People: Myself and Johnny (In Hope)
Duration: 4 hours, 7-11pm
Tide: Rising til 10.00
Weather: Fulll moon, clear skys, Mild, Perfect night to be out.
Bait: Mackeral, Black Lug, Sandeel
Rigs: Clipped and flappers
Results: Army of Whiting, 2 small codling
Report:
Haven't been out in 3 months so was fairly anxious to get back into it. Myself and Johnny decided we wanted a nice handy session and didn't want to travel miles so we headed for South County Dublin. He picked me up from work at half five and after a pit stop we were set up and fishing for Seven. Conditions were perfect, nice and mild with a light south westerly, not much surf but not flat calm either and no weed. Perfect for easing yourself back into it after a 3 month lay off!
Johnny was first on the board with a whiting of about 27cm, I started getting a couple on a 3 hook flapper that but all small, 17-22cm mostly on Lug tipped with Mack.
I changed over to a 3 hook clipped down and started using bigger baits and had a treble straight away, biggest being 28. Johnny stepped it up then and had one 30cm. Not bad whiting fishing for the east coast so we were happy.
I got a couple of small codling in close, but i mean small, 10-12cm. After the tide filled it was doubles and trebles every cast, Biggest whiting was a 32 that I got along with a 29 and a 28 on the same trace.
No flats or larger codling but with the amount of whiting around im sure there was some there that just didnt have a chance to get the bait before the whiting.
Great night to be out and while they weren't monster whiting they were better than the 15cm ones i normally catch.
16/01 First session in 3 months.
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kerrywez
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Re: 16/01 First session in 3 months.
At least you got out and got a few small fish, better than the dreaded blank and you got some fresh air into your lungs.
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ark rose glenn
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Re: 16/01 First session in 3 months.
Good busy session lads well done
Species 2014; coalie, whiting,flounder, smoothound, LSD, codling, pollock,pouting, cookoo wrasse, goldsinny wrasse, mackerel, blue shark, conger eel, rock goby, blenny, plaice, dab, herring, poor cod,painted ray, weaver,
Species 2013:......Whiting, dab , flounder, codling, pouting, mackeral, dogfish, pollock, 3beard rocking,plaice, smoothound, blenny.
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Species 2013:......Whiting, dab , flounder, codling, pouting, mackeral, dogfish, pollock, 3beard rocking,plaice, smoothound, blenny.
Species 2012:...whiting, dab, flounder, codling, pollock, conger,mackeral, herring, 3 beard rockling,
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Re: 16/01 First session in 3 months.
Not too bad. Moved to navan myself and am looking for marks that don't take an age to drive to
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Re: 16/01 First session in 3 months.
If you find one Ken let me know[WINKING FACE] we're probably in the worst county that has a coast line in the country. Cheers lads, nice to be kept busy
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Re: 16/01 First session in 3 months.
Good stuff Grumpy, try a 2 or 3 hook flapper with size 2 or four hooks. Get it out as far as you can.
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