Whitelady, Clifden, 20-21/7/08

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#1 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:00 pm

People:myself, salty dog, mga

Duration:8pm - 5am

Tide:high-low and rising

Weather:clear and calm (for a change)

Bait:sandeel mackerel lug squid

Rigs:various

Results:mackerel pollock ray doggies

Report:
headed out to mark and had to wait till the tide dropped to reach the low rocks, so an impromptu macky bashing session started up, a few mackerel came in and the odd pollock, mga chucked out a rig baited with mackerel and pulled out a nice doggie.
the tide ebbed and it was time to head to the rocks..
baited up with sandeel on a single size 1 rig and a 2 hook boom on the spinning rod baited with lugworm..
the other 2 joined me on the lower rocks, and it wasnt long before ratchets started screaming.. a nice 5.5lbs thornie..
it wasnt long before we were all catching, even though it did take saltydog a while to get one he did however manage to get the largest of the night of 6lbs.. and double doggies too..
and the doggies were even taking lugworm... great fun landing large doggies on light gear..
later i pulled what i thought was a rock attacked to a ray but ended up being a double shot as saltydog pointed out, but as i pointed out i couldnt have coz i was only using one hook , but hey.. i managed to pull out 2 thornies on a one hook rig :D the tail of the second ray was wrapped around the rig body, bringing my total to 4 ray matching mga's count.. and salty had a count of 2 ray so far .. and between the two others they had at least 20+ doggies.. and it was still early (in relative terms)..
i managed another ray towards the end of the night and more doggies on the spinning rod, last cast for everyone and salty managed to bring in the largest ray of the night (mentioned before).. managed to get a few photo's of the night and on the way home..
and i'm sure the lads will add there piece and photo's
:wink:

'GAME ON'
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loadsa fish
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mga pulled one out just after this was taken
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a nice double shot
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the drive back home
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#2 Post by **mga** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:15 pm

Very enjoyable session I have to say :lol:
Weather and sea conditions were perfect and what a lovely scenic spot to fish.

I don't have any pics to post - didn't get a chance to get my camera out all night - too busy catching fish :twisted: .
I'm sure saltydog has a few to post :wink: .

For the record, I managed 2 pollack, 4 ray and 12 doggies.
Happy days (or should I say Happy Nights/Mornings :lol: ).

That sunrise shot came out well, Steve.

#3 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:23 pm

mga wrote:For the record, I managed 2 pollack, 4 ray and 12 doggies.
Happy days (or should I say Happy Nights/Mornings :lol: ).

That sunrise shot came out well, Steve.

i had 5 ray, 6 dogs, 4 pollock and 2 mackerel..

aye.. photo came out well indeed.. not bad considering i was in the back seat and the car was doing 100kmph..

i wonder did salty manage to stay awake in work :shock:

marshpike · #4 Post by **marshpike** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:34 pm

Superb lads looking forward to catching my first Thornie, hopefully.

#5 Post by **zeke** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:36 pm

looks like you had a great session lads :D well done...

saltydog · #6 Post by **saltydog** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:39 pm

Good session nice to fish a new mark and a quality one at that too next time i'm bringing a Sherpa with me :D there were plenty of ray showing and the time just drifted by with us too busy catching to notice the sun starting to creep over the mountain :shock: and to finish of with a 6lber at the end made up for the severe sleep deprivation i was suffering as i'd been in work at 07.00am Sun!! Dropped Steve off and then went into work at 06.40 with Martin waiting patiently in the car did a couple of things then back home for a shower and coffee and into work again for 09.00 finally got home and into bed at 14.00 having been awake for 31hrs it was worth it though a perfect summers night and plenty of fish and species hope to get one more session in before the races next week :wink:

marshpike · #7 Post by **marshpike** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:44 pm

Now that's what ya call dedication, I raise my hat..........

saltydog · #8 Post by **saltydog** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:52 pm

Some more pics!!

#9 Post by **corbyeire** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:41 pm

good to see ye are still hard at it lads

#10 Post by **stevecrow74** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:59 pm

corbyeire wrote:good to see ye are still hard at it lads

aye.. some one has to seeing as you have become an east coast angler :shock: :wink:

#11 Post by MC » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:58 pm

nice fishing lads

#12 Post by **brianbru** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:43 am

some nice ray there lads nice one

#13 Post by **round_ourway** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:42 pm

great report lads. I'd say that was some session. I think I will always have a wee soft spot for the rays.
The fishing permit has been well and truely revoked for the forseeable future so reading reports like that reminds of what fishing can dish out. brilliant report