Duration: noon - 9pm
Tide: HW 4.40pm
Weather: overcast. a little breezy. mild. settled sea with 4ft breakers
Bait: frozen mack, fresh rag
Rigs: mainly flappers
Report:
The bank holiday weekend saw myself and Robin plan a session on Culdaff beach - Robin's 'home territory' and a beach that I had never fished before..
The plan was just to scratch for the day and simply see what was about. We were expecting (hoping for): flounder, turbot, and a chance of a sea trout. Well that's pretty much what we got
I got to the beach a bit earlier in the day and had the chance to look around, I also had the chance to chat to another guy who had already been fishing there for an hour or so. He was fit to relay his ideas on how the beach fished and he suggested tactics, all good. He was targeting sea trout using sandeel and was proud to show me the results of the previous evenings fishing: a picture of 4 dead sea tout on the sand - all of similar sizes, pretty small, maybe each about 1-1.5lb. So, was he right to kill so many fish? Same guy was also fit to describe how, on the previous evening, a dog had come up and snatched a sandeel from his bait box; problem however was that there was a hook in the sandeel
So I started to fish before Robin would arrive in the afternoon. I was gladly joined by a Buncrana man who was new to fishing and had made the trip on his own to wet a line
We fished together for an hour or 2 which saw a few flounder and small turbot get landed, I was happy enough with this result really am a big fan of turbot, no matter what the size! We were also joined by two little dogs who hung around and readily took little slivers of freshly frozen mack when offered 
Also, during this time, a lady came up and asked: Any luck?.. But, she then also proceeded to tell us how her dog.. the previous evening.. had snatched a fisherman's bait.. how she had gone home and seen line hanging from its mouth... Well, an x-ray at the vets had confirmed a hook it is stomach.. the dog was due surgery on Monday and i'm sure she was due a hefty vets bill too. so, moral of the story?: Don't leave baited hooks (or un-baited hooks for that matter) exposed to any animals, or children, when fishing!..Anyhows, when Robin arrived we decided to change location and head down to fish closer to the river mouth. Best action was around high tide when Robin produced arguably the best results of the day with of a couple of sea trout and one particularly good flounder. Plenty of other fish caught too though so it was an enjoyable session. When the pin coley took force into dark, it was time to hit the road for home..
Always nice to try a new mark. Now looking forward to the trip to south Wexford in a few weeks time..
A few pics:
