Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

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Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

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Duration:4-10pm

Tide:high at 6pm approx

Weather:fine, calm

Bait:rag, mack squid

Rigs:flappers and mini rigs

Results tub gurnards , tompot blennies, pollock, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse,pouting, dabs




Report:Great session at Wicklow Harbour, wasnt going to go again so soon after Fridays session but i was glad i decided to go in the end. I had my usual set up of 1 rod out and 1 in close for minis. There were some guys spinning for mackeral but i only saw 1 mack being landed all day :shock: :shock: . I was getting a steady stream of fish all day while a Chinese lad beside me was feathering for macks, and also putting prawns on his feathers trying to catch something. I felt sorry for him and gave him a mini rig and some mackeral and my good deed paid off later on when his wife arrived and presented me with some sliced melon and fried chicken :lol: :lol: . I didnt know what was happening till i remembered giving him the bit of gear. Most of the fish were caught on the small rod in close but the beachcaster paid dividends when i reeled in a double of tub gurnards on mackeral :lol: :lol: .I also got whiting and dabs on this rod. Lots of minis on the other rod and a decent ballan wrasse of 32cms which was a bit further out and gave a great scrap. This mark has been very good to me lately :wink:

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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 gurnards 29-06-09

#2 Post by gfkelly1969 »

great selection of fish,nice to see the tub gurnard,you were rewarded well for being nice to the chinese guy
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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#3 Post by shamoo0804 »

Cracking pair Dave :wink:
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#4 Post by fishface »

no mention of little old me , was told last night that a big basking shark paid a visit to wicklow harbour, what rig to catch one of those, would look good on ones species list dream on,
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no mention of little old me , was told last night that a big basking shark paid a visit to wicklow harbour, what rig to catch one of those, would look good on ones species list dream on,
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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#6 Post by youngrod »

well done mate you got alot of different speice there
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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#7 Post by RockHunter »

Well done - another session with plenty of variety.
A gurnard double :shock: :shock: Great result.
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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#8 Post by eyesreilly »

fishface wrote:no mention of little old me , was told last night that a big basking shark paid a visit to wicklow harbour, what rig to catch one of those, would look good on ones species list dream on,


eyesreilly wrote:People:me, fishface later


I did mention you, dont have a tantrum cos you name isnt in lights :roll: :roll: .I'm trying to keep the reports down to a short novel, Wicklow Harbour is turning into a mini series . There again, theres so many characters down there i could turn it into a soap :lol: :lol: I can see it now,,,"Wicklow Harbour",,,,,starring Dave O Reilly as Eyesreilly the intrepid angler seeking out new species and Neil Brown as Fishface whos on a mission to keep old jokes fresh in our minds :roll: :roll:
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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 gurnards 29-06-09

#9 Post by seanie35 »

8 different species....... i would love a session like that , fair play 8)
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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#10 Post by saltydog »

Well done Dave your clocking up some nice species 8)
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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#11 Post by eyesreilly »

saltydog wrote:Well done Dave your clocking up some nice species 8)


Thanks Conor, i guess if the hooks are in the water long enough i have to catch something :roll:
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 gurnards 29-06-09

#12 Post by Dawsey »

Nice going with the double of gurnard's eye's I'm sure you were well pleased with that pair :D
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[i]Species '11[/i] Coalfish, Pollock, Mackerel, Sea Trout, Flounder, Turbot, Dab, Thornback Ray, Smoothhound, Tope(pup), Tub Gurnard, LSD, Shanny, Ballen Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldsinny Wrasse

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Re: Wicklow harbour gurnards 29-06-09

#13 Post by oneillphil »

Have seen lots of Gurnards around wicklow harbour, even breaking the surface chasing spats
of one kind or other, got a 30cm one the other day on feathers, but on the new peir the other peir to the one you usually fish.
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