Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:07 am
11:
10am - 6pm:
Low at 1300:
Glorious:
Squid, Mackeral:
Feathers, Hokais, Eels,:
Mackeral, Pollack, Ling, Cod, Haddock, Pouting, Cuckoo wrasse, Grey and Red Gurnard, Whiting, Coalfish:
Great Days fishing with John Brittan. An absoloute gentleman. 8 Ling to 14lbs, 4 Cod to 8lbs, 4 Haddock to 3lbs. Numerous Pollack to 7lb. 20 ish whiting to 2lb. A shortage of mackeral that was made worse by John cooking up mackeral for us on the barby, but it was well worth it as they were delicious. Lots of fish on the sounder but they were hard to catch due to combination of really bright weather, possible leftover effect of the bloom and a lot of beginners on the boat. I personally caught my first Haddock (Thanks for all the help) and had a PB on the Ling (14lb). I also had 9 of the 11 species caught on the day, which made a good day great. I will be back with John again for sure.
Caz
10am - 6pm:
Low at 1300:
Glorious:
Squid, Mackeral:
Feathers, Hokais, Eels,:
Mackeral, Pollack, Ling, Cod, Haddock, Pouting, Cuckoo wrasse, Grey and Red Gurnard, Whiting, Coalfish:
Great Days fishing with John Brittan. An absoloute gentleman. 8 Ling to 14lbs, 4 Cod to 8lbs, 4 Haddock to 3lbs. Numerous Pollack to 7lb. 20 ish whiting to 2lb. A shortage of mackeral that was made worse by John cooking up mackeral for us on the barby, but it was well worth it as they were delicious. Lots of fish on the sounder but they were hard to catch due to combination of really bright weather, possible leftover effect of the bloom and a lot of beginners on the boat. I personally caught my first Haddock (Thanks for all the help) and had a PB on the Ling (14lb). I also had 9 of the 11 species caught on the day, which made a good day great. I will be back with John again for sure.
Caz
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:30 am
dont you just love it when a plan comes together 
sounds like an excellent day on the water 
well \done. what did you get the haddock with?
sounds like an excellent day on the water well \done. what did you get the haddock with?
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:09 pm
Hi Twinkle,
Caught him on a 2 up 1 down rig. He took the middle hook. Squid was the bait. The other 3 took baited feathers with mackeral. They are a really lovely looking fish when fresh.
Caz
Caught him on a 2 up 1 down rig. He took the middle hook. Squid was the bait. The other 3 took baited feathers with mackeral. They are a really lovely looking fish when fresh.
Caz
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:49 pm
Sounds like a good trip!!! Where abouts did ye fish? Was it around Inishnofin? I am heading up next weekend to fish taht area for a week.
Conor
Conor
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:57 pm
Oops. I meant to type: Was it around Inishbofin? Trying to type too fast!!
Conor
Conor
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:04 pm
PM Sent. Made the mistake of mentioning a good fishing area before (not on this forum) and gill netters had the place covered before I knew it. So hopefully PM ing is safer. I dont want to upset the skipper by publically revealling his marks.
Caz
Caz
Re: Blue water, Clifden - Haddock tactics
Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:40 pm
If there are haddock about and you want to pick them out, a single ragworm on a long flowing nailed to the bottom does the trick and seems to pick them out every time. Crab will bring in cod ahead of the haddock. Appears the cod get there first... not that most people would be complaining. I saw this work a treat on a mark in Clew Bay. Ragworm guaranteed haddock.
Sounds like an excellent days fishing, well done.
Sounds like an excellent days fishing, well done.
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:15 pm
hi caz, was out with john on saturday and had similar results, fresh mack straight onto the bbq will not be beaten in the best resturants, a good days fishing is hard to beat .damian
Re: Blue water, Clifden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:03 pm
nice one. have the boat in clifden myself wouldnt mind catching a haddock!