wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

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wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

People:me and Neil

Duration:5-9pm

Tide:ebbing

Weather:heavy showers, mild

Bait:rag mack squid

Rigs:mini rigs, 3 hook flapper

Results:2 x corkwing, 1 x ballan, 1 x doggie, 1 x scorpion fish, 1 x tompot blenny, whiting




Report:Set up at Wicklow Harbour in mild dry weather but almost immediately was pi*sed on by a heavy shower and that set the tone for the session,,,,dry for a while then the skies opened :shock: . Wasnt too bad in between though and got the usual small wrasse and other species. Plenty of terns diving for small fish which would indicate mackeral not too far out and this was confirmed when I got a shout from a small boat and was tossed a nice fresh mack from Bigballs from the site. I put a 3 hook flapper out on my distance rod and got bites almost immediately on the fresh mack and pulled in a nice doggie,, thanks Bigballs :wink: .Fishface had given me a small travel rod and i was delighted to christen it with a nice little corkwing :lol: , i then caught another which i think is the female corkwing which maybe someone can help identify.Neil came down for a couple of hours but didnt have much luck,but still pulled in a pin whiting to save the blank so i cant give him too mush slagging :wink: . Had to leave a bit early(for me) as i had work so i missed dusk :cry: :cry: but it was an enjoyable peaceful session. There was a foreign guy fishing there who was waiting for a bite all day and when he did get bites he'd strike with all his might and then miss, he did foul hook a fish but i'm sure he would have pulled the head off a fish if he'd have connected with them :shock: :shock:

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Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

#3 Post by dfella25 »

Dave it's so much fun down there using really light gear. I'd say the travel rod added to the battle!! I was hoping to get down there yesterday but it never happened :cry: :cry:

I can't wait for a nice haul of macks :twisted:
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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

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Shakespere last week, Spar this week , soon you wont have to go to work at all with all this advertising your doing :lol:
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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

#5 Post by bigballs »

good fishing mate glad the mac worked :wink:
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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

#6 Post by vamper »

good session mate

always good to get a variety of species
2011 species (2) - Three Bearded Rockling, Coalfish

2010 species (8) - Coalfish, Codling, Shore Rockling, Pollack, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Poor Cod, Whiting, Pouting

2009 species (10) - Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Pouting, Coalfish, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Shore Rockling, Codling, Haddock, Shanny, Whiting, Flounder
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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

#7 Post by Al and Jordan »

excellent session, report and pics as always dave 8) 8) 8) 8) you and neil are fairly knocking the species list to bits lately(but we know neil dose'nt keep count :wink: ). all great craic on light gear too. and nice wee female corkwing too. the dark blotch at the anal fin is always the dead giveaway man. we gotta get back out soon, this flu has put our monthly target of 12 sessions well off track :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: but we at least have SAI for a substitute fix :lol: :lol: :lol: keep it up man :mrgreen:
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Re: wicklow harbour , 15-05-09

#8 Post by boyler »

Well done guys,thats a nice bag of mixed fish there :)

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