Dollymount Strand 17-06-08

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#1 Post by **shamoo0804** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:42 pm

People:Me

Duration:19.30-23.30

Tide: HW around midnight

Weather:Fine, breezy

Bait:Peeler, lug

Rigs: Pulley, Pat

Results: Ziltch

Report: Had been working in Sutton, and was planning to scout the area for bait collecting potential, so threw the gear in the car just incase.

Managed to collect a few peelers, so headed of to the mark, in search of the infamous Dollymount double figure Bass.

Arrived at LW, so it gave me chance to check the beach for features....very little, 2 small, but pronounced gulleys, both within 200 yards of HW mark.

Decided to give the tide some fill before fishing so went of to check a local mullet mark, again water level was to low, so headed back to the beach.

Got set up with a pulley rig baited with crab and banged it out as far as I could.

1/2 an hour later, no bites, so reeled in to re-load, it felt like I was reeling in a quadruple of doggies, the weight was that bad, no fish mind you just weed, on the leader knot, the swivel, the hook, and the lead.

Having read a recent post regarding dealing with problems of weed, I decided to simplify/streamline my rig, and made a quick 1 hook paternoster, without any swivels. This didnt make any difference

This was to be the pattern for the 4 hours I fished, didnt get a single bite (I dont think, but difficult to tell with the weed), what made is worse was the wind was from the right of the beach(southerly), so it was dragging the weed side ways up the beach rather than straight in towards me

Desperation to catch my first Bass kept me there much longer than common sense should have allowed

The highlight of the night by some way, was watching how many cars got stuck in the sand on the carpark

I did the good samaritan thing with a few people(dog walkers mainly), but left the boy racers to it

Lowered suspension, massive alloys and bodykits dont bode well for driving on sand....let them learn the hard way

The hunt for my 1st Bass continues, watch this space.......

#2 Post by **EoinMag** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:48 pm

Dollymount can be a nightmare for weed it seems to catch the weed from the whole bay at times, during the high tides last year I wrecked a reel with the amount of weed I was bringing in on the line. I had to actually bring the rigs in by hand after destroying the cog in the reel.

#3 Post by **corbyeire** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:49 pm

unluck on the fishing - but 100% on the effort

it must be your first blank in ages!

#4 Post by **shamoo0804** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:12 pm

Hi Brian, yeh, your right, I cant remember my last blank

Opps, I did blank when I went after some macks last saturday (but that doesnt really count does it

).

Eoinmag, I'll think twice about fishing that beach again, god only knows what it would be like with a big surf

#5 Post by **EoinMag** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:08 pm

Well I'd not rule the beach out as a place to catch some nice fish, lots to be had there under the right conditions, but it's just a mare with the weed. If you go to the statue there you can see seatrout jumping there all season, so it's not a bad spot, and the amount of peelers to be found on the remains of that old Wall would suggest to me that there have to be a lot of fish scouting the area looking for a meal.

#6 Post by **shamoo0804** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:40 pm

Hi eoinmag,

Thanks for the tip for the peelers

I had a walk along that section by the statue, and it did look a decent spot.

It looked ideal for fishing off that section into a good swell, and if the wind is anywhere from the south to south easterly, it should be protected from the weed a bit more I would think.

Good shelter in the bathing huts from the wind/rain which would be a bonus

Perhaps I'll give it another try when there is a bit more surf.

Oh yeh, bad luck with the reel, atleast if you broke it on a fish, you could say the fish was so big it broke my reel

#7 Post by **EoinMag** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:31 pm

Penn repaired the reel, I just didn't tell them I hauled in about 50kg of weed with it.

dgp140 · #8 Post by **dgp140** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:07 pm

Well done for sticking it out and trying for so long. I had a similar experience not long ago, an hour later I was in the car on my way home!!

#9 Post by **shamoo0804** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:40 pm

Well done for sticking it out and trying for so long

I dont know if it was determination or just plain stupidity that kept me at it so long

#10 Post by **roger de dodger** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:41 pm

it,s called bassulosis fishing a surf beach for hours without a bite and praying ,talkin to your rod ,and general madness

#11 Post by **shamoo0804** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:22 pm

without a bite and praying ,talkin to your rod ,and general madness

I've got all the symptoms

#12 Post by **Figs** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:32 am

Dollymount is a great beach....
....For the ridin'

#13 Post by **Eoghan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:48 pm

Figs wrote:Dollymount is a great beach....
....For the ridin'

Ye look more like a phoenix park merchant to me mate...!

#14 Post by **Figs** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:46 pm

Did I meet you there?
I didnt think you'd remember

Hope your not still sore

#15 Post by **shamoo0804** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:42 pm

Dollymount is a great beach....
....For the ridin'

Kite boards or windsurf's I presume

#16 Post by **Eoghan** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:14 am

Figs wrote:Did I meet you there?
I didnt think you'd remember

Hope your not still sore

No you were quite the gentleman...! Worth every penny...!