Connemara.. 13/6/009

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Connemara.. 13/6/009

#1 Post by stevecrow74 »

People:me fein agus nige

Duration:er.. about 6 hours

Tide:over high

Weather: calm with slight southerly

Bait:sandeel macl and squid

Rigs:various

Results:loads a fish




Report: its been a long while since i've done one of these report things so it may take me a while....

headed out with nige to one of our marks.. it took me a while to navigate through the field, knee still not right.. well i suppose surgery will help, whenever that happens.. anyways back to the report.. finally made it to the mark, and set up .. cast out and slowly waited.. and it wasnt within 10 mins i had a bite.. woohoo.. looking good as i reeled in, ray for first cast not too bad.. but alas it came off the hook just as i was about to land it.. oh no... bait back on and out again.. soon after nige was into a whiting.... i think it must have forgot to go home after the winter.. a few whiting and doggies later we got a txt from salty and 'the stig' with them both holding pictures of ray..
so back to fishing... a few doggies later and what looked like a doggie bit for me turned out to be somthing a bit more substantial.. yipppeee.. a ray.. big one too, it even took line on me as i was reeling it in.. so off down the rocks nige went to help lift it out.. (i only had a 10lbs snood on) so a quick un hook weigh (8lbs 2oz) a few pics and back in the water it went.. also sent salty and 'the stig' a pic of it.. strangly enough we didnt hear back from them???
a few more doggies later and it was nige's turn.. so i slowly made my way down the rocks to be met by not only a ray, but another suicidal whiting.... a quick unhook of the whiting and back into the water, and lifted the ray up the bank for the unhooking and pics and weighed in at just over 5lbs... then it was back to doggies again.. then the midges started to come in plague proportions :S to back to the car.. and in good time too as it poured out of the heavens on the way home...

total catch
me: 1 ray 6 dogfish 5 whiting
nige: 1 ray 4 dogfish 4 whiting 1 mackerel...
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Re: Connemara.. 13/6/009

#2 Post by saltydog »

stevecrow74 wrote:we got a txt from salty and 'the stig' with them both holding pictures of ray..
yipppeee.. a ray.. big one too, it even took line on me as i was reeling it in.. so off down the rocks nige went to help lift it out.. (i only had a 10lbs snood on) so a quick un hook weigh (8lbs 2oz) a few pics and back in the water it went.. also sent salty and 'the stig' a pic of it.. strangly enough we didnt hear back from them???


That's 'cos we'd stopped fishing at that stage :P we did however land twice as many Rays as ye :wink: :P


Nice Rays lads well done 8) whats the story with the whiting :shock:
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Re: Connemara.. 13/6/009

#3 Post by nige »

got what we wanted. always good to get ray :) as for the unwanted whiting - weird getting them this time of the year. annoying little buggers.
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#4 Post by nicefish »

Nice session that's a lovely Ray and you beat the weather happy days :D
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#5 Post by fishermannum1 »

bet it felt good to get back out fishing againg steve :P :P :P and a nice session too, well done guys 8) getting the gear ready now to head down to fahan to have a session with al an jordan, just hoping the rays are on the feed :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#6 Post by youngrod »

nice session and isn t 10lb trace very light for ray
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#7 Post by gfkelly1969 »

well done on the ray,Nice session
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#8 Post by stevecrow74 »

youngrod wrote:nice session and isn t 10lb trace very light for ray


yeah, just a tad, I'd usually use 15lbs flouro but i had used the last of it and only had 10lbs flouro.. hence why i sent nige down the rocks to pick upi the ray for me, but if you play a fish right you can use even lighter line again just expect to play the fish for a while :wink:
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#9 Post by tight lines »

well done lads nice session hope 2 get a few next weekend myself
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#10 Post by marky »

well lads, id love to land a ray
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#11 Post by doggie3131 »

good to see you out again steve and some nice fish too,well done lads :D
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#12 Post by MC »

nice fishing lads, hope the knee isnt too sore today steve, and your right, i do hate you more after seeing the photos :x

fishermannum1
getting the gear ready now to head down to fahan to have a session with al an jordan, just hoping the rays are on the feed


seen your car down there, was out a run with the wee lass to give missus a break, quite a few fishing, how did do anyway?
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#13 Post by dan »

some nice rays there lads! :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
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#14 Post by fishermannum1 »

MC wrote:nice fishing lads, hope the knee isnt too sore today steve, and your right, i do hate you more after seeing the photos :x

fishermannum1
getting the gear ready now to head down to fahan to have a session with al an jordan, just hoping the rays are on the feed


seen your car down there, was out a run with the wee lass to give missus a break, quite a few fishing, how did do anyway?

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i got the one and droped two, but from what i could see there was a good few being got.
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#15 Post by roger de dodger »

are you new on this site steve? :lol: good to see you havnt lost the knack hows your legiment :wink:
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#16 Post by round_ourway »

Welll done lads. good to see ya out and about steve.
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#17 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice result getting some fish steve :D hope the knee gets sorted soon mate
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