kilcummin pier tues 5/05/09

[doggie3131]

People:me,jason,john

Duration:2pm 6pm

Tide:4pm

Weather:shite,strong westerlys ,rain,

Bait:lug sandeels mack

Rigs:all kinds

Results:me, tiny threebearded rockling,jason, shore rockling,john, huge birds nest




Report:got to the pier at 2pm,the wind was hitting us head on with very heavy gusts,we all got rods out but nothing happened,not even crab were biting,finally jason reeled in one rod and went to take the weed of to discover it was not weed but a small rockling no blank for him then!!john then got the worst birds nest ive ever seen, he spent the next hour trying to unravel it finally i brought in one of the rods to check the bait to discover a tiny three beard rockling on the top dropper blank over then!! a local lobster boat came in and landed some of the biggest lobster ive ever seen they told us that some conger had been caught a few days before at the pier during daylight,but they were not going to be caught by us we finally gave up at 6pm and decided to go for a spin around the area to see if there were any other good spots,and then discovered the flags thought the pier area was the flags!!well, we know where were going at the weekend now!!!no pics as they were not worth taking any!!

[corbyeire]

its seems theres a mark everywhere called the flags in the country

i wonder why

ever have any joy on the beach there near kilcummin - lacken i think its called?

[yorkshire man]

i blanked at killcummin last week which was my first blank there . If the pier isnt the flags where are They ? is it the back of the pier always looked very snaggy there.
cheers
mike

[doggie3131]

i blanked at killcummin last week which was my first blank there . If the pier isnt the flags where are They ? is it the back of the pier always looked very snaggy there.
cheers
mike

hi mike

when you get to the pier instead of going down to the pier go stright ahead and follow the road,you will know when you get there,that area is spectacular!and man does it look fishy!!

its seems theres a mark everywhere called the flags in the country

i wonder why

ever have any joy on the beach there near kilcummin - lacken i think its called?

hi corbyeire
no,only fished lacken once, no joy,but that was the pier,never fished the beach!!

[Al and Jordan]

at least you beat the blank man . i think my patients would have went and i'd have just cut the nest out bloody multipliers can be hatefull things at times

[taz]

next time you are up ya should try kilcummin back strand it is a great spot

[doggie3131]

at least you beat the blank man . i think my patients would have went and i'd have just cut the nest out bloody multipliers can be hatefull things at times

cheers al,would not have had the patience myself,would have cut it out after five min!!!

next time you are up ya should try kilcummin back strand it is a great spot

is that the small beach by the flags?

[rustyhookthomas]

aah! nice to be out

[doggie3131]

hi thomas,was nice to be out,had a blank today flounder hunting in a force 7 westerly gale not good!!

[hugo]

The flags to the right of the back strand road used to be great for medium pollock, but it's been very disappointing since the drift net ban. The nets are now being sunk to the bottom for pollock (100 euro a box I hear) and Kilcummin head area is pretty well cleaned out. If you drive on to the end of the back strand road, you can walk along the beach to the mouth of the Lacken Bay stream at low tide. Sea trout were shoaling in numbers off there the week before last, and its also a good spot for flats. Care needed though, undercurrents can be vicious.

[doggie3131]

cheers hugo,thats bad news about the flats,it looked so good!! might give the beach a go!

[hugo]

Dont give up too soon! The Flags always fished better for pollock from mid-August on anyway, but there's plenty of good wrasse around all the time (they like limpets, which is handy). My favourite spot is about halfway along to the head where there's a big table shaped boulder chucked up on the ledge. Have a look at low tide first - it can be a graveyard for lures, vicious ledges out there where the fish hide. Try the float, it works well for me.