dun laoghaire east pier!!

[eric]

People:just meself

Duration:3-5

Tide:out

Weather:small breeze, the rain held off

Bait: mackerel

Rigs:float set up

Results:mackeral,golsinney wrasse,pollock,codling,whiting




Report:
went back to me roots today, hadnt been float fishing for mack properly since i used to fish with me granda back in the summer holidays when i was a nipper. set up the float kit and straight away it went under, got me first whiting of the session, one was about to become many. managed a 3 mackeral, which where quickly dispatched for tea. and to this i added a few small minis. was nice to be back and relive a bit of nostalgia

[Stephen8wood]

Were you at the end or the southside on the rocks?

[eric]

second bend on the inside, near the bottom of the pier

[roger de dodger]

any fish kissin did you give the macks the famous KISS OF DEATH

[dfella25]

Eric I've never float fished so please forgive my question!!!!! But what snood length would you use from the float and would you use a shot to hold the bait down under the surface? Or is it just free lined from the float?

[eric]

no problem dfella, i use a pike waggler float which slides up and down the mainline, i use a stopknot made with power gum to stop the float sliding up to far, for the pier about an 8ft drop is ample for most occasions. i was pretty sure yesterday i was the only one using a flourocarbon leader a size 4-6 hook is perfect for the mack also gives you a chance at the garfish that show up on the pier too

[dfella25]

Funny it was garfish I was thinking of I seen a program yesterday on Discovery Shed, Paul Meredith and he caught a garfish. The beaks look deadly with the all teeth. So you don't need to weight the hook end? The bait just weights/floats itself?