Greenore friday 13th

[Gary Morton]

People:Septic,Fish Magnet,myself

Duration:dawn, dusk

Tide:spring

Weather:Brillant

Bait:lug,mussel,macs,squid

Rigs:3 up, 3 down

Results:Codling,Pin whiting,Poor Cod,Haddock,
scorpion,
cuckoo wrasse,Doddies,Ling

Report:
Too good a forecast to be stuck indoors working. So armed with short notice leave permission (from work and wife ) , Septic and Magnet, I headed out from Greenore to be greeted by beautiful sea conditions.

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Surface water temp was 3 degs up on a month ago, at 9.9 deg C.
The mission was to get a few species to start the year.
First stop was a offshore mark that throws up small hake and a host of other species. The fishing was very slow for a big mark that is normally alive throughout the year, but still we notched up a few fish in the non existant drift. Poor Cod were in abundance as they always are. But slowly we added Codling,Whiting,Doggies for Septic(the drift was that slow ) and Cuckoo Wrass
I then struck into something better on the 3 below rig, which put a good bend in my rod. This turned out to be a 6lb 13oz Ling, which was a real bonus for him as his rates them highly as eating fish .

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So all in all it was an enjoyable day where the sneering and slagging eclipsed the fishing, but isn't that what it's all about? Having a good laugh with your mates on the water

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[septicsac]

Some dodgy looking photos in there Gary

[JAFFUSMAXIMUS]

Great stuff, did you see if anyone from the shore was trying their luck?

[twinkle]

great to see a report up gary its been a while id say the craic and buzz was brilliant with the motley crew all on one boat the pictures are like something in late june instead of january all i can do is look at the moment as shes out for the winter but roll on march and il be back in full force hope to see you in howth one of these fine days