co wicklow, strand

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#1 Post by **eric** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:21 am

People:jack01989

Duration:too long

Tide:high at 1

Weather:cold north easterly with a nice surf running

Bait:rag,lug,crab,mackerel,sandeel and maddies

Rigs:flappers and loops

Results:turbot,coalies,rockling,whiting

Report:decided to try the same strand as last week after a certain someone caught a bass there last week(you know who you are:wink:) when we arrived a lovely surf was running in so hopes where high. after an hour of fishing and not a bite in site we weren't feeling so lucky anymore, then another passed by and i decided it was a fitting moment for the flounder walk.must have walked a good mile or so when i returned , jack was beginning to go insane and started reeling in and casting his trace by hand despite the fact his gear was in good working order :shock: ever the optimist i knew we had to catch something, conditions looked to good not to, however i too could feel the fishless fever gain its grasp on me and with my rig in the wonder a for a little over half an hour i decided to try jack approach, i waded out to knee height and started to pull the trace in, first glimpse of the trace and the signs of a fish where not good, it appeared that i had caught a leaf, however the leaf soon turnt into an 11cm turbot of all things, first one ever, and from the east coast made it all the more sweeter. not another fish was caught until dark, whne jack got a fantastic coalie at 38cm and a 20cm rockling, i finished the evening with a pin.

:shock:

#2 Post by **brianbru** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:06 am

nice to get a turbot on the east coast albeit 11cm

#3 Post by **roger de dodger** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:50 am

nice one on the turbot 8) in all my years of fishing i still havnt got one ,well done lads on what seemed to be a fairly fishless east coast this week end ,hopefully today will produce for somebody willing to take the gamble,that notherly wind does seem to kill the fishing for a few days every time it blows this way :evil:

#4 Post by **jack01986** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:28 pm

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#5 Post by **jack01986** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:35 pm

Long days fishing but at least we got a few fish.

#6 Post by **JOHN1** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:59 pm

well done lads .

fair play on your first turbot eric.

#7 Post by **James Barry** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:19 pm

Nice little turbot :D

#8 Post by Al » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:37 am

Eric wipe the sand off your hand i cant see the fish :) Only messin fair play to ya for goin back after last week :shock: Nice to see the turbot there too :D

#9 Post by **nialler** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:12 pm

well done on the turbot, thats a fat little rockling too :shock: ...

#10 Post by **wayne riley** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:35 pm

well done lads, and well done eric on ur turbot :D :D :D :D

was out yesterday myself, 400km round trip and not a fish 2 be seen, dawm northerly winds. ah well at least i got 2 check out a few new spots 4 the summer months 8) 8) 8) 8)