ballyloughan, galway, 23/11/08

[corbyeire]

People: me fein

Duration: 7.30-10

Tide: lw and about an hour of fill

Weather: 2 heavy but short showers, gusts of wind

Bait: squid, mac, sandeel

Rigs: 1 hook pulley, 3 hook flapper

Results: 1 shore rockling

Report: after blanking on the top of the tide at the beach in the daylight before i decided to try the other side of the point

with the tide out i found a spot of clear to mixed ground and was fairly confident of getting the rigs back in - first casts on each rod and to my surprise no crab plague

the distance rig was only cleaned twice - and in front - the crabs either had it smoothered instantly or were missing - very strange as usually the plague is consistent

the squid bought me time at least and the rockling appeared after an hour - as a crab dropped from the top and middle hook of the flapper - he appeared on the bottom

was happy out as it was a pretty miserable evening - and decided to take a chance here rather than the more exposed pier in spiddal

[saltydog]

Ya see there is fish there Well done Brian on pulling one out do you reckon that point has more potential? wouldn't mind giving that disused pier a belt at some stage...

[corbyeire]

i reckon this clear spot towards the tip of rabbit island is the way to go - the other parts of shore have too many large boulders as well as the minefield of the weed and smaller rocks - wouldnt mind fishing the fill a bit more where i was last night - but was a bit time limited

the pier below could be alright on a spring - but it has silted up a good bit - the real key is finding the path down to it from the roscam side near the railway - instead of parking at ballyloughan and walking all the way down - could be 40mins - with the gear

ive heard there is a path etc. but no definites

[saltydog]

Geuss a trip to Ray's house could be on the cards so for tea and a local guide

[corbyeire]

he will be delighted to know about the rockling and all manner of talk of water quality

[shamoo0804]

ive heard there is a path etc. but no definites

Will this site not help with that

http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicv ... m=S1&user=

[corbyeire]

essentially the access you can see on this view is through a private residence - there is a path with a gap in the iarnrod eireann fence that the lads apparently use - but your still crossing the private land etc.