People:Me, Myself and I
Duration:3 hours
Tide: rising, high water and dropping
Weather:Calm, warm
Bait:Feathers and mackeral
Rigs:Feathers and standard running rig
Results:4 macks 2 doggies
Report:Yay I finally get to make a boat report :D This was my first time out in my little boat, and chose to fish out of Dalkey drifting near the island. Caught 4 macks on the feathers, then switch to static fishing on the bottom near Dalkey Island. Lost a very good fish felt like a tope, took about 60 yards of line before biting me off, then caught 2 doggies in quick succession, then nothing. The weather was perfect for boat fishing, calm seas and warm.
Cheers
Matt
Dalkey Island
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eric
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how far of dalkey where you? must give the tope a try of the kayak.
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dillon_the_rabbit
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I was fishing about 40-50 yards in front of the island, just drifting from the northerly point down to the end of the island, motor back up and do it again.
I intend to try for the tope myself, I have been told that a few frequent the area around the islands, and while not very big, they do provide a fantastic fight on the lighter gear.
I would also like to try for smuts or spurdogs at some stage, are these caught around Dalkey, or would I be better moving down to maybe bray or greystones?
Cheers
Matt
I was fishing about 40-50 yards in front of the island, just drifting from the northerly point down to the end of the island, motor back up and do it again.
I intend to try for the tope myself, I have been told that a few frequent the area around the islands, and while not very big, they do provide a fantastic fight on the lighter gear.
I would also like to try for smuts or spurdogs at some stage, are these caught around Dalkey, or would I be better moving down to maybe bray or greystones?
Cheers
Matt
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eric
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got three commons about a week ago off whiterock in the kayak on hermit crab, biggest about 9lbs. if you go to the report theres a pic of roughly how far out i was.
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