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donegal mark 23/07/11

#1 Post by grady »

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Duration:6 hours

Tide:low to high

Weather:perfect

Bait:mac, rag

Rigs: flappers, lures

Results:dogs, pollack, wrasse, thornback ray mackerel




Report:went one of my favorites marks in donegal weather was just perfect, start with 2 bottom rods baited with macs and rags while tide was out, first half an hour was slow and later first doggy bend a rod and then next and few more after that, when tide riched half way i thought to try some lure fishing managed few pollacks, just around a pound nothing impresive
while spinning i'v notise that one of my baited rods was almost horizontly standing on the tripod :shock: lucky that i was not to far away, strike and first ray of this year flipping in my hand, not a hudge but still lovely one, i took a picture releesed it free from the hook and of course let her go continue her life in ocean
just couldint realise pollacks behavior as weather is right , they fed well i mean packs of sand eels scooling along the shore and polack with mackerel gordge them selfs even jumping out of the water, but they never did it on lures, even i'v try all my lures i had only few of many pollacks been cought, well imitation could be the issue, but i also had frozen eels, but still not that good, i could even see them hiding under kelps and attacing eels from there, not shore weather i did something wrong or they just ignore lures couse plenty of naural prey around
well i can still call it nice session, great warm sunny weather, few fishes, what more i could ask for?
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#2 Post by Shambo »

Fantastic fishing 8) Oh and your ray is a spotted ray.
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#3 Post by cathalger »

Good work Grady, I thought your ray was a small blonde, I aint too well up on the rays, your ballan wrasse pic is very nice. Perfect fish.

Sounds interesting with the sandeel and the pollack hunting them. Good summertime stuff.
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

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cathalger wrote:I thought your ray was a small blonde
Spots go right out to the edge of the wing on a blonde ray.
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

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Shambo wrote: Oh and your ray is a spotted ray.
WOW even better hadn't cought one before, one more spesie is added in my list and that's cool :D
cheers lads for that
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

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Shambo wrote:
cathalger wrote:I thought your ray was a small blonde
Spots go right out to the edge of the wing on a blonde ray.
Cheers Shambo, a blonde is the only type Ive ever caught and the count of that species is 1.

Well done grady, its a really nice fish.
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

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nice fishing well done
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#8 Post by FMCN »

Yes well done. Nice spotted ray.
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

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some fine fish there mate well done nice fishing
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good fishing there mate
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#11 Post by FisherKing »

nice fish grady & new ray species for the list 8) well done. I often seen pollock not take lures even though theres plenty of sprat or sandells about, there stuffed with food & just picking off the odd one but ther will come a burst on them again some evening soon & they will devour the lures :wink:
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

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FisherKing wrote:nice fish grady & new ray species for the list 8) well done. I often seen pollock not take lures even though theres plenty of sprat or sandells about, there stuffed with food & just picking off the odd one but ther will come a burst on them again some evening soon & they will devour the lures :wink:
thanks Brian, that what I think too, when food is plenty to choose, lures is the last thing to take thought
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#13 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Nice fishing grady and great photos. Great result with the spotted ray 8)
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Sweetwrasse wrote:Nice fishing grady and great photos. Great result with the spotted ray 8)
nicki d wrote:good fishing there mate
tight lines wrote:some fine fish there mate well done nice fishing
FMCN wrote:Yes well done. Nice spotted ray.
stevief54 wrote:nice fishing well done
cheers for replays lads
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Shambo wrote:Fantastic fishing 8) Oh and your ray is a spotted ray.
cathalger wrote:Good work Grady, I thought your ray was a small blonde, I aint too well up on the rays, your ballan wrasse pic is very nice. Perfect fish.

Sounds interesting with the sandeel and the pollack hunting them. Good summertime stuff.
FisherKing wrote:nice fish grady & new ray species for the list 8) well done. I often seen pollock not take lures even though theres plenty of sprat or sandells about, there stuffed with food & just picking off the odd one but ther will come a burst on them again some evening soon & they will devour the lures :wink:
thanks boys
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#16 Post by evan699 »

Well done. Lovely spotted ray. Great fishing.
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#17 Post by stox 1 »

Nice trip and fish! Donegal seldom fails to please!
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#18 Post by zud25 »

Great session Grady-well done on the spotted raymond 8)
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#19 Post by grady »

cheers lads
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Re: donegal mark 23/07/11

#20 Post by Al and Jordan »

congrads on the spotty grady :P :P . great looking fish 8) .

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