sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

Old Shore Reports are moved here for Public Viewing

Moderators: donal domeney, saltydog

Message
Author
User avatar
minty
SAI Hammerhead
Posts: 267
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:55 am
Favourite Rod: penn powerstix 15-9
Favourite Reel: penn surf 850
Favourite Fish: easy to catch one's
Location: belfast

sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

#1 Post by minty »

People:me and the brother

Duration:6 till mid-night

Tide:rising

Weather:windy but dry

Bait:rag mack squid mussles prawns

Rigs:single hook clipped and flappers

Results:me....1 coalie brother... 1crab




Report:was hoping to head south or donegal but the tides and the winds were against us so we decided to hit cushendun beach as i thought it would offer a little bit of shelter..got set up under the goal posts and conditions were looking good for an evening session. how wrong we were :oops: :oops: , no matter what rig or bait that we used was stripped in minutes :oops: ,after about half an hour the lad fishing beside me told me that he was being tortured with crabs, so the penny finally dropped as to why we were using so much bait, i had hoped it was cheeky fish robbing us as bite detection was tough with the winds. no matter what distance we hit we were getting stripped, ended up landing a small coalie when retreiving the rig to rebait, brother then landed a crab that was actually bigger than the coalie. decided to call it a day about 12 as i'd work the next morning and due to the fact that i'd have been lucky to catch a cold
some times catching crabs is a good thing.........or is it...........?

09 so far--codling coalies plaice flounder turbot 3&5 bearded rockling doggies whitting shanny and a [color=#FF0000]5lb [/color]huss thornback ray squid starfish mackeral pollack corkwing wrasse ballan wrasse [color=#FF0000]5lb 6oz [/color]conger
User avatar
doggie3131
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 2070
Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:12 pm
Favourite Fish: mullet
Location: co mayo
Has thanked: 27 times
Been thanked: 20 times

Re: sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

#2 Post by doggie3131 »

bloody crabs,then there never the edible ones :x still you could be sitting at home wishing you were fishing! :D :D
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.

species 2010,(27)

PROUD member of Galway Buccaneers SAC
User avatar
paulybo
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 63
Joined: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:57 pm
Location: Belvoir south belfast

Re: sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

#3 Post by paulybo »

could be worse you could have stayed at home and be forced to watch x factor by the wife and kids :oops:
[size=150][color=#FF0000]AKA paul spring[/color][/size]
User avatar
Al and Jordan
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 3768
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:46 pm
Favourite Rod: the one that catches the most fish
Favourite Reel: the one that breaks down least
Favourite Fish: doggies
Location: Belfast, N. Ireland
Has thanked: 92 times
Been thanked: 131 times

Re: sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

#4 Post by Al and Jordan »

jesus minty that was some hard going man :shock: :shock: :shock: we have'nt been up there in months, but i don't think we'll bother any time soon going by your session :shock: . oh,,, by the way. you got mail :wink: :wink:
rodbender
SAI Hammerhead
Posts: 242
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:19 am
Favourite Rod: Grauvell Surf GX500
Favourite Reel: Surfmaster 850
Favourite Fish: Conger
Location: Antrim

Re: sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

#5 Post by rodbender »

Hard luck Minty. Thats a cracker we beach on its day.
User avatar
Wozza
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 160
Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:55 pm
Favourite Rod: None Specific
Favourite Reel: Abu
Favourite Fish: Any good fighters
Location: Boyle area, Roscommon

Re: sat 3rd oct at cushendun beach

#6 Post by Wozza »

Bad Luck minty, I know the crabs are a pain in the butt personally too

Use a bait floater sponge thingy that lift the bait off the bottom slightly (Im told they work) :shock:


Warren
[color=#800080] Thierry Henry breaks the world gang bang record as he 'single handedly' f**ks the entire population of Ireland [/color]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92UvNvkyfaw][color=#40BF00]Adolf Hitler on youtube speaks out about Henry's Handball [/color][/url]

Return to “Archived Shore Angling Reports”