Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

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Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

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Duration:4-9pm

Tide:high at 6pm

Weather:lovely day thank God

Bait:mack, rag,

Rigs:flappers, 1 and 2 hook mini rigs

Results:flounder, plaice?, whiting, codling, mackeral, bass 8) :lol: , blenny




Report: Last day off work so i headed out to a rock mark thats been good to me in the past but which must remain nameless cos i caught a bass :roll: Got off to a great start with a tiny codling which is a new species for the year, so i didnt care what size it was, sad or what??. Weather was great and bites constant all day. The fish were small , but i'd rather be catching small stuff that feathering for macks who arent there. Had a battle with a small blenny who stripped my bait 5 times before i nabbed him. Got a thumper of a bite on the big rod baited with rag and reeled in a nice 30cm mack, much to the amazement of the mack bashers who were feathering all day with no macks :cry: .Got a flounder and a plaice??,,it had the bony nodules :roll: :roll: :wink: , let it be a plaice,please :lol: :lol: . Used the freshly caught mack as bait anfd on the last bit of it i cast out a 2 hook flapper a few yards and held it waiting to strike. Didnt feel a bite although i had the line in my finger but when i reeled in i connected with a bass which took off like a rocket. I must have struck just as he took the bait. I didnt think i'd land him as i was quite high up but i kept his head up and a wave took him onto a little ledge which gave me the opportunity to hand line him up. The oul heart was thumping i can tell you as i lifted him up to a round of applause from a group of onlookers. 45cms, i was well chuffed and went home happy as Larry :lol: :lol:

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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#2 Post by Cormdogg »

Let me the first to congratulate you on a lovely session, Are they size 2 hooks? How'd you get the little fellahs on them?
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#3 Post by gfkelly1969 »

well done on getting the plaice,nice to add another species :D
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#4 Post by youngrod »

well done nice bass
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#5 Post by RockHunter »

Well done on the bass Dave.
Nice variety of fish as well.
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

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Congrats on the Bass Dave 8)
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#7 Post by round_ourway »

well done eyes. cracking session fella.
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#8 Post by davybrown99 »

Great session. Any joy with the prawns.

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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

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Nice going man, what a session! :shock:
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#10 Post by doggie3131 »

well done eyes,nice selection of fish,lovely bass :mrgreen: and nice plaice too!!
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#11 Post by eyesreilly »

Thanks for the comments lads :wink:

Cormdogg wrote:Let me the first to congratulate you on a lovely session, Are they size 2 hooks? How'd you get the little fellahs on them?


Thanks Cormdogg, Hooks were size 2 and size 4. The bass was actually caught on a size 4 :shock: . I gave a trace and some mack to a young guy who was waiting for his mate to arrive with bait. I was telling him that his own hook (yes he only had 1 hook :roll: ) was too big and that small hooks would catch small and big fish. He got 2 small fish on his first 2 casts, his first fish ever, then he saw me catch the bass on the small hooks so i guess he's converted :lol:


davybrown99 wrote:Great session. Any joy with the prawns.

Davy


None Davy, i think i still havent got the knack of salting them, i cant keep them on the hook :oops: . Plenty of guys tell me the fish go mad for them though. Aguy in Wicklow Harbour had them threaded on and sprayed with wd40.
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

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was that you on the castle the other day
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#13 Post by eyesreilly »

oneillphil wrote:was that you on the castle the other day


No Phil, i presume you mean the castle beside Wicklow pier.
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#14 Post by shamoo0804 »

Grand session Dave, you made the most of your few days off
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#15 Post by bigsod »

nice one Dave, sounds like a cracking days fishing
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#16 Post by roger de dodger »

the king 8) them prawns look like a light snack to me dont be wasting them on fish :roll:
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#17 Post by tight lines »

well done on the fish great result and the pranws do work i have got fish on them
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#18 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice one dave :P you're certinly knocking up the species rightly. i'll not be out again for a while myself. head gasket blew on the motor last week and my computer is still on the blink :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: so it looks like it will be work, work and more work for me for the next week or 2 :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

#19 Post by fishermannum1 »

8) 8) congrats on the new species dave 8) a good mixed bag of fish there well done, and a nice bass to round the day off, great stuff!!!!
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