People:Big Al/Big Ed/Gary/myself
Duration: 10:30pm to 11:45
Tide: Ebbing
Weather: light winds no rain
Bait: mac stripes
Rigs: pullyrigs 3/0 hooks
Results: for myself 2 thornies and 1 dogie
finished work 8 pm got to the house phone rang the lads were at the pier come down for a bit of crack so down i go the lads have had doggies and thornies right left and centre before i got there so i set up had to borrow lead and a hook bait and a torch and hoody cast out thinking i could be in bed warm as i am up for work early when bang a hard hit on the rod struck it straight into a nice thornie released it rebaited cast out hadn't even the rod out of my hand when pull pull strike into a doggie another qiuck pic and released cast out again about 6/7 mins when the rod moved across the rail on the pier started to reel in a good fighting thronie blanked the next 2/3 casts and it was getting cold so packed up but it was a good nights crack and worth the run down see the pics :mrgreen
buncrana pier 18/oct/08
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Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
Nice going that thats a lovely looking thornie in the first pic 

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Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
Well done, nice thornie (and doggie!) but did you ever hear of a full stop





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Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
nice fishing there jimymc''
and nice pic's too, that pier always fish'es better at this time of the year, have had a few short sessions off there this last week with plenty of rays, doggies and coalies.
nice catch mate for just over an hours fishing
well done!!!
and nice pic's too, that pier always fish'es better at this time of the year, have had a few short sessions off there this last week with plenty of rays, doggies and coalies.
nice catch mate for just over an hours fishing

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Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
thanks lads
eyesreilly:- Sorry but no time to think about full stops, took me long enough to compose it. lol
fishingmannum1:- Heard the stories of your catch's down there thats what took us there thanks mate.
Man this is like being back at school, dot your i, stroke your t, full stops and them other things lol.
cheers jim
eyesreilly:- Sorry but no time to think about full stops, took me long enough to compose it. lol
fishingmannum1:- Heard the stories of your catch's down there thats what took us there thanks mate.
Man this is like being back at school, dot your i, stroke your t, full stops and them other things lol.
cheers jim
Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
Thanks lads
Sorry about the grammer but no time to waste.
fishingmannum1 Heard the stories of your catch's on the pier and thats what took us there cheers mate.
beachcaster We were just using stripes of mac.
Thanks jim
Sorry about the grammer but no time to waste.
fishingmannum1 Heard the stories of your catch's on the pier and thats what took us there cheers mate.
beachcaster We were just using stripes of mac.
Thanks jim
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Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
jimymc wrote:thanks lads
eyesreilly:- Sorry but no time to think about full stops, took me long enough to compose it. lol
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Man this is like being back at school, dot your i, stroke your t, full stops and them other things lol.
cheers jim
I'll give you an A+ on the fishing Jimymc





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Re: buncrana pier 18/oct/08
Cracking Ray in that first pic.
Nice one
Nice one
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