Fahan Beach 14/06/2009

[smicker]

People:Me and club

Date : 14/06/2009

Venue: Fahan Beach

Duration: 15:00 – 20:00

Tide:2hours down and 3 hours up

Weather: Sunshine no wind – overcast windy – thunderstorms and lightning - Sunshine no wind

Bait: Rag, frozen Mack, Bluey

Rigs: clipped down pulley, 2 hook flapper

Results:1 small thornie


Report: arrived at the beach about 14.00 in brilliant sunshine heat and no wind. Beautiful scenery up there, so I took a few snaps and had a chat with fishermanum1 who was also getting set up to fish. Next time I come to Fahan I will leave the bluey at home and bring squid.

Drew peg 1 for the comp, right next to the marina so went down got set up, had a few practise casts and realise I would be glad of the waders to be able to hit the channel.

Comp started and i spent the next four hours alternating mack and bluey on a plain pulley and a pulley with bling and a muppet with nary a bite, watching the anglers on the pegs further along the beach pull in the thornies. For an hour of that time deliberately avoided going near the rod as a thunderstorm was overhead and the beach became a shallow river.

By 7:00 o’clock began to get a bit anxious about a blank so started alternating a 2 hook flapper with Rag and mack and a plain pulley with mack and at approx 7:45 was rewarded by my fisrt ever thornback,

firstthornie.jpg

he may be small but he was mine - photograped and returned to swim away and grow much bigger. Though for all the size of him, i knew he was on the line.

Overall the competition results were good with i think the winner having 7 rays, a variety of fish were caught including gurnard, plaice flounder and mackerel, the first i’d seen off a beach though the 3 pegs next to mine had only a fish apiece.

Hope to get back their soon .

[MC]

not a bad comp then, congrats on you first ray, may the next one be bigger,

[glengormley-gavin]

Well done mate - 1 ray more than me!!!

I've still not got one!!!

Jude

[gfkelly1969]

well done,the ray may be small but still nice to catch one

[fishermannum1]

congrats on your first thornie, hope it is the first of many

For an hour of that time deliberately avoided going near the rod as a thunderstorm was overhead

same with me, i had a cracker of a full and it slacked lined, but there was no way i was lifting the rod, for the fork lighting was hitting the beach down to the right of me. scary stuff!!!!

[Al and Jordan]

nice one smicker i'm only just realising now who you are man that i've seen your pic:roll: i get chatting to people all the time when out fishing and it's only when i see a pic i twig who they are congrads on the new species man!!!!

[smicker]

Thanks guys


i am really looking forward to getting a bigger one next time i get up to fahan.