Wicklow boat hire 8/9/2012

People:Myself & Donal

Duration:11am-6pm

Tide:both

Weather:sunny southerly breeze

Bait:macks

Rigs:sliding ledger wire trace

Results:1 tope,1 dogfish

Report:we hired a boat from ray in wicklow boat hire he has a great set up and would recommend to anybody.Set off to try a few banks we had in mind nothing happened at all so we moved off to another location,Donal was fishin before myself and since there was'nt much happening I was given up hope of a tope and asked if he was sticking with the wire trace luckily he said he was and I did also..only had the bait in the water for about 5 mins and got a knock i first thought i was snagged felt like a dead weight so i was thinking maybe a ray until donal yelled ya have a tope!i caught a glimpse of it before it decided to go for a run again the hook was nicely set but I've lost one from the shore and a charter boat before this was'nt happening again i hoped!!!we struggled a little but got in in between us in the end have pics will sort them later estimated 35lbs.

yea it was a great day out inspite of the weather...

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thats a cracker well done mate

And another

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nice fish
plenty of white water out there by the looks of things,im fairly surprised wicklow boat hire allowed yous out in them conditions.

It was not that bad earlier in the day but later on in afternoon the wind picked up slightly nothing to worry about we ain't stupid and know our limits John we have a boat ourself and have rented alot before sure if we had of went in I would'nt have been able to post this report.

It was not that bad earlier in the day but later on in afternoon the wind picked up slightly nothing to worry about we ain't stupid and know our limits John we have a boat ourself and have rented alot before sure if we had of went in I would'nt have been able to post this report.

I never suggested anybody was stupid in my post, yep looks like a wind against tide situation in the pictures, they are the conditions that can catch the most experianced of boat owners out even if they think they know their own limits.
im aware of the 15ft punt and 2hp outboard yous have,i think donal was asking about it's suitability to make a trip out to the moulditch a while back.

And I fully agree with what you have mentioned about tide against the wind situation and fully respect the sea elements.But I posted this report to show the catch not for people to analyse that the weather was'nt the best and we was at risk.

Cracking Tope lads! Congrats! Id say you's went home happy!

Thanks yes enjoyed the trip alot gets the buzz going we are after them from the shore earlier in the year nothing showed were gonna try again donal has had one from the shore 2 years ago

Nice one lads great catch and a big well done on the dogfish

Excellent catch lads, congrats As for the weather, that'd pass for a calmish day up here..... and sometimes it just has to be done

lovely fish

lovely fish

Nice tope man well done

Thanks

Thanks

nice bigfish for a small boat