Dodger Dunlaoighaire

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Dodger Dunlaoighaire

#1 Post by dbrock »

People:my self and 2 others

Duration:1 to 5

Tide:dropping/ rising

Weather:un real

Bait:mac/rag

Rigs:feathers, animal rigs/ match rigs

Results:codling to 5lb /ray to roughk4lb ish/wrass/pollock/pouting/macs

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headed out from dunlaoighaire at 1,,, hit the usual marks for mac for bait, really struggled for 1,1/2 hours and eventualy hit them for 5 mins at sorrento, dalkey got 40 or so,,, so headed to a mark to try for ray and tope,,, no tope but got 2 thornies pretty quick,,,then the doggie brigade arrived with trebbles coming in so time to get out of there, fish some reefs,, got pleanty of codling,pollock,wrasse and pouting here,,

all in all a good day

oh met some idiot on bulloch who asked did we get many bass today when i told him about the bass ban he said,, yea i know about that but did you get mamy,,, are there many running at the mo??????
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#2 Post by brianbru »

nice fishing there dbrock
not a bad size codling. was out yesterday but only managed a few macks, a couple at sorrento and some at the dl harbour

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#3 Post by JOHN1 »

well done Dennis.

we also managed 6 species couldn't get a cod.

take it you got your cod in the spot mentioned.
didn't try that area myself went to fish that reef inshore.
thanks again for the macks.
tried on the way in for them not a sniff :shock:

managed to get about 50 Launce on a launce mark i have used them in kilmore yesterday.

fairly poor down there too not a mack in sight either.
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#4 Post by dbrock »

yes john i got the cod where we mentioned,,,was out today had same prob with mac took nearly 2 hours then bang

we also got a good few launce today seems to be a good few in the marks allright
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#5 Post by JOHN1 »

good to be getting back into things.

any look on the animal front today.

just back from the hill with the dog looks like a mirror out there.

gob shite in his yacht ran aground on the reef up in shankill.
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#6 Post by dbrock »

dogs was all we could manage today,,
there were pleanty of idiots out today in there boats,,,,
it must be the good weather
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#7 Post by eric »

JOHN1 wrote:good to be getting back into things.

any look on the animal front today.

just back from the hill with the dog looks like a mirror out there.

gob shite in his yacht ran aground on the reef up in shankill.

saw that , just on crab island i think, plenty of fish round the dalkey grounds and a few surprises :wink:
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#8 Post by JOHN1 »

eric wrote:
JOHN1 wrote:good to be getting back into things.

any look on the animal front today.

just back from the hill with the dog looks like a mirror out there.

gob shite in his yacht ran aground on the reef up in shankill.

saw that , just on crab island i think, plenty of fish round the dalkey grounds and a few surprises :wink:


what do you mean eric :?:
i dont see anything unusually surprising on your species list. :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#9 Post by JOHN1 »

do me a favour eric.

will you have a count of your species for the year you say (29).

i looked and i think you have (30)well done.
if im wrong i will blame it on sun stroke :wink: :lol: :lol:
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#10 Post by eric »

nope its 29 still
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#11 Post by JOHN1 »

oops i see where you fecked up :lol: :lol: .

i counted wrasse twice :shock:

corkwing
wrasse ..................................................................and wrasse somewhere down the list.

well accept my congrats on 30 early :wink: .
I'm 100% sure you will get another one at least.
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#12 Post by eric »

JOHN1 wrote:
I'm 100% sure you will get another one at least.


thought i might have had a small ling or two today round the deeper broken ground alas it was not to be
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