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Duration:12:40pm till 4pm
Tide:13:07 (0.8m) 19:20 (4.9m)
Weather:Cloudy with strong NW wind
Bait:Mackerel and squid
Rigs:running ledger on one rod 4/0 penel. Pulley, 2 hook golds, up and overs all 3/0 2/0.
Results: A 4lb ray. A whiting
Report: Had the ray after 1pm on ledger baited with mack/squid 50 yards out. The rod would of been pulled over but I got it well in time. I struck in but the fish got stuck in rocks close in so that I could touch the leader but couldn't pull it out. I left it slack for 5 minutes and when I struckinto it again getting the fish moving again and pulled out my first ray of the year.
I didn't see any other bites but lost a heavy weight coming in to that I thought was a fish but may of been weed as I brought in a few lumps after that some with rocks attached. The strong NW wind made casting difficult but I manged to the get a bit of distance. Crabs were veracious all the way through. If I'd down scaled my baits for more fish the baits just would't of lasted, even through I wrap with squid. The whiting came at the end and was mangled on a 4/0 variva big mouth which has the gape of a 5/0 hook. I was all out for ray anyhow. The conger don't seem to be biting yet which is unusual for this area.
Donagh
Shannon Estuary, 24-march-2008
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Re: Shannon Estuary, 24-march-2008
nice one on the ray donagh,just wondering when you say east limerick is that foynes direction its just that im thinking about giving foynes or kiltery peir a go in the next few weeks as i'll be working down that direction :?:Donagh wrote:b]People[/b]:Me
Duration:12:40pm till 4pm
Tide:13:07 (0.8m) 19:20 (4.9m)
Weather:Cloudy with strong NW wind
Bait:Mackerel and squid
Rigs:running ledger on one rod 4/0 penel. Pulley, 2 hook golds, up and overs all 3/0 2/0.
Results: A 4lb ray. A whiting
Report: Had the ray after 1pm on ledger baited with mack/squid 50 yards out. The rod would of been pulled over but I got it well in time. I struck in but the fish got stuck in rocks close in so that I could touch the leader but couldn't pull it out. I left it slack for 5 minutes and when I struckinto it again getting the fish moving again and pulled out my first ray of the year.
I didn't see any other bites but lost a heavy weight coming in to that I thought was a fish but may of been weed as I brought in a few lumps after that some with rocks attached. The strong NW wind made casting difficult but I manged to the get a bit of distance. Crabs were veracious all the way through. If I'd down scaled my baits for more fish the baits just would't of lasted, even through I wrap with squid. The whiting came at the end and was mangled on a 4/0 variva big mouth which has the gape of a 5/0 hook. I was all out for ray anyhow. The conger don't seem to be biting yet which is unusual for this area.
Donagh