Howth 13/07/2006

[2Poc]

People:
Myself + friend

Duration:
18:00 - 22:00

Tide:
Fully out on arrival

Weather:
Sunny + warm

Bait:
Feathers/Lures

Rigs:
Feathers/Lures

Results:
About 30 Mackeral between us + a few Pollock & very small Codling & Whiting

Report:
Discovered Howth is only 20 mins from my new job so headed down for a few hours after work.
Fished the back of the pier with the lighthouse. Started with lures: German sprat/Toby/Leadhead + jellyworm with no joy. Tide was fully out + no sign of life.
Both of us switched over to small sabiki rigs & as the tide started to rise began catching the Mackeral.
There seemed to be a small shoal moving left to right in front of us.
Picked up the odd Pollock at the end of the retrieve too.
Changed to really small sabikis that I got off ebay (prob size 10!) & started catching little Codling & Whiting.
We only kept 5 Mackeral between us - one of which thanked me by shooting projectile crap the length of my leg - nice..
The rest were shaken off the hooks back into the sea.

So sporadic action & fish not really there in any numbers but a nice way to spend a few hours (when not being crapped on) 8)

[corbyeire]

good to hear you shook them off the hook - thats the way with their skin!

[Lava]

good to hear you shook them off the hook - thats the way with their skin!

Corbyeire, excuse my ignorance, but what does this mean.

[2Poc]

Lava - they die if they are handled.

See: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... php?t=3234

I reckon this really should be made into a sticky somewhere seeing as its Mackeral time.

[corbyeire]

i agree 2poc - no point them dying needlessly especially if your after other fish species