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#1 Post by **lucky** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:04 pm

does anybody know what time of the year is best to gather sandells.. i was down looking at a beach this morning in the spiddal area so i had a root around with the fork got 56 nice sandells .. cheers....

#2 Post by **corbyeire** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:20 pm

you seem to know what your at getting 56 of them

could you advise us - how long were you digging - how did you dig - right at the waters edge?

which beach?

#3 Post by **scrob** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:27 pm

Ditto, would really like to know how to catch the wee blighters and what to look for. Was thinking of buying a cast net to target them whilst swimming

Watched a program on Discovery Shed the other night and it showed a guy catching them with relative ease using nothing other than the back of a steak knife simply hoiked through the sand, they were shooting up and out of the sand and he got a dozen or so in no time. Looked really easy but would totally depend on finding an area where they are actually buried!!

#4 Post by **lucky** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:33 pm

ha lads

if i told you where i was getting them.. well then i would have to kill you...

#5 Post by **lucky** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:43 pm

ok so lads.. i have been looking at this beach for awhile now.. on the last spring tide i was digging fore lung and found a few sandell..so i done a little looking around the beach.. tried a few times since but no joy..so i tried this spring tide right down at the water edge on low tide. i found what looked like little indents in the sand so started to dig.. and there the buggers where.. i lost more than i got.. because i was useing a fork.. quick little buggers.. trying again in the morning with a little garden hand rake.. the avarage size was about 4inchs long and about the thickness of a stick of chalk........

#6 Post by **scrob** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:43 pm

The chap I was watching on TV didn't dig them at all, he just ran the back of a knife (blunt edge) through the sand and every second or third stroke a sandeel popped out!

#7 Post by **lucky** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:56 pm

scrob wrote:The chap I was watching on TV didn't dig them at all, he just ran the back of a knife (blunt edge) through the sand and every second or third stroke a sandeel popped out!

going to tyr that myself tomorrow.. let you know how i get on....

#8 Post by **Bolger** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:07 am

The next time your digging sandeel, bring a old rain coat and dig onto it.
I seen a angler digging sandeel in waterford and it works.
I got a sandeel net a few years ago and one outing and i would have all the eels that i would need till the following year.

Sea Angling Ireland

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