Downings, August 10th & 11th

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Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby Rob Millard » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:26 am

People: Me + 14

Duration: 2 x 6hours

Tide:

Weather: Nice Saturday, blowy Sunday

Bait: Mackerel, Rag & artificial

Rigs: various

Results: Sharks & other bits & bobs, see below

Report: We fish the Colm Gallagher memorial cup up in Downings this time every year in memory of Colm who passed away nearly 10 years ago. It's normally a species hunt, fished by friends & familiar faces, but this year it was decided to include a days Sharking. So 15 anglers set off on Saturday morning on 3 boats, and after catching enough Mackerel for the day, we steamed out to the Shark grounds. We must have stopped on top of one, because we got the 1st run after only 10 minutes. It was a small blue of around 20lbs, but a good start none the less. Shortly after, we had a double hook up, which resulted in me getting a blue on deck of about 40lbs, but unfortunately James lost his close to the boat when his trace broke. His luck changed about half an hour later though when he landed a Porbeagle of about 70lbs, which gave a good account of itself. The sharks then went quiet for a couple of hours before we got another towards the end of the day. All the while we were getting Ling, Gurnards, Pollack and the like off the bottom. For the record, the total tally for the 3 boats was 10 blue to 55lbs & the Porgie. Sunday saw fresh and gusty westerlies, so the 3 boats just stuck their noses out of the bay long enough to feather a few Mackerel, where we watched 3 Basking sharks feeding. Then it was back into the shelter of the bay for the day. I got a few Ballan Wrasse up close to the rocks with ragworm & spinning rod, and enjoyed some nice flattie fishing on the drift, my own tally was a couple of Turbot, a couple of Plaice, a few Dabs, a Thornback & a Homelyn Ray. A really enjoyable weekend, I can't wait to get back up there!
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Species 2019: Common Skate, Pollack, Whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bull Huss, Lsd, Porbeagle Shark, Mackerel, Grey Gurnard, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Turbot, Ballan Wrasse, Dab, Smoothound, herring, haddock, Blonde Ray, Tope, bass

Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna

Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim

Species 2016 : (32)

Species 2015 : (30)

Species 2014 : (29)

Species 2013 : (34)

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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby henrykelly10 » Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:50 am

great fishing Rob

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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby chuckaroo » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:47 pm

class. great fishing :)
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porbeagle, stingers, seatrout, shore skate, shore tope

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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby smiliejp » Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:38 pm

well done nice fishing great to get the porgie too

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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby Rob Millard » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:23 pm

smiliejp wrote:well done nice fishing great to get the porgie too


Thanks, although I can't really take any credit for the Porgie, I was only watching!
Species 2019: Common Skate, Pollack, Whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bull Huss, Lsd, Porbeagle Shark, Mackerel, Grey Gurnard, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Turbot, Ballan Wrasse, Dab, Smoothound, herring, haddock, Blonde Ray, Tope, bass

Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna

Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim

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Species 2014 : (29)

Species 2013 : (34)
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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby lad123 » Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:51 pm

Well done.good fishing . great to watch a shark being landed

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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby CiaranMcFish » Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:32 pm

Nice looking fish there well done!

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Re: Downings, August 10th & 11th

Postby gavind19 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:25 am

Lovely pics and great fishing man. Well done
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