Galway Bay SAC Club Outting, Killary, Galway 18.01.09

[saltydog]

People: Nige, Papa Smurf, Corbyeire, Vinnycorrigan, stevecrow74, Handbrake Hynes, Darius and myself

Duration:13:00-20:00 (some left at different stages)

Tide: HT @ 22:50

Weather: Gale force winds, hailstones, with some sunny spells

Bait: mackerel, herring, squid, sandeel, lug, whiting

Rigs: various

Results: Nige 2 thornies to 4lb 1 dog, Papa Smurf 1 whiting, Corbyeire 1 Thornie 1 dog, Vinnycorrigan 5 dogs, stevecrow74 1 thornie just shy of 6lb 2 dogs, Handbrake Hynes 2 Thornies 3 dogs 1 whiting, Darius 3 Thornies to 11lb 1 dog 1 whiting 1 pouting, myself 5 ray to 8lb 6 dogs




Report: First Galway Bay SAC outting of the year and 8 hardy (or slighty mad) anglers. Converged on Killary more in hope than expectation with a swell running and surf the likes i've never seen hitting Glassilaun beach, things didn't look promising. Arrived to find the lads all set up with corbyeire already with a ray to his name and Darius are newsest member (who the Bray Outcast lads will Know) off the mark with a dog. The fishing was tough enough to begin with but picked up as the day went on I was in with a double shot of ray on the first cast and Darius was picking of fish nicely throughout including the best fish of the day an 11lb Thornie which he caught on his spinning gear put a hell of a bend in the rod!! Handbrake Hynes was keeping the fish coming and picked off a nice ray and a cracking whiting. Steve and Vinny were finding it tough but pulled it out of the bag towards the end vinny getting a run of dogs in quick succession while steve pulled out a nice ray on the last cast. Nige also got a fine double of Thornies on the last cast. While Papa Smurf got a whiting but unfortunately couldn't connect with anything else the fishing gods weren't smiling on him. I was catching fairly regularly and broke by PB on Thornies 3 times today with 6.5lb 7lb and an 8lber previous best being a 6lber. All in all it turned out to be a good days fishing given the conditions and time of year. The fishing really came on towards the end but another storm was brewing and we called it a day. If i've left out any fish etc the lads can fill in....

[nige]

excellent fishing for the conditions. i wasnt expecting anything with the weather. and as for slightly mad i think your being very generous to us

[keith]

Nice one lads plenty of nice Ray there

[saltydog]

Some more pics......

[petewex]

great fishing lads
some nice ray ,great start to 09

[vinnycorrigan]

It was a better end for me after spending the first half of the session losing tackle..

I pulled in a sixth doggie on handbrakes lost rig.

[Rockhopper]

Nice one lads...they say its only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun, this must prove what mad Irishmen go out in

Tom.

[nige]

It was a better end for me after spending the first half of the session losing tackle..

I pulled in a sixth doggie on handbrakes lost rig.

did you pull in one on my lost rig too? not looking forward to sorting out the birds nest I got

[stevecrow74]

great wee session, surprised by the numbers of fish that showed up this time of year...
good to start off with a bang


you forgot to mention the hial that battered us..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0evgFVEI2e0

[mga]

Great start to the year lads. Fair play to ye for venturing out - conditions were brutal.
I can only imagine the craic with that 11lb-er on spinning gear

Couldn't make it out to this session (was a bit under the weather ), but looking forward to the next one

[dfella25]

Cracking selection of Rays there lads fair play looks like a great day.

[shamoo0804]

Fine fishing lads, thats some amount of ray

[immunecfg]

brilliant fishing lads well done. Good job on getting the thornies!!!!

[gearoid mc s.]

Fair play lads is that place deep??

[saltydog]

Fair play lads is that place deep??

Hi Gearoid a cast of 100yds or so will see you into 40ft of water getting gradually deeper with a bit more distance....

[gearoid mc s.]

Fair play lads is that place deep??

Hi Gearoid a cast of 100yds or so will see you into 40ft of water getting gradually deeper with a bit more distance....

Thanks man its a place ive been meaning to fish for some time..hopefully in the coming months ill get up there..i like fishing in those fjord type venues...theres a few round here and they usually mean big fish

[saltydog]

Thanks man its a place ive been meaning to fish for some time..hopefully in the coming months ill get up there..i like fishing in those fjord type venues...theres a few round here and they usually mean big fish

No probs sure gimme a shout when your thinking of heading up and i'll join ya i'll pm you my mobile

[corbyeire]

what a day for great fishing

we are going to have to keep an eye on that darius chap - he also got 2 more whiting and a coalie

was completely expecting blanks - a few whiting and a dog or 2 - couldnt believe the ray that turned up - great to see them all swim away for another day

[pete]

Was the water kind of coloured aswell lads? Looks like it is in the pic, fine fishing by the way

[corbyeire]

it was indeed pete