Duration:3:00pm-8:30pm
Tide:High when we got there and started to come back in when we left
Weather:Showery
Bait:Sandeel, rag and feathers
Rigs:1 up 1 down & wishbone
Results:Mackeral, Pollock,Coalfish and Dab.(No Dogfish
)Report:
Went down to Balscadden yesterday on the spare of the moment, Mate Kev wanted some Mackeral for his dinner! First time fishing balscadden and was quite enjoyable, the only problem was the rubbish it was full of old line feathers hooks and loads of other crap! Got there at about three and there where a few people there raking in Mackeral on feathers, Kev was fishing with feathers and catching a few Mackeral every cast while i set up with Ragworm and Sandeel on a one up one down, Getting bites from the start catching Dab on the rag and Pollock, Coalfish and Mackeral on the Sandeel, the dab where absolutly tiny about 6-8cm long was hard job trying to throw them back without the seals chasing them! Every time someone was into a fish they where taking them off the hook! Most of the Pollock and Coalfish where quite small but finally hooked into a decent enough fish that was about three-four pound that put up quite a good fight, Then i saw it shoot up to the surface of the water, was admireing the size when a seal came up and took it straight off my hook(I know why it shot up now)
Not sure what fish it was as it was eaten before i got him in but it certainly put up a scrap! Tide started going out and was losing my bait to crabs so stopped fishing with bait. I hadn't brought any feathers with me as i dont use them but i reeled in about 5 sets off feathers that where stuck to my line as i was reeling in and also 4 4 ounce leads and 1 3 ounce lead with them, so decided to feather for mackeral with the rigs that i had caught and get a few fish for bait! was getting three fish every cast kept 8 for bait and for the BBQ and shook the rest of the hook, stopped feathering after a while and went back to bait fishing with rag on a wishbone rig and had a few more small dab and 2 tiny coalfish before calling it a day! I have to say i wasn't expecting that much fishing in Dublin, had a brilliant day inspite off all the rubbish and the rain which resulted in about 60 Mackeral between myself and Kev, 6 small dabs, 3 Pollock and about 7 Coalfish and nearly a couple of seals 
thats a new one 
