People:myself, saltydog, nigel(non sai member) with special appearences from Pat Spillane and Teacher
Duration:76 hours
Tide:all over the place
Weather:mostly clear with some rain
Bait:crab, rag, lug, sandeel, mackerel, squid
Rigs:various
Results:dogfish, huss, plaice, flounder, smoothies (common and starry), thornback ray, whiting, bass, dab,
Report: Contd...
Session 3:wednesday, Cahore pier.
Having heard reports of huss being caught here we thought it whould be worth a shot, unable to fish from the end of the pier (other anglers were there) we were forced to start fron halfway along and fish over the back of the pier, doggies were coming in straight away and a steady flow of doggies at that, much to the bemusement of the 'other anglers' we returned every thing we caught. As it started to get late the 'other anglers' slowly left leaving us the chance to move to the end of the pier, at this time we were also joined by Pat Spillane. having moved over to let him in (big mistake) doggies were still making an appearence then pat got a nice rattle on the rod.... a plaice... a big plaice... easily over 40cm. plenty of slagging and banter continued as the fish were coming in, a change of technique saw me pull in a few dabs
this was time to get the species in, a few doubles for nigel dogs and dab were on tnhe menu there, then to much merryment saltydog pulled in a huss not long after pat left us all alone on the pier.. dogs and dabs were still coming in frequently, as the sun was making its way to appear on the horizon another change of tactics produced a few flounder and a whiting for me..total catch for session 3:
me: 4 dabs, 1 whiting, 1 flounder, 16 doggies
saltydog: 17 doggies, 1 huss, 1 dab
nigel:3 dab, 15 doggies
Session 4: Thursday, tinnaberna & courtown pier.
arrived down to tinnaberna with a surf in the water and a strong wind at sea, the fishing proved difficult as weed took over the lines, however after a few hours fishing i got a flounder, nigel got a whiting and saltydog pulled out a doggie, we broke camp around 1:30am and headed off for Courtown pier.
slightly more sheltered and a lot less weed the fishing wasnt as harsh as earlier, and the doggies were playing ball too,
me:22 dogfish, 5 dabs, 1 flounder
saltydog:18 doggies, 3 dab 1 flounder
nigel:1 whiting, 1 starry smoothound, 2 dabs, 14 doggies
Session 5: Friday, knocknasilloge
we met up with teacher and were brought down loads of country roads before reaching the mark
,conditions looked favourable and crab baits were chucked to the horizon, teacher was the first to catch with what looked like a couple of dab, yet again another night of catching fish.. sleep deprivation was starting to kick in, we were joined by 3 young drunk people that went a bit further down the beach and i'm quite sure they went skinny dipping,
me:1 huss, 1 flounder, 6 doggies, 1 starry smoothound
saltydog: 6 doggies 1 huss
nigel: 1 bass, 1 whiting, 3 doggies
Session 6:saturday, Rosslare & Courtown pier.
after a quick bite to eat (BBQ at teacher's house) we were off to rosslare to fish the point, but due to a few people there taking over the whole area
we were forced to fish off the groyne, the fishing was rather slow but we were entertained by sea trout and bass that were swiming within feet of us and jumping all around us. then the run started, teacher was the firast to get a runn with a smal smoothie, and i was soon to follow, then i got a doggie sized common smoothie and soon after teacher got a nice starry about 3lbs.. then all went dead nothing for ages so it wasnt long before we broke camp and headed into wexford for food, its quite surreal being in tesco's at 3am with all the drunken crowds, it wasnt long before we were on the road again.. with saltydog and nigel with no fish it was time to hit courtown pier, where i picked up a nice littel plaice, which i returned with out getting any photo of
, saltydog produced a double shot of doggies and there were mullet swimming around but wer'nt taking any of the baits presented to them..me:1 starry smoothound, 1 common smoothound, 1 plaice, 2 doggies
saltydog:4 doggies
nigel: 3 doggies 1 dab
Session 7: Sunday, 2 north wexford beaches.
we did an afternoon session for a couple of hours which only produced one small flounder for me, nothing eventful there, headed for food and then later that night we hit a second beach further up the cost, where i got 4 doggies and saltydog finally beat me ( i was dying with fatigue and sleep deprivation, and the pizza didnt agree with me
) salty dog managed to get a nice little thornie and 8 doggies..me: 4 doggies 1 flounder
saltydog: 8 doggies 1 thornie
over all totals
me:70 doggies, 1 plaice, 8 flounder, 10 dab, 4 starry smoothound, 1 common smoothound, 1 whiting, 1 huss (96 fish)
saltydog:66 doggies, 2 flounder, 2 huss, 1 starry smoothound, 4 dab, 1 thornie. (76 fish)
nigel: 42 doggies, 1 bass, 6 dab 1 starry smoothound 2 whiting (52 fish)
total fish count: 224 fish
Will add some photos later!!
