bit of a swell,and as she cut bravely thru the waves john discovered that the seal on the flap on the cuddy was missing and got a bit wet good enough for him!!tell ye what folks,owning a boat is BETTER than sex!!it was a great day,and we learnt a few things that we need to tweak,like the cuddy is not as big as we thought and we need to try not to bring EVERY bit of gear we own roll on the next session!

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well done doggie

I'm so glad for you folks that it worked out for you this time after all the grief you've had recently and a super result to boost, never caught Mackies this size since the mid 90s, absolutely brilliant

well done doggie and welcome to the boat owners channel hope you have a fabulas season and dont forget to get a picture of your self for the mantlepiece this is so the family dont forget you lol

Well done lads that looks like a fine dory, first of many successful trips!

Well done skipper! Nice going Noel and John after all the grief on yer first attempt!
love the curly codling!
Make sure you leave some free time to post yer updates on here

well done lads, congrats

Nice one doggie, nice to get get her out into the water and into a few fish I'd say that's the start of good things to come

I'm so glad for you folks that it worked out for you this time after all the grief you've had recently and a super result to boost, never caught Mackies this size since the mid 90s, absolutely brilliant

cheers martin,it was a bit of a bad start but alls well now!and with 40 odd of those mackys in the freezer thats some of the bait sorted for the next month or two!

well done doggie

well done lads, congrats

cheers lads,a trip to galway bay,eh chris?

well done doggie and welcome to the boat owners channel hope you have a fabulas season and dont forget to get a picture of your self for the mantlepiece this is so the family dont forget you lol

cheers twinkle and ive gone thru the tide book and picked out the suitable tides till sept! think we will be out most weekends and some weekdays thrown in for good measure!

Well done lads that looks like a fine dory, first of many successful trips!

cheers brian,we were looking at mullaghmore for a session in the near future,wanna come

Well done skipper! Nice going Noel and John after all the grief on yer first attempt!
love the curly codling!
Make sure you leave some free time to post yer updates on here

cheers thomas,unusual to see codling so far in the bay,mabye a sign of things to come!

Nice one doggie, nice to get get her out into the water and into a few fish I'd say that's the start of good things to come

i sure hope so dawsey i sure hope so!

Congratulations Doggie, Im delighted for youse, cant wait till I someday have a cuddy of my own! Do you reckon you'd squeeze in a few skate in their with you?

Congratulations Doggie, Im delighted for youse, cant wait till I someday have a cuddy of my own! Do you reckon you'd squeeze in a few skate in their with you?

a big clew bay one would prob sink the boat!

Excellent work glad to see her in the water well done on the fishys too

nice one noel.... its a nice looking boat ...... glad to see you wearing the life jacket also.......no stopping you now.......

well done lads, congrats

cheers lads,a trip to galway bay,eh chris?
For sure! would be good crack!

Well wear lads!
It's Up and Out from here on

ye might as well sell off your shore rods etc etc.. thats the last you'll be using them
i'll buy them. (half price)

ye might as well sell off your shore rods etc etc.. thats the last you'll be using them
i'll buy them. (half price)

HA HA HA HA HA, sure you don't know how to use em!

Excellent work glad to see her in the water well done on the fishys too

cheers conor.

nice one noel.... its a nice looking boat ...... glad to see you wearing the life jacket also.......no stopping you now.......

cheers lucky,that kind of lifejacket are easy to wear and it would be foolish not to...

Well wear lads!
It's Up and Out from here on

well jim it was the likes of your reports that really got us thinking about our own boat,so thank you sir!

nice going lads,good luck with the boat,looks like yea mean buisness,eddie...............

nice one skipper good to see you on the water,,,,,and nice fishing........