Duration: 18.30 - 20.30
Tide: Full out at 19.15
Weather: fine, small swell, extremely hazy out at sea - was a real stunning sight
Bait: lures
Rigs: n/a
Results: eventful but no fish
Report: Was desperate to get out and enjoy some of this fine weather, too nice to be stuck in the office !!! So rang Corbyeire and out we headed.
After finding a decent looking deep water mark with lots of kelp, we started to throw a few lures in. Myself and Corbyeire had not fished Bray Head before and were not too optimistic with it being low water, but there seemed to be plenty of deep water in front of us so defo worth a shot
The first hour passed with out much incident, a few small snag's, but nothing that resulted in lost lures
Decided to change to a smaller/heavier lure to hit a bit more distance and get the lure deeper for the retrieve as there was quite a tidal pull from right to left.
I moved to a small outcrop of rocks 20/30 yards to the left and after 5/6 casts missed what I though was a couple of hits (felt like a pull rather than snagging weed), and expectation was now rising.
Saw a small Armada of Kayakers coming in from the left and it looked like they were paddling right into our casting line....bang.... into a fish, I was a little hasty in the retrieve due to the onslaught of the Kayakers (thats what Corbyeire said I should use as an excuse rather than incompetence
), and lost the fish right by my feet. A pollock of around 2 - 2 1/2 lb I would estimate.To say I was disappointed would be an understatment to say the least, I keep promising my housemates that I am gonna bring something home for the dinner table, only to let them (and myself) down
- However worse was to come It was only 8pm so still had a bit of time left to catch a few, or so I thought..........
Cast out again, snagged
gave it a bit of a tug, no joy, let the line slack, no joy, gave it another tug..... Crack, rod snapped right on the joint, I was mortified, only had the rod for a few months and it wasnt cheap either 
I have had a bad run with tackle this last week, backwind broke on my main reel last weekend (for the 2nd time), and now my spinning rod busted, whats next I wonder, they say bad luck comes in 3's - I was 1/2 expecting a fall into the sea, or a slip down the pathway on our exit from the mark, that would have just about finished me
Anyway, I shall be heading off to the tackle shop this afternoon to see what they canm do about this rod, I have only used it around 10 times and its only had very light use. I wasnt even pulling it hard to release it from the snag, so hopefully the tackle shop in question will do the decent thing and replace it
Not much in the way of action for Corbyeire I am afraid, the odd moment of incident with the slippery rocks thats all, but I am sure he can/will add any extra info he see's fit.
I am defo gonna try and hit this mark on an incoming tide at the weekend, if my rod senario is sorted
NB : Sorry about the rant, but, what the F**K is it with watercraft users, they seem to think they own the rights to use whatever bit of water they like, irrespective of who else is using it!, or who was there first!
The Kayakers could quite clearly see our range of casting yet proceeded to paddle straight throught our line, surely common sense would suggest that they paddle an extra 40/50 yards out to sea to bypass our area of fishing(the sea was certainly calm enough for this to be done safely).... I shall have the last laugh however, I am going armed with a catapult and some rotten, sticking rubby dubby next time
Good news, just arrived back from the tackle shop(henrys in Nth Dublin), and he had no prob's changing the rod. Had my pick of others in the same price range, and came away with a Cormorant Black Star 11ft reduced from €175 to €90, so just had to pay the difference.
