stoney beach/Dunaff Donegal 13/12/08

[fishermannum1]

People just me

Duration 10.30am....4.oopm

Tide dropping/riseing

Weather cold, then sleet

Bait peeler/mackerel/squid

Rigs 2 hook flapper/pully rig

Results loads of pin whiting




Report the son pulled out of this trip so i left early to get a decent session,
when i got to my mark the wind was light but would cut you in half for it was that cold.
just as i got the rods in the water the sleet started and it hammered down, think it stoped only twice for 15 minutes or so, at the end up it got that bad i had to pack up and head for the car, was trying this mark for a bass, as i have been lucky at this mark in the past, but no joy rod at distance and rod in close only produced small pin whiting, but at the end of the day it was better than blanking.
only thing that kept me going today was the floatie suit, if i had not got it ,i would have left after an hour cos the condishions were that bad....

few pic's of the beach....

[dan]

better than a blanker anyway. looks like a beech that would hold some flatties and possibly a bass or two

[red]

if it werent for pin whiting my last 3 times out would have been blanks. not sure if 20 tiny fish count for much tho.


the 2nd and 3rd pics look like it could have been a summers day.

[MC]

bet your glad you got the floatie suit, i know i was the first trip i used one

[FMCN]

Thats a nice looking mark. Pity no decent sized fish.

[eyesreilly]

Good man for sticking it out ,,, bitter cold conditions,,, some nice photos as well,,,,i'm going cold turkey at the moment ,,,hands in bits with cracks and splits hopefully get out soon. Got the gloves by the way,,,but the hands were already cut

[nifisher]

Great pics. Pity about the size of the fish. Floatie suits are great !! Make fishing at this time of the year much more bareable

[PaddyB]

Hi Don, I didnt get finished up at work till around 2 yesterday, I stopped and got some rag on my way down the road. I was on every beach between clonmany and leenan, twice looking for ye. Is your car navy? if it is you passed me on one of them wee back roads.

I ended up fishing leenan from about 3.30 / 4 till around 5.30 with rag and mac and caught loads of what you'd call 'wee puckers' I was callin them somthing that sounded similar! By haf 5 I was so cold it was't funny!

I might head to culdaff this evening!

[The Austrian]

...the 2nd and 3rd pics look like it could have been a summers day.

surely you are talking about Irish summers

[marshpike]

Nice pics, looks like a good mark........

[Al and Jordan]

that sure does look like a cracking mark Don. just a pity it did'nt produce the goods for you, but fair play for sticking it out

[fishermannum1]

the 2nd and 3rd pics look like it could have been a summers day.

got the pic's between the shower's when the sun came out, might look like a summers day, but belive me it wasent :
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bet your glad you got the floatie suit, i know i was the first trip i used one

MC them floatie suits are the biss, beats standing on a beach wearing oil skins and freezing to death

Good man for sticking it out ,,, bitter cold conditions,,, some nice photos as well,,,,i'm going cold turkey at the moment ,,,hands in bits with cracks and splits hopefully get out soon. Got the gloves by the way,,,but the hands were already cut

OUCH!!!! know the feeling Dave, when i get it bad i use E-45 cream, it clears it up good an fast

paddy dont know how we missed each other, i'll give you a ring later.

cheers lads for all your replys, you do get the odd bass off this beach, but soon as the bait hit the water the pins were off with it, even the large bait at distance on a pennel came back every time with a pin.
between pins, weedfish and the sleet i gave up.

but got a nice "COD" on the way home, even the batter was nice