fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

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fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#1 Post by fishermannum1 »

People myself the son and his friend

Duration app; 12 noon till 5.30ish

Tide dropping/rising

Weather great but some rain

Bait mac,squid,herring,sandeel, and ended up with blue's

Rigs pullys

Results two thornie's




Report dident want to travel to far so went to fahan for a session, have had a few sessions here over this last couple of weeks and they payed off very well, with my best thornie being over 12lb witch i got just over a week ago. all other rays were in and around 3 to 5lb. but this trip did not go to well, first cast i got in to a very good ray, was just about to clear the water when the snood nipped :twisted: :twisted: i did not even see the ray but a guy at the water's edge seen it and reconded it was in to double figures :cry: :cry: things then went very quiet for a while, then i got a slack liner, reeled in to contact with another ray. it was fairly small of just a couple of lb. then the son got one, one of the smallist thornies i have ever seen :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: after that things just stayed quiet, with not as much as a nibble, then it became a test off will's between me and a dog :evil: the mutt won :twisted: :twisted: and made off with my last mac; another guy who i was talking to, who was fishing to the left of me with his two sons kindly gave me some bluie's and sandeels as he was packing up himself, he got two rays himself, best was app; 10 1/2lb a thumper of a ray. we stayed for another while but no joy, so packed up and headed home for the spud's..
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#2 Post by eyesreilly »

Well don Don and son,, nice to see youre back out there getting your fix,,,ps,,i'd be happy with that small ray :roll: :lol: :lol:
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#3 Post by samo »

Nice fishing mate . did you get much of a fight off the fish in the first pic????? id say it pulled the arms out of their sockets haha.
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#4 Post by minty »

well done man, :D but that was a bad bit of luck with the one you lost, still at least it was'nt a blank. i'm sure you'll make up for it again soon :D
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#5 Post by contender »

Well done on catching some Rays. 2 of us fished there on Friday and blanked it :(
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#6 Post by marshpike »

12lb Thornie don :shock: , welldone 8)
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#7 Post by Dawsey »

Nice going Don, glad to hear your getting back into those ray again, and doing VERY well indeed! A good read :D
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#8 Post by boyler »

Well done Don,sounds like a good session.

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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#9 Post by MC »

well Don your son has beaten me as i have failed to get a ray off that beach, i would be happy with that wee one :lol:
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#10 Post by gfkelly1969 »

well done lads,nice to get a ray even the small ones
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#11 Post by saltydog »

Congrats on the 12lber Don cracking fish 8)
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#12 Post by round_ourway »

cracking ray mate. monster fish. well done
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Re: fahan/Donegal 25-7-09

#13 Post by Al and Jordan »

12lb thornie :D :D nice one don. i see the 4 legged dogs are still running amock on the beach then :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: . at least it did'nt leave you any wee surprises in your bag :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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