around Kilcummin, Mayo 1.5.2009

[kieran]

People: Mans and mysefl

Duration: 2 hours - 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Tide: very dd, supposed to be filling to HW around 11:30 pm - didnt see much evidence of this!

Weather: April showers and holy cow, what showers!

Bait: frozen crab and sandeel

Rigs: rotten bottom rigs, and spinners

Results: 1 pollack, 1 corkwing wrasse (myself) and 1 ballen wrasse (mans)




Report: started at the flags at kilcummin past the shepherd's hut - omg what waves! pure white water below us, very difficult to fish owing to the squalls and wind, eventually landed a small pollack to a leadhead with an orange twintail but had to give up owing to the weather. Moved to kilcummin pier - flat calm and dry - and shallow! Where was the tide!?!

dropped a bit of crab down the pier wall and saw something flash in and take it - oh we thought what was that! Some rattling bites later, all was revealed. Wrasse, in 4 feet of water! Landed a corkwing and then decided to launch some baits out onto the sand - nada. Mans landed a half decent ballen and tried spinning into darkness but nothing else showed.

Cold and wet, left just before it teemed down. Nice to be out...

[roger de dodger]

well done on staying out in the weather seems summer cant get its foot in the door

[Bass Buster]

well done for sticking out the wick weather but at least you got rewarded for you time and effort............

[yorkshire man]

Kieran
you did better them me last saturday at killcummin i blanked and shane pulled a little pollock out down the side wall
cheers
mike

[hugo]

From Kilcummin pier round to the Flags is fairly poor these days. Locals say there's been a lot of bottom netting there since the drift net ban. Pollock fetching 100 euro a box now.