Greystones 16 August
Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:27 pm
People:Myself & Smack
Duration:11am till 8pm
Tide:ebb & flood
Weather:light SW mainly overcast
Bait:Fresh Mackerel
Rigs:Sabiki & Flowing trace
Results:Mackerel, Tope, Dogs, Grey Gurnard, Tub Gurnard
Report:After hearing reports of a few Tope being caught of Greystones, myself and Smack decided to launch the boat dis morning and headed to Bray Head to get our Mackerel for the day. Then headed down to the Breaches bouy, and started our drift back north. 30 minutes in and bang, Smack's reel started to sing that sweet sound of a screaming reel. Short while later we had a beaut of a female Tope in the boat. Unfortunately I forgot to bring tags with me, we measured her and got a few pics. (Dont know how to upload pics) Then released to watch her swim away strongly. She measured in at 1550 x 607mm. That's just 50mm short of specimen length
the lenght based formula put her at apprx 44lb. Fine fish. 
We did the drift another two times only picking up the odd dog. Then decided to head in close to the coast to try for a few species and managed a few Tubs & Grey Gurnards. All in all an enjoyable day cant wait to get out again.
Duration:11am till 8pm
Tide:ebb & flood
Weather:light SW mainly overcast
Bait:Fresh Mackerel
Rigs:Sabiki & Flowing trace
Results:Mackerel, Tope, Dogs, Grey Gurnard, Tub Gurnard
Report:After hearing reports of a few Tope being caught of Greystones, myself and Smack decided to launch the boat dis morning and headed to Bray Head to get our Mackerel for the day. Then headed down to the Breaches bouy, and started our drift back north. 30 minutes in and bang, Smack's reel started to sing that sweet sound of a screaming reel. Short while later we had a beaut of a female Tope in the boat. Unfortunately I forgot to bring tags with me, we measured her and got a few pics. (Dont know how to upload pics) Then released to watch her swim away strongly. She measured in at 1550 x 607mm. That's just 50mm short of specimen length
the lenght based formula put her at apprx 44lb. Fine fish. We did the drift another two times only picking up the odd dog. Then decided to head in close to the coast to try for a few species and managed a few Tubs & Grey Gurnards. All in all an enjoyable day cant wait to get out again.
Re: Greystones 16 August
Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:08 am
Re: Greystones 16 August
Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:02 am
Nice fish, just wondering how far off Brayhead were you getting Mackerel?, I fish from the shore there but only managed a few in 1 session a few weeks back, I pick up some nice Pollock though but always nice to get a few Macs for the pan.
Re: Greystones 16 August
Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:26 pm
Richie07 wrote:Nice fish, just wondering how far off Brayhead were you getting Mackerel?, I fish from the shore there but only managed a few in 1 session a few weeks back, I pick up some nice Pollock though but always nice to get a few Macs for the pan.
To be honest we searched all around Brayhead (in close and out far)and only got one string of four all the rest came in ones. Bit scarce on the ground.