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St Johns Point

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People:Me, Der Baron and Kev

Duration:10.30am-6.45pm

Tide:Down and up again

Weather:very windy from WSW, big swell, one heavy shower.

Bait:Lug,razor,squid,black lug,sand eel,mackeral,jellies.

Rigs:Float, flappers, pulley,clip down. Surface popper.

Results:Me-2 Ballan Wrasse, 2 Crabs! Der Baron-4 Pollack, 5 Ballan Wrasse, 1 Brill, Kev-4 Pollack, 1 Brill




Report:Road trip to St Johns Point, Donegal. After an early start, arrived at the point to find the wind in just the direction we didn't need it :evil: It effectively wrote off 99% of the fishable marks as the swell and wind was just too strong. None of us had been there before so after a bit of exploring we found the ledge over the large gulley provided us with a fishable mark though the windage was still a concern as my rod rest blew over more than once! The tide was starting to drop as we started and Der Baron was first off the mark with a small Pollack. During the day we took turns picking up Ballan and Pollack of various sizes, mostly small, pics attached of the best ones. The one thing that surprised me was the lovely colouration of the fish, particularly Der Barons larger Pollack and Ballan Wrasse. The Wrasse had very strong turquoise colours, especially inside it's mouth.
Having been blown about for many hours and not caught the huge fish we were hoping for :lol: :lol: we headed back down the road. The little beach on our right was very sheltered so having come this far we set up there for an hour or so. Der Baron noticed a small knock early on and pulled in a nice little Brill. Kev landed it's infant a short time later ! :D :D :D All I got was 2 dirty great crabs hanging off my hooks as reeled in :evil:
A good trip and definitely worth another visit on a more settled day :D

:evil: That gulley is a tackle graveyard, between us we lost 5 floats and 7 other rigs! :evil: :evil:
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2009 Shore/Boat Species [b](First year)![/b] - [size=85]Whiting, Pouting, Pollack, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Poor Cod, Sea Bass, Mackeral, Codling, Tub Gurnard, Dogfish[/size]

2010 Shore/Boat Species- Codling, Coalfish, Dogfish, Pollack, Mackerel, Whiting, Dab

2011 Shore/Boat/Kayak- Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Mackerel, Pollack, Ling, Coalfish, Spurdog, Tope, Red Gurnard, Sand eel, Pouting, Codling,
[i][color=#4000BF]All the gear and no idea.....[/color][/i]


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Re: St Johns Point

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More pics.
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2009 Shore/Boat Species [b](First year)![/b] - [size=85]Whiting, Pouting, Pollack, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Poor Cod, Sea Bass, Mackeral, Codling, Tub Gurnard, Dogfish[/size]

2010 Shore/Boat Species- Codling, Coalfish, Dogfish, Pollack, Mackerel, Whiting, Dab

2011 Shore/Boat/Kayak- Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Mackerel, Pollack, Ling, Coalfish, Spurdog, Tope, Red Gurnard, Sand eel, Pouting, Codling,
[i][color=#4000BF]All the gear and no idea.....[/color][/i]


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Re: St Johns Point

#3 Post by doggie3131 »

well done for sticking it out on such a bad day,some nice fish there,especially the wrasse.
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard

species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.

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Re: St Johns Point

#4 Post by FisherKing »

Nice going considering the weather its a lovely spot there especially on a calm day.
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#5 Post by saltydog »

Nice fishing some nice Wrasse there :)
Shore Species 2011 (31) Ballan Wrasse, Bass, Bullhuss, Coalfish, Cod, Conger, Corkwing Wrasse, Cuckoo Ray, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Goldsinny Wrasse, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shanny, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Thornback Ray, Three Bearded Rockling, Tompot Blenny, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Undulate Ray, Whiting

Shore Species 2010 (26) - Bass, Black Goby, Bull Huss, Coalfish, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Grey Gurnard, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Mullet, Plaice, Pollack, Poor cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shore Rockling, Silver eel, Starry Smooth Hound, Thornback Ray, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Whiting

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#6 Post by zeke »

well done lads....
tight lines,
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#7 Post by masterkeane »

long day ... fair play for sticking it out
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Re: St Johns Point

#8 Post by yorkshire man »

Pity about the weather as has been said that is a lovely spot on a calm day caught my PB Ballan and cuckoo wrasse there.
2011 (12) Turbot Flounder Coalie Doggy Rockling, Conger Ballan wrasse Corkwing wrasse, Pouting Mackeral Thorback Ray, Pollack

2010 (11) Flounder Whiting Coalfish Dogfish Ballan Wrasse Corkwing Wrasse Thornback Sea trout Pollack, Pouting
BASS in sligo 8lb


2009 dogfish,Dab,Rockling Pollack, Coalie, Flounder, Turbot, Thorn-back ray, Bull-huss, Mackerel,
BASS, Conger, Mullet, Pouting, Codling Ballan Wrasse

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