GREYSTONES ROCKS 18-04-09

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GREYSTONES ROCKS 18-04-09

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

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Duration:5-9.30pm

Tide:high at 7pm approx

Weather:sunny, coloured water

Bait:lug,rag,mack,squid

Rigs:flappers, single hook clipped down

Results:1 x coalfish, 7 x whiting, 1 x doggie




Report:dug some lug and rag in sutton earlier in the day( That was an education in itself,, as i met a marine biologist who was getting food for his flatfish and who showed me all kinds of creatures in the pools ,, pipefish,sea scorpions, blennys, etc, :shock: )so headed to Greystones for a few hours in the hope of catching well,,,,,,anything at all really!. I had thought about wrasse, but maybe its a bit early and the sea was crashing into the rocks so i knew my mini rigs wouldnt stand a chance. I set up and cast out a 3 hook flapper baited with rag, tipped with mack. I set the small rod up and cast out a small 1 hook rig about 30 yds or so. While i was setting this rod up i got a good knock on the first rod, which turned out to be a coalie,,,great result for the first cast and a good sign :lol: . I got a steady flow of bites all evening, which were mainly whiting, and i lost a dog ( forgot to put his photo up in the local shop :oops: :lol: ) trying to land him on the rocks. I was kept pretty busy all evening, and even got a bit of fishing in , in between answering questions from the tourists ("what are you fishing for?",,,,,they asked,,,",eh,,,,,,, ,,,,FISH :shock: ", was my reply,,,shouldnt be so sarcastic :oops: ),,,,,and telling other peoples kids not to go too near the edge :roll: :roll: ..I got a coalie and three whiting during daylight, which is the most i've gotten during daylight so far this year, whatever that says :? . All baits seemed to work, but later on the mack was being stripped from the hooks and the worms left on :shock: :shock: ,,,after all my digging :roll: :roll: . Big Mick rang to say he was on the way but he was held up fixing engines or something mechanical like that.His fishing has taken a back seat ,excuse the pun, as he's just bought a new racing stockcar, and i wondered how long it would take him to mention cars when he arrived. 10 seconds was the answer,,,,,,,,as he told me he was late " cos the lad that was selling the stockcar rang him and he couldnt get off the phone". He neednt have bothered coming out as he blanked,,,but at least i saw a doggie on the end of his line at one stage. Unfortunately the doggie dropped off coming up the rocks. I got a dog on mack just before i left, which was a nice bonus. He curled himself up into a nice ball, which was handy as i just had to roll him back in :roll: :roll: (only kidding by the way :wink: ). This mark fished better for me last week on the first few hours of a rising tide, but there was a full moon out. I wonder how long i'd have to stay here in order to get squatters rights :? :roll:
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Re: GREYSTONES ROCKS 18-04-09

#2 Post by thelegend »

well done dave, nice result in the daylight, dead jealous 8)
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#3 Post by red »

nice fishing for daylight,
well done.
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Re: GREYSTONES ROCKS 18-04-09

#4 Post by Bass Buster »

well done dave seems like a pretty busy session for daylight. Tight lines bryan
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#5 Post by roger de dodger »

dave that load of readymix is arriving on tues is it a 35 or 40 foot and do you want the door facing the sea or the pub :?:
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#6 Post by dfella25 »

For god sakes what do I need to do to pick up a coalie at that spot :evil: :oops: :cry:

Nice session for daylight Dave. If any of them kids fell in you have your floatation suit!
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#7 Post by thighlinescork.com »

didn't think there still be whiting around nearly into may
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#8 Post by craigo »

Well done Eyes . The whitin must be a permanent feature up that way . Tell big Mick its fishing talk only when fishing .
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#9 Post by minty »

well done man, is that a dog or a roll of sand-paper
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#10 Post by Cormdogg »

You did better than me, I was at the steps from about 3.30-5, Was that you setting up when I was leaving? After a great start to the day (my timing belt going) I got a lift out with 2 friends of mine who have pretty much zero percent interest in fishing, so I spent the vast majority of the very short session due to the lads boredom, setting them up and desnagging them. The cherry on top was my mate Dave catching the only fish of the day a nice Dab (i think) about 25cm long and I have been trying to get a Dab there all year!. I had bought a load of Berkley power bait on ebay and the Dab took 3" Power Flounder Strip belly, It had the whole thing in its gob, It sorta looks like a big red banana skin. All the mack came back untouched as did the berkley "peeler crab" and "rag worm". Glorious weather but serious swell. Anyways only a half arsed session by myself, If I could've got all my gear on the bus I would've stayed!
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#11 Post by saltydog »

Nice wee session Dave :)
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#12 Post by Al and Jordan »

well done dave :D sounds like you were kept well busy man. nice to see your wee spot is still being good to you :D :D :D . the wee doggie looks like he's curling up for a snooze in the pic :D :D class!!. i'll have to explain how the scale on maps work to jordan. we were leaving ballycastle the other night and jordan reckoned we should just drive back down to wicklow, seeing as he knew there were dogs there to be caught :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: he's really smitten by that mark after his last haul of dogs :roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: . well done again mate :P
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#13 Post by RockHunter »

Good work Dave, Greystones must be a second home to you by now :D :D
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#14 Post by eyesreilly »

RockHunter wrote:Good work Dave, Greystones must be a second home to you by now :D :D
If only I could afford it Frank :cry:
Cormdogg wrote:You did better than me, I was at the steps from about 3.30-5, Was that you setting up when I was leaving? Glorious weather but serious swell. Anyways only a half arsed session by myself, If I could've got all my gear on the bus I would've stayed!
I was on the rocks across from the steps. There were guys fishing at the steps up till dark alright. I would have said hello :wink: :lol: :lol:
minty wrote:well done man, is that a dog or a roll of sand-paper
It's a dogroll :lol:
craigo wrote:Well done Eyes . The whitin must be a permanent feature up that way . Tell big Mick its fishing talk only when fishing .


He'd find some way of linking the two,,,,like how he gets lead weights from car wheels :lol: :lol:
dfella25 wrote:For god sakes what do I need to do to pick up a coalie at that spot :evil: :oops: :cry:

Nice session for daylight Dave. If any of them kids fell in you have your floatation suit!
Just keep trying,,,the more youre out the more you increase your chances,,,Big Mick thinks i'm a lucky angler,,,,,i tell him the more i fish the luckier i get :roll: :roll:
roger de dodger wrote:dave that load of readymix is arriving on tues is it a 35 or 40 foot and do you want the door facing the sea or the pub :?:
Thanks Roger, will send you the plans during the week, dont worry about facing the pub, i checked and they DO deliver. Place house as near the edge as possible (see pic), will come in handy for hauling doggies up the cliff :lol: :lol:
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#15 Post by roger de dodger »

you,d be afraid to sneeze in that house dave :lol: wouldnt fancy setting up below it i can imagine what happens when the toilet flushes :lol:
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#16 Post by fishermannum1 »

nice session there Dave 8) that mark has been good to you in the past, and is still throwing you up some nice sessions. well done mate 8) 8)
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#17 Post by round_ourway »

good man, great report dude, laughing my head off there.
got a dog on mack just before i left, which was a nice bonus. He curled himself up into a nice ball, which was handy as i just had to roll him back in :roll: :roll: (only kidding by the way :wink:


lol, got a couple of helpful doggies like that lol
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#18 Post by nifisher »

Nice one Eyes the doggie photo is class just having a wee kip :wink:
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[color=#0000FF]Species 2009: 20[/color] Flounder, Dab, Coalie, Shore Rockling, Pollock, Pouting, Codling, Poor Cod, Whiting, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Turbot, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Ballan/ Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Sea Trout.

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