People:2/ merlin and screeming reels
Duration:8 hours
Tide:4 ebb, 5 flood
Weather:bright, sw 3-4
Bait:mackeral fresh and frozen
Rigs:pennel rigs, spinners
Results:2 tope :- 36lbs 34 lbs 3 doz bass up to 3lbs 3 b rockling , whiting, grey gurnard, dabs
Report:Decided to head to my old stamping ground in the shannon estuary for a bit of tope fishing.
Didnt need to go to loop for mackeral, as we picked them up near littor strand.
Anchoured the last of the ebb and picked up 1 tope, 36lbs, also plenty of dogs and the odd huss, 2 grey gurnard, dabs and whiting to a 1lb
decided to drift during the slack water period, and promptly picked up another tope 34lbs but nothing else.
Headed back up river towards moneypoint to try and target a specimen 3 bearded rockling, managed to catch 4 , biggest touched 1.3lbs
Good day out in lovely weather.