Hi lads just wondering what I'm doing wrong when fishing for dabs as all I'm catching is rays and plaice
Should I catch dabs in the same area and using lug tipped with squid in Youghal
Catching Dabs
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Re: Catching Dabs
same here, cant buy a dab for love or money in the Shannon Estuary this year, plenty of huss and ray but no dabs - not even on rag tipped with black lug which always was a winner last year?
would you please stop laughing Denis, this is serious
would you please stop laughing Denis, this is serious

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Re: Catching Dabs
Frozen Lugworm will definitly get them , if it dosent then there is no dab in the water.
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Re: Catching Dabs
Its surprising what a dab'll go for at times. On a blinding hot day last week, Herself caught a fine fat one on a mackeral rig in 100ft of water while we were scouring the bottom for bait.