Return for Wrasse and Triggers - West Clare 7/09/2008

[Ross]

People: Ross and Maeve

Duration: 8 hrs. .

Tide: last two hrs. of flood and 6 of ebb

Weather: Fresh Westerly, dry , cloud clearing

Bait: Crab , Limpet

Rigs: Bottom fished crab and Limpet also floatfished crab and Limpet

Results:
Ross - 17 Ballan Wrasse best 4 lbs. and two Triggerfish one very small.
Maeve - 10 Ballan Wrasse best 3.5 lbs.




Report:

Hoping for a repeat of our previous outing but it was not to be!
Back to more 'normal' results!

[nicefish]

two lovely fish and nice pictures

[Big Bear]

quality fishing again with lovely photos....what stage of the tide is it best to fish for the wrasse??

cheers

[Ross]

I have caught wrasse up and down the tide including specimens. There are marks at the Bridges of Ross accessible only an hour either side of Low Water. Other marks in Baltard Bay practically empty out at Low Water and are best from half flood up. There is no hard and fast rule. Our latest mark seems to fish best on the ebb.

[saltydog]

Great stuff will have to head over your way to try for them triggers lovely looking fish how long do you expect the trigger fish to stay around for??

[Ross]

Triggers should be there till end October if temp does not drop suddenly. I have found rafts of them washed up dead on Doughmore Strand after a sudden drop in temp in October and early Nov. Scuba Divers report them present at the mouth of caves in deep water during winter and say that the lovely silver and blue colour goes very dull.