Dodger Dunlaoighaire

People:Myself, eric (the fish kisser) And croppy boy

Duration:3pm to 8pm

Tide:rising

Weather:nice

Bait:mackerel, feathers

Rigs:tope rigs, mac feathers

Results:tope , macs whiting dogs

Report:
after meeting shane to do some casting on bray harbor, i seen the sea and hatched a wee plan to get out in the boat instead of the shore that night, so few phone calls later and away to viking tackle, to change the bait i got for the beach to macs,
picked up eric on the way and headed towards dunlaoighaire,
got to the boat and headed outwards for some macs, picked them up at bray and headed to the tope mark,
fishing was good with dogs and huss coming aboard pretty quick, then bang first tope run of the day for me, the tope dropped the bait twice and couldn resist the third time,, five mins later a nice tope of 26lb landed on board,,
straight back out and i hit another one this time i could feel it was a better fish,, after a good scrap we landed a nice 44lb tope,,(the scales went from 44 to 52lb to we just said 44 )

then eric was next onto a fish, and what a struggle did he have , wondering if he had got a porgie or something after been stripped twice finally after about 10 to 15 mins came a good size tope only to be hooked by the tail a quick kiss and a photo seen the fish released,,, while he was fighting this fish fintan got a nice 9lb huss,
then i hit a beaut of a tope after a good struggle she bit through the 200lb mono at the side of the boat, with a little help from fintan she was much bigger than the 44lb landed

then finally fintan managed to pop his tope cherry with a nice tope landed and a quick photo and on her was

all in all we landed six and lost about 10 to 12
they were very finicky

first tope landed








fintans huss while eric fights a tope


what a weirdo he needs a girlfriend



fintan finally gets one

Great session lads well done nice one Fintan on your first sweet ... jaysus eric your taking that kissing thing to awhole different level unlucky with the really big one Denis ....that big one you landed is a beautiful fish think your being modest with 44lb's

fintan is smiling nearly as much as when he cast 200 yards well done boys am sorry i was busy painting at home

good session there lads.nice fishing.well done fintan in your first one

Well done lads, must be great to get fish like those, and fair play on getting out in the first place ,,,if we were to go by the weather forecast we'd never leave the house,,it hasnt been bad at all in these here parts

great day out, bootsie's super oger like power, tamed the tope in no time, never seen any simply lift a tope out of the water single handed and give it a cuddle, the minute head let go all hell broke loose also had the ian golds match measure on board today, let me tell you, accurate isnt the word, it was clear to see the tope where over the 45cm mark, never felt in doubt

Very nice fish lads nice one. A lot of fish kissing going on there eric.

Nice few hours fishing. The forecasts of south easterlies and lots of rain put me off sorry I didn't brave it now.
We should always take our opportunities.

Yappo

nice few hours lads with good results well done
did you get macks handy down there might hit it later this week.

that lad is going to end up with a severed lip one of thease days
i suppose he wont stop now he has found out what lips are for, hate to think what the pics would be like if he discovered what other things are used for

got the macs handy john at the buoy of bray and then out at the mulditch, a couple of full lines to
fishing was handy but lots of runs lost

i have to get a trip out to get a few macks freezer is getting a bit empty looking
might get out thursday or friday all going well.

Nice tope lads and a cracker huss here all this kiss fishing thing isnt right lads eric get yourself to an sti clinic

nice one lads some nice tope there

eric get yourself to an sti clinic

been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, and got the scope too

sweet fishing lads and well done with the forecast! been a bit manky lately even to fish from the shore!

Nice few hours fishing. The forecasts of south easterlies and lots of rain put me off sorry I didn't brave it now.
We should always take our opportunities.

Yappo

twas really nice all day and no rain

excellent fishing lads, well done.