IMELDA Dunlaoghaire

Vessel:IMELDA

Crew:me and son Darragh

Duration:10 to 4

Tide:ebb and flood

Weather:great slight SE breeze

Bait:crab mack launce lug

Rigs:flowing, and various

Results:thornback ray, grey gurnard ,tub gurnard,mackerel,launce, whiting,cod,poor cod, LSD,ballan wrasse, 10.


headed out for a few hours in search of a few species, could not find the macks so headed to a launce mark i have and within 20 minutes we had about 40 in the bait basket it never fails to produce the numbers
next we headed to a mark that i have had some very nice gurnard from and straight away darragh landed a tub, we were also getting pestered with whiting and a few dogs then i got a nice headshaker of a bite nice gurnard on landed a tub about 2lb guessing weight, a few minutes later darragh landed a nice gray just under about a pound.
time to move again went in search of the hounds not a sniff of one, so another move anchored up frozen mack and launce flappers went down which resulted in me getting two ray and darragh getting one all males also lost a couple then the dogs became a problem time to move again.
done a bit of searching for the other few species we got and for the life of me could not get a pollack or a dab, alll in not a bad day out.

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well done john boy, looked a cracker of a day

Nice fishing lads.... John1, wheres your Life Jacket... !

Nice fishing lads.... John1, wheres your Life Jacket... !

i was waiting on this took it off to remove my waders

Well done John,some lovely fish there,nice photos,was a beaut of a day

Couldnt resist John, sorry....

well done john good fishin and nice weather too

great day john. pollock and dabs there in abundance over this side have been getting them on sabiki minis first time i ever caught dabs on feathers you seemed to have the same results as ourselves with the exception of the macks. were getting them but they are very hit and miss at the moment.still 40 is not to be sniffed at

great day john. pollock and dabs there in abundance over this side have been getting them on sabiki minis first time i ever caught dabs on feathers you seemed to have the same results as ourselves with the exception of the macks. were getting them but they are very hit and miss at the moment.still 40 is not to be sniffed at

i have been getting pollack and dabs, i think i tried too hard yesterday normally they just happen to land on the hooks
got plenty of macks the week before ah well there is always the next time

oh yeah............. just have to wait till the weather settles again

nice fishing john,,,,,,,,,,,,well done,,

Nice one John, good to see the raymonds about, and as to wearing waders and no life jacket on a boat, your a bold boy Your a role model to young kids like eric and tony so set the example man

nice going john ,great to see the species starting to appear

Nice one John, good to see the raymonds about, and as to wearing waders and no life jacket on a boat, your a bold boy Your a role model to young kids like eric and tony so set the example man

as you know i would be the first one to pull somebody up for not wearing a jacket at sea, i will not leave any harbour withouh all crew wearing a life jacket including myself even if the conditions are like a mill pond
if you look at the picture my straps were undone for wader removal when this gurnard took the bait, look at the pic of me with ray and see what im wearing so let this be an end to it or i will stop posting reports again i might even remove the picture altogether

Great report, pictures and fishing John. It's good to be able to put a face to the name finally Well done, you and the son look likes you's made a good team
I wouldn't mind some of those launce it keep in the freezer, they are a great bait

some nice ray there john . did you catch the gurnards where we were fishing ?

some nice ray there john . did you catch the gurnards where we were fishing ?

negative on that andy, i dont think i have ever had a gurnard from where we were fishing

Great report, pictures and fishing John. It's good to be able to put a face to the name finally Well done, you and the son look likes you's made a good team
I wouldn't mind some of those launce it keep in the freezer, they are a great bait

thanks paula, on occasion we make a good team, on other occasions it like cat and dog
you should have asked for a picture sooner i would have sent you a signed one
i have great faith in the launce as bait always have a few in the freezer, just re stocking ,after using up all of what i froze last year

you should have asked for a picture sooner i would have sent you a signed one
i have great faith in the launce as bait always have a few in the freezer, just re stocking ,after using up all of what i froze last year

John, I would love you to send me a signed picture - I am going to play darts and I need a new face to throw them at on my dart board!!
Never mind your picture, send me up some of them launce you've got

Nice fishing John, Great mix there, especially for the East Coast. That Tub mark seems to have some decent fish on it

Nice fishing lads! East coast is not gone yet! I suppose the tope will show shortly for ye?