Kilmore Quay 12th August
Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:47 am
Vessel: Enterprise
Crew: myself, Stephen8wood and 4 others
Duration: 6.5 hours
Tide: rising
Weather: beautiful
Bait: mack,
Rigs: all sorts
Results: At least 9 species for the boat. Ballen, cuckoo, ling, codling, pollock, pouting, mackerel, LSD, cod. (Mack, Pouting, Pollack & Cod for myself & 8wood) There may have been more species caught, I didn’t see everything.
What an amazing day. The sun shone all day the wind pretty much stayed away although it got a little choppy towards the end and we had plenty of fish. We were on a week’s holiday and managed to escape for a day and joined 4 others on a charter with Dick Hayes. I must say going out with Dick is great and highly recommended. He knows where to stop, he’s very knowledgeable and very helpful. His details can be found here:
http://www.reelfishylive.com/charter_wexford.asp
Our first stop was to catch some mack so that we had some bait on board. It didn’t disappoint with non-stop action on silver feathers from the moment of the first cast. We moved on then plenty of times throughout the day trying spots all around the Saltees and closer to shore. Dick certainly wasn’t concerned with the amount of fuel used and was muster keen for us to get some decent fish. Biggest of the day by a long way was the ling. He must have been about 3.5 feet long.
The first two photos are of some of the pouting we caught, the last is on a cheeky, hungry Gannet. They are extraordinary birds. The pouting I caught went back to fight another day and he was at least the size of the one in the 2nd photo in Mr. 8wood’s hands. I put him back in the sea no more than 2 feet from the boat. Out of nowhere the gannet crashed into the sea after it and completely disappeared under the water right in front of us. A second later he resurfaced with the pouting in his mouth. In two quick gulps it was gone. Unbelievable. How the gannet swallowed such a relatively big fish compared to the size of him and his neck is amazing. Mind you he did sit in the sea off the back of the boat for several minutes after eating it, I’d say he needed a rest. It wasn’t the only time it happened. He was the 3rd gannet to crash into the sea beside us and take a thrown back fish. The pouting was far and away the biggest of the three. I've heard of seals taking fish you're trying to reel in but never of gannets stealing fish you're trying to save!
A brilliant day out.
Crew: myself, Stephen8wood and 4 others
Duration: 6.5 hours
Tide: rising
Weather: beautiful
Bait: mack,
Rigs: all sorts
Results: At least 9 species for the boat. Ballen, cuckoo, ling, codling, pollock, pouting, mackerel, LSD, cod. (Mack, Pouting, Pollack & Cod for myself & 8wood) There may have been more species caught, I didn’t see everything.
What an amazing day. The sun shone all day the wind pretty much stayed away although it got a little choppy towards the end and we had plenty of fish. We were on a week’s holiday and managed to escape for a day and joined 4 others on a charter with Dick Hayes. I must say going out with Dick is great and highly recommended. He knows where to stop, he’s very knowledgeable and very helpful. His details can be found here:
http://www.reelfishylive.com/charter_wexford.asp
Our first stop was to catch some mack so that we had some bait on board. It didn’t disappoint with non-stop action on silver feathers from the moment of the first cast. We moved on then plenty of times throughout the day trying spots all around the Saltees and closer to shore. Dick certainly wasn’t concerned with the amount of fuel used and was muster keen for us to get some decent fish. Biggest of the day by a long way was the ling. He must have been about 3.5 feet long.
The first two photos are of some of the pouting we caught, the last is on a cheeky, hungry Gannet. They are extraordinary birds. The pouting I caught went back to fight another day and he was at least the size of the one in the 2nd photo in Mr. 8wood’s hands. I put him back in the sea no more than 2 feet from the boat. Out of nowhere the gannet crashed into the sea after it and completely disappeared under the water right in front of us. A second later he resurfaced with the pouting in his mouth. In two quick gulps it was gone. Unbelievable. How the gannet swallowed such a relatively big fish compared to the size of him and his neck is amazing. Mind you he did sit in the sea off the back of the boat for several minutes after eating it, I’d say he needed a rest. It wasn’t the only time it happened. He was the 3rd gannet to crash into the sea beside us and take a thrown back fish. The pouting was far and away the biggest of the three. I've heard of seals taking fish you're trying to reel in but never of gannets stealing fish you're trying to save!
A brilliant day out.
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Re: Kilmore Quay 12th August
Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:45 pm
that was a cool days fishing 
them gannets are something else, nice photos.
them gannets are something else, nice photos.