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Ronan2

Doonbeg Co Clare

#1 Post by Ronan2 »

People: Me and the brother

Duration: Sat ;7pm to 10pm Sun 12 to 2pm

Tide: Various

Weather: Beautiful

Bait: Lug, mack , limpets and lures

Rigs: Running ledger

Results: Mack, triggerfish, wrasse, pollock and conger

Catch and Release:: Yes/No



Report: Hi all ,
First time poster, long time lurker so hpoe this works out. Myself and my brother decided to take a long overdue fishing trip and headed off to Doonbeg. Arrived about five and dug some Lug on a nearby beach. We started fishing for mack and caught six in the first half hour.
Then we moved a few hundred yards down the coast to a little rocky bay to try for wrasse. On our first drop we each had a triggerfish, then another and another. The place was alive with them and we caught about twenty between us. Then we got a few wrasse Sean two, me one 2 to 3 lbs. Before it got dark we put on lures and tried for a pollack. Sean got very excited because he could see the fish breaking surface and following his lure. Then he caught a nice one about 4lbs. Shortly afterwards my line tightened up and I had my first Pollock. Then Sean caught another one and we called it a night.
Next day we returned at midday and the triggerfish gave us a warm welcome. They became a bit of a pest robbing our bait as we tried for conger. Sean caught his first conger after an hour, a nice fish about 4 lbs. We had to pack up then to head for home but one thing is certain...we'll be back very soon :) :)
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#2 Post by kstaff »

Good stuff Ronan, sound like a great trip. Seem to be plenty of triggers around that way this year?
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Re: Doonbeg Co Clare

#3 Post by marno »

Ronan2 wrote:People: Me and the brother

Duration: Sat ;7pm to 10pm Sun 12 to 2pm

Tide: Various

Weather: Beautiful

Bait: Lug, mack , limpets and lures

Rigs: Running ledger

Results: Mack, triggerfish, wrasse, pollock and conger

Catch and Release:: Yes/No



Report: Hi all ,
First time poster, long time lurker so hpoe this works out. Myself and my brother decided to take a long overdue fishing trip and headed off to Doonbeg. Arrived about five and dug some Lug on a nearby beach. We started fishing for mack and caught six in the first half hour.
Then we moved a few hundred yards down the coast to a little rocky bay to try for wrasse. On our first drop we each had a triggerfish, then another and another. The place was alive with them and we caught about twenty between us. Then we got a few wrasse Sean two, me one 2 to 3 lbs. Before it got dark we put on lures and tried for a pollack. Sean got very excited because he could see the fish breaking surface and following his lure. Then he caught a nice one about 4lbs. Shortly afterwards my line tightened up and I had my first Pollock. Then Sean caught another one and we called it a night.
Next day we returned at midday and the triggerfish gave us a warm welcome. They became a bit of a pest robbing our bait as we tried for conger. Sean caught his first conger after an hour, a nice fish about 4 lbs. We had to pack up then to head for home but one thing is certain...we'll be back very soon :) :)
How long do the triggers hang around for? I am hoping to get out Wesht when Irelands Rugby WC is over....which looks like it will be a lot sooner than I expected :( .........anyway there is always an up side if I get out on the rocks again!
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Now to add some fish:Cukoo,Ballan,Pollock,Coalie,Pouting,Conger,poor cod....mm needs more fish.. Mackerel, Dogie, Mullet Flounder...poor year so far....
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#4 Post by corbyeire »

pesterd by triggerfish - a nice problem to have
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#5 Post by Ronan2 »

Yeah KStaff, there was tons of them. All you had to do was drop your bait to the bottom, reel it in and they would follow it to the surface. I only wish I had brought my fly rod.
Sorry Marno I'm only a beginner (learned an awful lot from this site, thanks all !), maybe one of the more experienced lads can answer your question.??

PS.. I got some nice photos but I couldn't attach them for some reason..
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#6 Post by stevecrow74 »

Ronan2 wrote:PS.. I got some nice photos but I couldn't attach them for some reason..
try follow the instructions in this link, shows how to add pics to your gallery and helps posts them up where ever you want :D

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... 34&start=6
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#7 Post by nthclare »

Its a great spot down there for the triggers allright, we are catching plenty of fish off the beaches and rock marks in Clare this year, you should give the beaches a go you never know what you might catch.

There are some unusual species are turning up lately I caught some strange looking fish not long ago had no camera but they were definatley not native so I put them back again......
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Triggers

#8 Post by Ross »

See link

[url]http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?t=13008][/url]

Looks like you found the SPOT!

Big one about 4 lbs. caught at Ross recently.
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[b][color=#0000BF]SPECIES 2011 : 11

SPECIMENS: 5 [/b][/color]
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Pollock,
Coalfish,
LSD
Bass
Twaite Shad (3 Spec) 1.37kg 1.30kg 1.12kg
Mackerel
Thornback Ray
Ballan Wrasse (2 Specs.) 4.75 lbs. 4 lbs. 14 ozs.
Cuckoo Wrasse
Bull Huss
Pike

[b]ON FLY:[/b]
Pike
Bass
Pollock
Mullet
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[color=#BF0000]All things come to those who bait.[/color]
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