Duration: 2pm to 7pm
Tide: dropping
Weather:
40mph SW rain, hail, sleet and snow 
Bait: black lug wraps, mackerel, sand eel and razor
Rigs: 3 hook flappers with long snoods and size 1 hooks with a bit of bling
Results: ME - 6 flounder and 4 codling. JORDAN - 3 flounder, 4 codling and 10 micro whiting
Report: well we had intended to get out yesterday, but the weather and the rain had wrote off most of the donegal marks we had wanted to hit. so a rethink was in order and we decide to head out up the east coast after lunch to see where was gonna be fishable. as we made our way up the coast we were surprised by the conditions and the water seemed clear enough. SO HAPPY DAYS!!
we picked a beach and were set up and fishing just after 2pm. i was the first off the blocks with a full house of flounder (much to juniors annoyance 
) and one of them was decent too jordan started off a bit slower, but was soon catching up getting a flounder. but the weather took a turn for the worse and the sideways sleet and snow began to fall pushed on by 40mph winds.
as we lost the light the hoards of pin whiting came out to play stripping the baits and getting foul hooked by jordan every now and again. then jordan birdy'd his 525 mag so put it and the long rod away and re appeared with his little roach rod that has only a 18g cast weight
the one ounce lead almost had it buckled but he made up a little 2 hook rig with tiny size 4 hooks and put a sand eel on the top hook and a bit of lug onthe bottom. i was busy chuckling away at him when he proclaimed that he had a good knock on it and began to reel. i was laughing, telling him that he might have a monster whiting of about 4 inches on it and that he was milking it when a bloody big flounder appeared through the suds
so that was me firmly put in my place and i went back to my rods to eat my slice of humble pie and massage my bruised ego in solitude
after 6pm a shoal of little codling moved in and happily munched our sand eel and mackerel baits. but the frozen black lug wraps did'nt get a sniff all night which was odd. we have used them before in the past at different venues and have had success with them. but not tonight for whatever reason
by 7pm we had taken all the rain, sleet and snow we could handel. it might not have been so bad if it was'nt for the 40mph winds that were making it bite pretty hard. with the wind chill it must have easily been -5. so we called it a day and made for home.
all in all a great session seesing as we have'nt been on a beach since october
i just hope this weather system moves on pronto as we have a weeks fishing planned next week down in cork. surely we're due a bit of luck with the weather, but time will tell
thanks for reading and HAPPY CHRISTMAS LADS!!
Should be some good fishing when these storms clear away,,,,Happy Christmas and good luck next week down South 
