Duration: 1500-2000
Tide: LT ~ 1730
Weather: Northerly wind, cool, showery
Bait: Mack, sandeel, squid
Rigs:3 hook clipped
Results: Dogs, dogs, more dogs
Catch and Release:: Yes
Report: Met the lads at JPs house Sunday morning, they were sorting out rods for Mac, who had somehow contrived to leave his behind in Garryvoe on Saturday night...
luckily a phone call to a mate worked out, the rods were still there where he'd left them! Arrived at Gurteen with an hour to spare, plenty of time to get set up. Mac was pegged next to Seanie so they were able to share a tripod, JP was a couple of pegs away, I was away off at peg 19, with one guy beside me on 20, and a big gap back to 12 I think.
Fishing started off slow enough, I had 1 dog before dark, the lad beside me pulled in a few more. Lost a few hooks to spider crabs
which meant my clipped rigs were converted to flappers!As it began to get dark the dogs started feeding, and for the last 2 hours the 2 of us at the end had hectic sport, for a while I literally couldn't keep up, soon as you began baiting up a spare rig the rod tip was going.
I finished with 12 dogs and a 20cm whiting, beaten by the lad beside me with 19 doggies. Fish were definitely coming from that side and hitting our baits first, he was getting treble shots where I was getting doubles, but the lads up the beach weren't getting many fish at all.
JP had the longest fish, a pollack of 30cm or so. Only other species caught were LSDs and whiting.
Back to Galway via Supermacs in Oughterard, where someone had the bright idea of going for pints later. Lets just say I wished this morning that we hadn't!
