Twaite Shad St. Mullins 11th. 12th. 13th. May 2009

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#1 Post by **Ross** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:45 am

People: Ross

Duration: 2.5 days

Tide: All stages

Weather: Beautiful

Bait: Tasmanian Devils

Results:
40 Twaite Shad including a Specimen of 2 lbs. 11 ozs.
Yellow or Blue/Silver Taz best.
Made the long drive from West Clare for the Annual Shad Pilgrimage to St. Mullins!
I never saw so many anglers here and I have been making this trip for nearly 30 years!
At 5 am some anglers were already moving into the hotspots!
I found a quite spot up river where the shad were not as plentiful as at the hotspots but the average weight was high.

#2 Post by **nicefish** » Thu May 14, 2009 12:31 pm

Nice fishing. This Shad fishing in St.Mullins is starting to look like the Cheltenham Festival I must ask Christy Moore will he write a song about it. :idea:

#3 Post by **Ross** » Thu May 14, 2009 12:36 pm

Yeah! It's a long long way from Clare to here has already been covered!
Have you heard the term "Combat Fishing" ? !!!!!!!!!!

#4 Post by **nicefish** » Thu May 14, 2009 12:50 pm

Ross wrote:Yeah! It's a long long way from Clare to here has already been covered!
Have you heard the term "Combat Fishing" ? !!!!!!!!!!

Combat fishing reminds me when im signing on the dole every month big Q :cry:

#5 Post by **Eoghan** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:55 pm

Well the more you advertise it mate........ :shock:

Forgive my ignorance, I am not sure if this "run" is a spawning thing or not but if it is then surely it would be wise to try to keep it low key..?

Dont get me wrong, not trying to put a downer on it at all, nice result, but the every year you are going to find it hard to find those quiet spots mate.

#6 Post by **petekd** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:11 pm

No harm in the reports on the site considering there was a feature on them in irish angler recently. Have to say, the people i met and chatted to up there were very friendly. Much more so than the equivalent grunting at monkstown wall in the winter, must have been the sunshine :-)

Beautiful spot, and enjoyable to fish too.

#7 Post by **Ross** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:29 pm

I agree petekd...... the banter was nearly better than the fishing at times!

#8 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:18 pm

nice fishin ross

we are thinking about bring a swear box next year... you could make a fortune walking up and down the bank :lol:

great fishing-great people-great craic

#9 Post by **Eoghan** » Fri May 15, 2009 8:52 am

petekd wrote:No harm in the reports on the site considering there was a feature on them in irish angler recently. Have to say, the people i met and chatted to up there were very friendly. Much more so than the equivalent grunting at monkstown wall in the winter, must have been the sunshine Beautiful spot, and enjoyable to fish too.

Ah nice one, fair enough, sounds good alright.

I could just imagine some plugger turning up after reading the report, with a string of feathers....! :-)

Im guessing by the swearing that these guys are hard to catch...! :-)

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