MA comp, Deep Cove, Scraggane, 21/10/07, sponsor Crabrock

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jw · #1 Post by jw » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:52 pm

People: donal ferg marco stephen jw jd

Duration: 10:00 - 17:30

Tide: high water around 12:00

Weather: fine and calm

Bait: lug rag mackerel peeler

Rigs: muppet, hookais, feathers, shamrock rigs, pirks, jelly worms

Results:

gurnard red 3
gurnard tub 2
ling 5
small pollack less than 50 cm 18
big pollack 35
dab 5
whiting 1
ballan wrasse 2
cuckoo wrasse 10
scad 3
pouting 9
cod 4
and a lot of fish under the 25 cm length, including a weaver fish

Report:

One of the committee members was late, which caused a few raised eyebrows. but when he explained he was forced into a binge drinking session the previous evening all was forgiven and the boat headed out.

She is a fine boat weighing close to ten tons and with a beam of 12 feet,
originally constructed for commercial work. You would be glad of that if
you ever had to come home through a bit of weather. A very stable fishing platform.

The skipper Danny did an excellent job and we were onto fish straight away, and it didn't stop till lines up. A lot of the pollack we close to double figures, and it you got a double hook up it was quite a job winding them up from over 200 feet deep.

Would definately be going back and recommend this trip to anyone. Some pictures to be posted shortly

#2 Post by **donal domeney** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:14 pm

jw wrote:One of the committee members was late, which caused a few raised eyebrows. but when he explained he was forced into a binge drinking session the previous evening all was forgiven and the boat headed out.

Don't thank me for your :D :D "SOFT" win thank Alby and the lads you'll have to buy them a few drinks the next time out. Great session Sat night. Hope I did not wake them too early.

You might check with JD about the advance phone calls 8) 8) made doing ***klm per hour :x :x .

Great weekend. Fishing is not everything it's just an excuse for friends to get together.

Masters next year out of Crosshaven that will be war with no drink or prisoners taken.

#3 Post by **SeanP** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:31 pm

Glad you got a calm day, good few species there, was there no Spurdog about? they were all over last time I was out there, mid sept.
Sean,

#4 Post by jd » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:12 am

No Spurs showed, though we tried one mark for them on the way in.
Though a bit late in the year, we tried a drift over his red bream mark, but none showed. Normally he would anchor for them, but he had pulled up his fixed anchor/buoy earlier in the month.

I took quite a few big pollack until slack water to a fluoro trace off a 12" boom with ragworm/sand eels at the business end. This was about 7 foot from the weight, with smaller booms below for scratching bits n pieces.

Really enjoyed it-as I said before we'll be back.
More later with photos.
jd

#5 Post by **petekd** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:05 pm

Donal.... Shame!! Excellent stuff lads, sorry I couldn't make it. Your arms must be well pulled off with all them pollack. Roll on the Masters next year.... Will be good crack if nothing else :wink: :lol:

#6 Post by jd » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:18 pm

'Twas me who got the weaver too. Good work by the dominatrix in sorting the little fecker out.

jw · #7 Post by jw » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:14 pm

i was fishing a 2 inch pink muppet tipped with mackerel when a small cuckoo wrasse took it. Next second the pollack pictured below swallowed the wrasse whole, pulling the hook out of its lip and into his own. When i got it to the surface, it spitted out the wrasse who swam back down seemingly unharmed, but probably going to tell the story to his grandchildren
:D

jw · #8 Post by jw » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:16 pm

brandon

#9 Post by **Adam S** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:33 pm

well done lads, the fishing seems about right. danny has never let us down

#10 Post by **eric** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:37 pm

good fishing looked nice and lumpy out there,

#11 Post by **boycie89** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:38 pm

hey donal !! dont blame my house for that session !! it was your idea !! :lol: :lol: :wink: good crack alri ! apart from love to fish asleep early on the chair ! how was the head by the way donal !!i hope scrumpy jack done his job !!

#12 Post by **donal domeney** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:09 pm

boycie89 wrote:hey donal !! dont blame my house for that session !! it was your idea !! :lol: :lol: :wink: good crack alri ! apart from love to fish asleep early on the chair ! how was the head by the way donal !!i hope scrumpy jack done his job !!

Blame: I go training every night in my local for event like that 8) 8)

Love To Fish: Could have something to do with the tight underwear he was wearing during the comp :oops: :oops: :oops:

Scrumpy Jack: Cracked open the last one when I woke up. Finised it off while I was making the sambo's :evil: :evil:

#13 Post by **boycie89** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:23 pm

brilliant ! i hope your around the night of the garryvoe comp !! meself and alby are goin to fish the wall too !!

#14 Post by jd » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:14 pm

Some more photos- i may add more details later.

#15 Post by jd » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:16 pm

more..

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