5ht & 6th of april fethard on sea

[mickeyfish]

People:club session

Duration:2 days in the boat

Tide:dropping

Weather:glorious

Bait:rag, mackeral, squid

Rigs:3up, gilling 2out, animal 3 out

Results:10 species, cod , pollack, pouting ,poor cod,ballan, cookoo, dog, blonde ray, thornback ray, coalie

Report:the fishing produced a great mixed bag but they weren't there in great numbers, the pollack were not feeding on the jellies, they prefered pink sabiki's as did the cod & pouting, the ray came to the oldest trick in the book squid and maceral marinated with wd-40 in total there were 9 ray, when the coalies came on they were no more than 20 feet under the boat when fishing in approx 90 to 100 foot.

it was great to get out and wet a line on the boats for the first time this year, my next planned session is 20th may in kilmore quay but lets hope that i can get out before then.

[PTP]

What trace took the Blonde Ray in Fethard Mick? Did you Try a Large Green Luminous Muppet ?

[mickeyfish]

the trace that was used was approx 15 feet long

7 feet down was the first dropper

another 6 feet down , had a whistling spoon

with a 2 foot long snood

the line was flourocarbon and was only 25 lbs

all clear no beads or muppets the fishing was in 30 foot of water

and just to clarify of the 9 ray i had 3 and neither were blonde

[paulocallaghan]

great session had by all

[mickeyfish]

ya but you didnt catch the blondes did you?? i think pat did not 100% though

paul if you read carefully you will see i stated that !!!!!!! :roll:

[paulocallaghan]

you cant quote me and edit my quote to suit your argument!! but i agree with you all ray caught had the shamrock whistling spoon above the botom hook and all used seaguar fluro, anyone not using the same blanked on the ray front, cant fault the shamrock stuff. also found fish on shamrock ray basher rigs and the red muppet rig, highly imporessed with shamrock gear, wouldnt go fishing (boat or shore) without the stuff

[thebigman]

Hi guys

Excuse my ignorance but what's a whistling spoon?

[JimC]

From pictures it looks like a copy of a Delta "sonar spoon" they come in few different sizes and weights:

[mickeyfish]

Shamrock tackles whistling spoon

they are a great bit of kit fishing foe

ray, tope, ling, dogs, huss, plaice and flats alike

on sand
if the tide is running it helps to secure your bait on the bottom, at the same time the ports in it causes a vibration which attracts fish

over a reef
you use it up off the bottom
at the same time the ports in it causes a vibration which attracts fish, and big ones at that

[mickeyfish]

Jim bet me to it

but hope it answers your question they are about €2.50 in the tackle shops

crabrock tackle sells them cheaper

[screeming reels]

hi lads,
one question, were you anchoured or drifting when you picked up the ray?
regards
screeming

[paulocallaghan]

all fishing in this part of the country is on the drift, we tried the anchor once and wasnt as productive as the drift, generally speaking if you were catching ie using shamrock gear, you were getting one a drop. only drifted for about an hour and had 3 thornies myself (in an hour and out of that spent at least 25mins sorting a tangle and then retying).

[yappo]

I must be the only one anchoring to catch ray so Paul eh? :lol: :lol:

Yappo

[paulocallaghan]

I must be the only one anchoring to catch ray so Paul eh? :lol: :lol:

Yappo

where do you fish for them? what sorts of quantities do you get? have you tried drifting?

[yappo]

Hi Paul,

[/quote] we tried the anchor once and wasnt as productive as the drift

where do you fish for them? what sorts of quantities do you get? have you tried drifting?

So --- where do you fish for them :?: what sorts of quantities do you get :?: have you tried anchoring :?:

Oh yeah you have once!!! :lol: :lol:

Yappo

[thebigman]

Thanks guys for the info on e spoons.

[mickeyfish]

did paul mention the wd-40

we threw it on some mackeral tiped with squid and thats the only bait the ray came to that day

[paulocallaghan]

Hi Paul,

we tried the anchor once and wasnt as productive as the drift

where do you fish for them? what sorts of quantities do you get? have you tried drifting?

So --- where do you fish for them :?: what sorts of quantities do you get :?: have you tried anchoring :?:

Oh yeah you have once!!! :lol: :lol:

Yappo

[/quote]
i was on the boat in fethard, do a substantial proportion of my boat angling in fethard

[mickeyfish]

Fethard throws up some fish

weve had days down there were we would catch up to 15 species of fish in one session

and a lot of species between the 5 & 8 lbs mark

the funny thing about this place is the basic gear works well

rigs unbaited catch more fish over the reefs