ENNERIELY BEACH 23-4-06

[FISHAHOLIC]

People:5

Duration:1500- 2300

Tide:RISING

Weather:SUNNY AND WINDY FOR MOST OF THE DAY BUT IT WENT FLAT CALM WHEN IT STARTED GETTING DARK

Bait:SAND EEL MACKEREL LUG AND MUSSEL

Rigs:ALL USED 1 HOOK CLIP ED DOWN

Results:25 DOGGIES 3 SMALL FLATS 1 WHITENING AND A SPOTTED RAY


Report:FINELY A GOOD DAYS FISHING TO REPORT .THE FISHING IN THE DAY STARTED VERY POOR BUT AS NIGHT FELL THE FISHING CAME ALIVE .ALL THE DOGGIES WERE CAUGHT ON MACKEREL AND SAND EEL THE SMALL FLATS TOOK THE LUG WHITENING TOOK MACKEREL AND THE SPOTTED RAY TOOK SAN DELL THE RAY WAS ABOUT 4LBS IN WEIGHT I THINK IT COULD BE A SPECIMEN I GOT IT ON CAMERA ANYWAY WAY. THERE WERE ABOUT TEN OTHER ANGLERS ON THE BEACH BUT THEY ALL LEFT EARLY I DO NT THINK CAUGHT MUCH

[John D]

Nice session fishaholic.

John D

[BigPhil]

good session, nice to see an early spotted!!

[FISHAHOLIC]

THANKS FOR THE REPLY LADS ANYBODY NO THE SPECIMEN WEIGHT FOR A SPOTTED RAY

[hairyconger]

Not sure but you should take your caps lock off...you evil git

[coaster]

Irish Record / Specimen Weight

Ray - Thornback (Raja clavata) 37lbs / 20lbs (9.072kg)
Ray - Blonde (Raja brachyura) 36lbs 8ozs/ 25lbs (11.340kg)
Ray - Cuckoo (Raja naevus) 5lbs 11ozs/ 4.5lbs (2.041kg)
Ray - Electric (Torpedo nobiliana) 72.5lbs/ 20lbs (9.072kg)
Ray - Homelyn (Raja montagui) 8.28lbs / 5lbs (2.268kg)
Ray - Undulate (Raja undulata) 18lbs / Suspended
Ray - Painted (Raja microcellata) 17.21lbs / 10lbs (4.536kg)
Ray - Sting (Dasyatis pastinaca) 33.2kg / 30lbs (13.608kg)


Just pulled these from the net.
SPOTTED RAY dint seem to be listed

[joe clancy]

Spotted Ray, Raja montagui

Irish Record Fish: 8.28 lbs 3.76 kgs
Caught: Cork Harbour 1983
Boat Specimen: 5 lbs 2.27 kgs
Shore Specimen: 3 lbs 1.36 kgs
Photo Credit: Neil Moroney, Fanad Head, Donegal 2004

[alby]

Some good fishing that,

Just owndering what is the most accurate tide table info for enereilly, is it Arklow, Wicklow Greystones??? Or what is the difference from Dublin,

Any help much appreciated as I intend to give it a shot this weekend.

I've only fished here once, (poor session too) and am wondering is there any "Hotspots" on the beach at the Pennycomequick bridge etc,
Cheers

[Donagh]

Hi Alby,

I asked a similiar question on tides but there no definitive anwser. I think the best thing is to check the arklow tides on

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/

As this area can can have zero tide differentials and the tides are way out from Dublin/Wicklow. I'm heading up here for the weekend after next and I'm planning to fish here in the hope of getting a new species of ray for myself.

Rgrds
Donagh

[RobertMcClean]

I would be failry certain that it was a homelyn you got from Ennerielly, was it very thick? If so the specimen weight is 5lbs.

[alby]

Thanks donagh, thought that myself, High water this weekend is good just coinciding with dusk - Fri - 20:45, Sat - 21:30, Sun - 22:19. Might see you down there one of the nights.

Robert, I saw the feature in TSF this month on Cork Harbour, amazing fishing, a slight inprovement on you PB Coaley from 3 - 25lb, those Clohessey brothers are always producing the goods, great article!

[RobertMcClean]

No comparison to catching 1-3lb coalies off the east coast to getting one that size, very enjoyable stuff to say the least!!

[BigPhil]

spotted and homelyn rays are the same fish, just a different regional name for them - ifsa specimen sizes 1.361kg shore, 2.268kg boat. there aint too many marks that turn them up on the shore up here so i might have to nip down this way to try and get one!
what is the best time of year on this beach?

[RobertMcClean]

Never known them down our parts to be called that but sure you learn something new everyday! The specimen fish committee refer to them as Homelyn's. Do the frequent any venues up North Phil? Again the only place I have heard of the them caught is Castletownbere or Ennereilly

[BigPhil]

some are caught around north donegal from the shore with the very occansional one appearing as out of the blue from some marks on the antrim coast
seen them on the boat from portrush, downings, and ballycastle and know they are caught in red bay - if you read in sea angler most of the time they are reffered to as spotted. but mostly reffered to as homelyn on the north coast too