People:Me with Orion for company.
Duration:4 hrs
Tide:3 hrs flood, 1 hr ebb
Weather:Strong breeze, dry, mild.
Bait: Fresh lug and frozen mackerel.
Rigs: 2/3 hook flappers, single hook clipped.
Results: 5 small codling.
Report:I dug some fresh lug and headed off to the beach a short drive away. As I was setting up, Venus was setting in the west with Jupiter rising in the east. There was a bit of surf hitting the beach and not too much weed. As usual I fished 2 rods, flappers in close and single clipped at range. The wind was strong enough to set the rods bouncing about in the rod rest so bite detection was difficult and I had to resort to retrieving every 15 - 20 mins to check baits. The close in rod was the only one that produced any fish and surprisingly, 4 of the 5 small codling took the frozen mackerel in preference to the lug. The codling ranged from 14 - 25cm and I was surprised no other species showed up as small coalfish and rockling often feature here, perhaps they were taking cover from the monster codling! Well, that ends 2013 for me, not with a bang but a whimper, who knows what 2014 holds in store....
Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
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Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
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2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
Good man , at least you didn't blank on the last session. Tight lines for 2014.
20107xthornback ray. {PB 14.5LB TB RAY} 1xpouting. 1xcodling.11xdogfish. 25xflounder.1xshore rock ling. 177xmac 4xturbot.1 bull huss.1sea trout. 1 MAYO BASS.2011. WHITING X9. COALIE X3. FLOUNDER X7. DOGGIE X8. THORNIEX3. CODLINGX1. SEA SCORPIONX1. 5 BEARDED ROCKLINGX4. SEATROUT X1. TURBOT X1. POLLACK X7. 3 BEARD ROCKLING .2012 SEATROUT X3. TURBOT X5. FLOUNDER X7. 3B,ROCKLINGX1.DOG .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
A few fish all the same john 
Give a man a fire he will be warm for a night,
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
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Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
Good to get out. I fished Clogerhead last night got a load of whiting and a dab.
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
Fair play at least ya got a few fish, walked the beach today, plenty of Razor Clams washed up.
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
if you had orion for company you must have been in the same vicinity as polaris.. and then ursa minor and major would not have been too far away either.. (any reports how they did) ...all jesting aside ..nice one ..fair play ..you got out and caught something ..all i caught was alot of flack for being in the pub...happy new year
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
I take it there weren't too many mackiebashers about, were the whiting of any size? Good luck for 2014.freedom1916 wrote:Good to get out. I fished Clogerhead last night got a load of whiting and a dab.
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2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Re: Last Trip of 2013, Louth Coast, 30/12/2013
No mackerel bashers around fished it in the dark. The whiting where between 20cm to 25cm. The dabs about 15cm.johnwest wrote:I take it there weren't too many mackiebashers about, were the whiting of any size? Good luck for 2014.freedom1916 wrote:Good to get out. I fished Clogerhead last night got a load of whiting and a dab.
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