brittas bay 10-03-09

[eyesreilly]

People:me

Duration:4-9pm

Tide:rising

Weather:beautiful,mild, dry

Bait:lug,mack,squid

Rigs:flappers, pulley rig

Results:4 whiting, 1 doggie




Report:After a bad weekend during which my son was randomly attacked in Grafton Street and had his tooth knocked out and a bone in his face broken ,,,i felt the need to get out to the sea to relax and do some fishing.I decided on Brittas , picked up my lug in Viking and headed down. Got set up and for the first time in 3 days i was able to put the attack out of my mind. Thank god for fishing. It was glorious out but the tide was well out and its very shallow at the little beach i fish. I didnt get a nibble during daylight with all the baits coming back untouched. Fishface dropped by to say hello around 7pm and i still hadnt a nibble. He had a few distance casts on my rod but still no bites. He decided Liverpool v Real Madrid was a better option and left,,,,,but before he went he told me I was going to blank ,, and that there was nothing on this beach,,,it was too early in the year . I decided that blanking wasnt an option and that i had to get something to prove him wrong. I moved about 50 yds to a more snaggy part of the beach and cast out. I got a result ,,,even though it was a mini whiting . I sent Fishface the pic to his phone . I cast out again and on a slow retrieve i felt a heavier pull which turned out to be a doggie, only my second this year. 2 more casts resulted in 2 more whiting, then i was out of bait, time to pack up. The fish were coming in on the rising tide, noted for future reference. Had a good test of my new Silva L1 headlamp and im pleased with the beam of light on it, though i think i;ll take Rogers advice and switch to the 4 batteries strapped to the belt or in the pocket.
Dave

[red]

at least you didnt blank. i was out for 4 hours yesterday with a friend and didnt even get a bite but it was during the day. i was also rushing home to see Real Madrid take a hammering.

glad to hear a few fishies took your mind off things, nothing like fishing on an empty beach to clear the head.

[JOHN1]

great report as usual dave.

very sorry to here about young lad.
out and out scum out there .
i don't condone violence but get your young lad into some sort of self defence classes
so he can give them some treatment back
i got my lad into it when he was 5 for this kinda reason he is now 15 and a fully fledged
black belt in martial arts

[saltydog]

Nice one on the doggie Dave Sorry to hear about your son thats awful i hope they get who ever did it and make them pay compenstation or bang them up scumbag thugs

[Al and Jordan]

nice fishing dave always good to beat the blank . sorry to hear about your young lad. i see it every weekend at work. innocent people just out for a good night being attacked by scum for no reason whats'soever. scroats like that should be castrated so they can't contaminate the gene pool i've lost count over the years how many times i've seen it happen. hope he's feeling better soon.

[zeke]

good report eyes...sad to hear what happen to your lad hope he's ok now...john1 is right give your lad a self defence lesson to protect himself if ever some scumbag will do it again.


tight line
zeke

[eyesreilly]

Thanks lads, appreciate the comments Young lad was hopped on from behind and was out before he knew what was happening,,,Bruce Lee himself wouldnt have stood a chance,,, though i agree with you John about the classes. A nephew of mine was picked on by a couple of thugs in town a few years ago and he battered them,,,he's a black belt . Could do with some self defence lessons myself,,,was attacked in work a few weeks ago by 5 members of an Irish ethnic minority armed with clubs and concrete blocks,,,though i'd need a Kalashnikov to deal with them . Fight or flight,,,,,,,,,flight every time but at my weight flights not an option. Its no wonder i like to get out fishing to relax

[dfella25]

Dave, so sorry to hear about your young lad. Terrible crap to put up with on a night out. I hope there was not too much damage done to his teeth. I just hope he can get over it ok and start to enjoy himself again soon.

[keith]

Sorry to hear about your son dave, Its good to see the Dogs are back around

[fishermannum1]

sorry to hear that about your son Dave,
they are just pure scum bags, they are ok in a gang but get them by themselfs its a differant story.


btw thats a nice size doggie you got there, good report and nice pic's as useal, well done mate.

[RockHunter]

fter a bad weekend during which my son was randomly attacked in Grafton Street and had his tooth knocked out and a bone in his face broken ,

Only read that report now (I was away the week before last and busy last week catching up on stuff). Very sorry to hear about your son - that's despicable.

,was attacked in work a few weeks ago by 5 members of an Irish ethnic minority armed with clubs and concrete blocks

And that's despicable too - scum
I hope you didn't suffer any injury

[eyesreilly]

fter a bad weekend during which my son was randomly attacked in Grafton Street and had his tooth knocked out and a bone in his face broken ,

Only read that report now (I was away the week before last and busy last week catching up on stuff). Very sorry to hear about your son - that's despicable.

,was attacked in work a few weeks ago by 5 members of an Irish ethnic minority armed with clubs and concrete blocks

And that's despicable too - scum
I hope you didn't suffer any injury

Thanks Frank, welcome back, i've missed your reports ,, my son is healing well,could have been worse,and the Gardai are hopeful of making arrests,fingers crossed . I wasnt injured but 5 of my workmates were,2 were put in hospital,, and nothing had happened since .