Bray Harbour 24th march 08

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#1 Post by **eyesreilly** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:21 pm

People:myself and Neil (fishface)

Duration:8.30am till 11.30am

Tide:rising

Weather:cold NW breeze

Bait:mack squid, ragworm

Rigs:2 hook flapper

Results:1 plaice. 1 rockling

Report:Nice calm conditions at first, wind strengthening later. I arrived first and set up . When Neil arrived, I hadnt even got a bite and it wasnt looking good :roll: . We tried all sorts of rigs and distances ( Well Neil tried fishing at distance, I found out that my distance cast is what he calls in close :oops: ). Nothing but crabs and still no bites!!. It was time for one of Neils stories . You see, strange things happen when Neil tells one of his stories. Like the time he told me about the octopus he caught 19 years ago,,,, no sooner was the story finished when he caught ,,,,,yes you guessed it,,,, an octopus :shock: . Well he told me that he hadnt fished Bray Harbour in years, but that the last time he was here he caught a nice plaice. "I'd love to catch one" said I and no sooner were the words out of my mouth when the rod tip rattled and I reeled in a nice plaice, first one ever :lol: . i was (am) thrilled. It was spooky the way it happened. What next I wondered as Neil told me of a tope his friend caught but couldnt lift up the Harbour wall,,,,, but it was not to be :cry: ,,, nothing else followed except for a small rockling. First time out in March (11th trip this year so far :lol: ) and still no blanks (sorry Neil :roll: :roll: :lol: ). Pity I dont have the same luck with the Lotto :roll: .

#2 Post by **JOHN1** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:45 pm

good man dave :wink:

spanner in the works :shock: hate this
but that plaice is a flounder :lol: :lol: :lol:

#3 Post by **eyesreilly** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:54 pm

JOHN1 wrote:good man dave :wink:

spanner in the works :shock: hate this
but that plaice is a flounder :lol: :lol: :lol:

No worries John, had an inkling and knew someone on the site would identify it for me, looks a lot darker in the pic and had the bony ridge on the back but anyway still a new species for me :lol: ,,,,,come to think of it ,theyre nearly all new species to me :oops: , guess i'll have to change my species list. :lol:

#4 Post by **roger de dodger** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:48 pm

not to bad for a day session ,as a rule the fish dont bite till dusk down at the harbour have had hours of inactivity followed by hectic sport as soon as it gets dark ,if this coincides with high water you normally cant go wrong 8) just worth a thought :idea:
dodger

#5 Post by **eyesreilly** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:15 pm

roger de dodger wrote:not to bad for a day session ,as a rule the fish dont bite till dusk down at the harbour have had hours of inactivity followed by hectic sport as soon as it gets dark ,if this coincides with high water you normally cant go wrong 8) just worth a thought :idea:
dodger

Thanks Roger, was out there Sat and had to come home due to weather conditions :cry: so I just wanted to get out fishing at the earliest opportunity. Thanks for the advice. I read your post and was sorry I didnt go back that evening :roll: . I've had some good sessions in darkness there, we'll probably run into one another there eventually (i wont be wearing that hat in my pic :oops: ).
Dave