Dublin Boat Marks (IMELDA) 3 days 1 specimen

[JOHN1]

People:me +

Duration:3 outings

Tide:yes

Weather: very good

Bait:all sorts

Rigs:various

Results:15 species over the 3 days best day 13 species

Report:not been reporting a whole lot latley, over the last week and a half or so i have been out 3 times, i had my daughter leonie and her boyfriend kyle and i also had harry out. had been chasing a couple of species i need. day one i was after ray did not have to wait more than 10 minutes and i had the first thornback in the boat a 6 lb fish great start we ended up with 4 landed and a couple dropped the best fish of the day fell to myself a nice female coming in at over 14lbs

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very happy with our lot for day 1, following day i had leonie and kyle out for the first time this year,this was more of a relaxed day they are happy to jig for macks and bottom fish for pollack and wrasse and whatever comes along (easily pleased) not like some. leonie gave kyle a lesson on how to catch a variety of species macks cod

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whiting pollack coalies

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and ballans the poor lad only managed pollack and ballans

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himself but he was happy to be out. last day i had harry on board one of my old marks on the horizion was the chozen spot, with the slack tides making off shore fishing that bit easier i had tope in my sights macks were very hard to get with only 3 been caught by harry luckily i had a few from the previous day, first tope aboard was a baby for himself that taught it was a pup hound at least there was a sign of one to go on, we were kept active with a few hounds and dogs dabs and gurnards coming aboard then i had a very good take on one of my rods turned out to be a cracker of a hound estimated over 10 lb problem was he managed to launch himself out of the landing net i was not a happy bunny i blamed the net man again made a bit of a move and didnt have to wait long until a tope took my bait and stripped a lot of line from my reel nearly back at the boat and he was off again eventually i had him at the side and hauled him in myself i didnt want to have to make my crew walk home if there was another mistake made, this fish came in at 45lb and 160cm long

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another specimen sized fish under my belt that wont be claimed, 2 in nearly as many weeks aint bad

[eyesreilly]

Well done John,,,great report as usual,,,,fine mix of species and a cracker of a Tope

[gerty86]

Nice fishing! Great tope.. and nothing wrong with a 14lb thornie either!

[paul skelly]

Some savage fishing john fair play

[ShaneH]

Cracking ray john

[chuckaroo]

thats a crackin ray
and thats a even more crackin tope!

brilliant

[JOHN1]

Thanks lads, should have been out this evening only that poxy rain turned me right
off

[anthony byrne]

Great write up John lovely tope but the ray is a belter well done

[johnwest]

Excellent fishing John 1, that's a fine thornie in particular though your tope was obviously great sport.

[hugo]

Congrats on the ray and the tope, very fine fish. I'm also impressed by how clean you keep your boat, considering how well used it is....

[JOHN1]

Thanks again lads.

Congrats on the ray and the tope, very fine fish. I'm also impressed by how clean you keep your boat, considering how well used it is....

i dont think you would have the same opinion if you had a look up close, it's in a bad need of a bit of tlc have not properly cleaned or polished it in about 4 years, but i make sure i hose her down everytime i come back home with her, plenty of people only too happy go out and fish from it but you never hear a word from them when its mentioned a deep clean is needed

[sea serpant]

Fabulous fishing mate fairplay to ya

[masterkeane]

nice ray john fair play