fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

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fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#1 Post by fishermannum1 »

People me/son

Duration 10.35am to 2.00pm

Tide dropping/ and start of the rise

Weather overcast and warm

Bait mac;/sandeel

Rigs pulley's

Results son 11 thornback rays, me 9 thornback rays, 5 doggies, 5 tub gurnard




Report had a few hours to spare so we took a run down to fahan for another go at the thornie's, and it was pure mayhem 8) my son was frist to get a bait in the water, and before i even had my frist cast i found myself unhooking a ray for him. got my frist rod out, and in the middle of casting out my second, the first rod went, landed a nice thornie. before i could unhook it my other rod went and my sons at the same time, and another two rays were landed. got them all unhooked and returned safe. rebaited the rods and it all happened again :shock: only this time the four rods went at the same time :lol: :lol: jes; it was madness!!! we landed three rays and one doggie.again rebaited, before i could cast out my second rod i had to grab my frist one, another doggie. this was the way it was for ages, i could hardly get time to sit and have a smoke :lol: on the last half hour or so things started to slow down a bit, i ended up getting five tub gurnard one after the other. think i'll leave this spot for a while, for i need a rest :lol: :lol: :lol:
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as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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some more pic's
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as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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excellent, Well done. i must get myself up that way soon.
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#4 Post by eyesreilly »

nice going, lovely colours on the gurnard. Thats some haul of rays :shock: Well done
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#5 Post by brianbru »

big bag of fish there lads well done
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#6 Post by nifisher »

Great fishing I am going to have to head up that way soon and get my first ever Ray!!

What time of the year do they head off?

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nifisher wrote:Great fishing I am going to have to head up that way soon and get my first ever Ray!!

What time of the year do they head off?

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to be honist mate i dont know when they head off, but i get them on this beach
into oct:, after that i give this place a miss untill the end of march. but sometimes i would give it an odd throw in jan; but at that time of the year all it produces is doggie's....
as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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#8 Post by dgp140 »

Thats some fishing guys!! Well done.
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#9 Post by shamoo0804 »

cracking session lads, love the pic of the tub in the water, pec fins look amazing :D
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#10 Post by beachcaster »

some number of rays there don well done .any bigger rays don always seem to be around 5/6 lbs i find??? :mrgreen:
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beachcaster wrote:some number of rays there don well done .any bigger rays don always seem to be around 5/6 lbs i find??? :mrgreen:
cheer's mate
most of the rays were around 5 to 6lb allright
one at just over 2lb, and best one of the day came in at 8 1/2lb
best doggie came in at 3 3/4lb
best gurnard at just a tab under 1lb
as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#12 Post by corbyeire »

great session

badly need one of those - the type of session you hear a lot about but good to see one!
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#13 Post by round_ourway »

another cracking session mate. great number of rays caught there. Fahan can be a great place to fish when it fishes well
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Re: fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

#14 Post by gearoid mc s. »

great session...

not jealous at all :mrgreen:
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