Out of Bray Harbour 30/5/09
Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:24 pm
People: Myself, Fred Funk & Paul
Duration: 1.30pm - 7.30pm
Tide: Low at 11.40am
Weather: Slight south easterly
Bait: rag
Rigs: Mack feathers/rigs, Hokkai, boom with flowing trace
Results: Me 5 Pollock, 4 Ballan Wrasse & a B***** pin whiting, Fred - Pin Whiting, dab, 2 pollock, 2 wrasse & codling, Paul - pin whiting, 6 pollock, 4 wrasse & a codling
Report: We headed out to Bray head at first, spent about an hour with no luck, plenty of Gannets and turns diving but must have just been small stuff. We then decided to head towards dalkey island, stopping at the Buoy at Shangannagh, spent about 40 mins drifting, only got the whiting and dab here. At the island we made a few passes at a usual spot and weren't disapointed, some half decent size Pollock and Wrasse falling to the rag on a flowing trace. Used the same trace around the Muglins and thats where we landed the Codling, just on the drop off in to deep water towards the island.
Stopped off at the island for some Pollock lunch, yum yum
Then headed back round for a few more drifts getting some more decent size wrasse.
Shame there wasn't a few mack or herring about but seems to be the story this weekend, only managed a few stragglers last week.
Good days fishing in all and Fred popped his boating cherry too!
I have pictures of some of the wrasse, just having trouble re-sizing at the moment
Duration: 1.30pm - 7.30pm
Tide: Low at 11.40am
Weather: Slight south easterly
Bait: rag
Rigs: Mack feathers/rigs, Hokkai, boom with flowing trace
Results: Me 5 Pollock, 4 Ballan Wrasse & a B***** pin whiting, Fred - Pin Whiting, dab, 2 pollock, 2 wrasse & codling, Paul - pin whiting, 6 pollock, 4 wrasse & a codling
Report: We headed out to Bray head at first, spent about an hour with no luck, plenty of Gannets and turns diving but must have just been small stuff. We then decided to head towards dalkey island, stopping at the Buoy at Shangannagh, spent about 40 mins drifting, only got the whiting and dab here. At the island we made a few passes at a usual spot and weren't disapointed, some half decent size Pollock and Wrasse falling to the rag on a flowing trace. Used the same trace around the Muglins and thats where we landed the Codling, just on the drop off in to deep water towards the island.
Stopped off at the island for some Pollock lunch, yum yum
Then headed back round for a few more drifts getting some more decent size wrasse.Shame there wasn't a few mack or herring about but seems to be the story this weekend, only managed a few stragglers last week.
Good days fishing in all and Fred popped his boating cherry too!
I have pictures of some of the wrasse, just having trouble re-sizing at the moment
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Re: Out of Bray Harbour 30/5/09
Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:43 pm
nice few decent wrasse well done great pics too!
Re: Out of Bray Harbour 30/5/09
Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:56 pm
Ye there was some nice fish caught and the weather was cracking. All was going well until I turned green but after a stop on Dalkey Island I was grand for the last bit of fishing. While on the island I decided to do a bit of spinning but after hooking onto something half decent which went straight into the snags I managed to snap my brand new rod only used twice 
It will be going back to the shop because I barely put any pressure on it before it snapped.
We were a bit dissapointed we didn't get any Mackerel but thats the way it goes
The sea was glorious and I never seen it so clear. Great trip and thanks to Paul for taking us out (and putting up with my churning stomach)
It will be going back to the shop because I barely put any pressure on it before it snapped.We were a bit dissapointed we didn't get any Mackerel but thats the way it goes
The sea was glorious and I never seen it so clear. Great trip and thanks to Paul for taking us out (and putting up with my churning stomach)