Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

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Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby evan699 » Thu May 29, 2014 10:50 am

People:Me and my uncle

Duration: 9.30am to 6.30pm

Tide: Low at 12.27pm

Weather: Sunshine, cool breeze in the evening

Bait: Mack and rag

Rigs: Jig heads, running ledgers and 3 hook flappers

Results: Pollack, coalies, codling, dab, whiting, ballans

Report: Headed out of the harbour into a bit of a swell at about 9.30. Nothing too uncomfortable but a bit more lumpy than i had expected. We arrived on the mark and set up lure rods with heavy jig heads. I was using a savagegear sand eel and first drop i got hit by a good fish. It was heading for the reef and there wasn't much i could do to stop it with my little shimano exage reel but he turned after a good run and i gained some line back and it went on like this till i got him to the net. 6lb 9 on the scales so not a bad start. We had a steady stream of pollack in around the 4lb mark with coalies to about 2.5. The fishing died off over low water so we anchored and tried for congers, i hooked a dog but lost it at the boat and my uncle brought in a few decent wrasse on rag. I tried for wrasse but i couldn't get to them through the smaller pollack. We had no luck with the conger so we decided to try a few more drifts before we made out way back home. First drift again i hit another good fish. This one took a small yellow and green shad. This one weighed in at just under 7lb. On the last drift of the day I hooked into something better again. It took me a long time to get it moving up in the water and when it did start to move, it wasn't happy about it and so headed back to the reef. This fish was different than the others though as he wasn't making panicked quick runs and then coming up tired out. He was taking his time and just powering off towards the bottom. There really was nothing i could do but wait it out and hope it didn't reach the kelp. Ten minutes in, arms aching i started to see a bit of color and called for the net, which broke under the weight when i did get him to the surface. But we got the fish in safe and that's all that matters. We steamed back in and drifted the harbour for flats to use up what was left of the rag. We were hoping for a few dab and caught 6 or 7 with a few small codling and whiting thrown in to mix things up. Absolutely savage day out there and I'm depressed out of my head now looking out the window in work at another sunny day. But I have to make a few bob to replace the lures and landing net for next time.
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Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

Species 2015: Ballan wrasse, poor cod, pollack, ling, flounder, turbot, mackerel, whiting, lsd, dab, grey gurnard, pouting, cuckoo wrasse, cod

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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby evan699 » Thu May 29, 2014 10:55 am

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Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

Species 2015: Ballan wrasse, poor cod, pollack, ling, flounder, turbot, mackerel, whiting, lsd, dab, grey gurnard, pouting, cuckoo wrasse, cod
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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby Big Bear » Thu May 29, 2014 3:14 pm

Nice day out for ye. What weight was the one which broke the net?

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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby evan699 » Thu May 29, 2014 5:54 pm

The biggest one that broke the net was 9lb 7oz


Species 2014. Whiting, codling, pouting, poor cod, coalie, pollack, Ballan wrasse,
Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

Species 2015: Ballan wrasse, poor cod, pollack, ling, flounder, turbot, mackerel, whiting, lsd, dab, grey gurnard, pouting, cuckoo wrasse, cod
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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby Big Bear » Thu May 29, 2014 6:36 pm

Excellent nice fishing man.

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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby nicefish » Thu May 29, 2014 8:04 pm

Great stuff.
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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby CiaranMcFish » Fri May 30, 2014 11:10 am

Great fish lads, what type of boat are you on?

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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby evan699 » Fri May 30, 2014 12:10 pm

CiaranMcFish wrote:Great fish lads, what type of boat are you on?


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Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

Species 2015: Ballan wrasse, poor cod, pollack, ling, flounder, turbot, mackerel, whiting, lsd, dab, grey gurnard, pouting, cuckoo wrasse, cod
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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby Sweetwrasse » Fri May 30, 2014 1:37 pm

Nice report and sweet fishing:-D
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Re: Fair Game, Cork, 28/05/2014

Postby Moody Marlin » Fri May 30, 2014 9:24 pm

Brilliant report, and looks like ye had a savage days fishing. Fair play. :-)
Species 2015: Long Spined Sea Scorpion, LSD, Poor Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Corkwing Wrasse, Tompot Blenny, Thornie, Tope, Dab, Ballan Wrasse, Pollack, Pouting, Herring, Coalie, Rock Goby, Mackerel, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ling, Cod, Conger, Smoothie, Common Blenny, Goldshinny Wrasse, Grey Gurnard, Bass, Bull Huss, Tub Gurnard, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Launce, Homelyn Ray, Sandeel, Blue Shark

Species 2014: (40) Flounder PB 37cm, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Three Bearded Rockling, Pouting, Pollack, Whiting, Five Bearded Rockling, Codling, LSD, Dab, Smooth Hound, Tope PB 55lb, Bull Huss PB 13LB, Thornback Ray, Common Blenny, Ballan Wrasse, Black Goby, Grey Gurnard, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Launce, Cuckoo Wrasse, Coalie, Tub Gurnard, Poor Cod, Tompot Blenny, Rock Goby, Small Mouth Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldshinny Wrasse, Red Gurnard, Ling, Scad, Turbot, Sandeel, Haddock, Blue Shark PB 92LB, Mullet, Weever & an Octopus

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