Ballyconneely area 09 november 2009

[gfkelly1969]

People:myself

Duration:16:00 to 21:30

Tide:high 21:22 4.1m

Weather:dry with light north west wind

Bait:sand eel,sprats,squid

Rigs:3 hook flapper clipped rig size 2 hooks,pully rig size 2/0 hook

Results:2 flounder,2 coalfish




Report:i never caught a flat fish before so i decided to have a try on a beach i was told that i could get flounder,only fishing for 30 minutes when i landed the first flounder on the 3 hook flapper rig baited with squid

my first flounder.JPG

he was small but happy to land him then later i got two bites at the same time on the two rod reeled in the stronger bite and landed another flounder on the pully rig baited with sand eel

my second flounder.JPG

,nice size one this time 37cm long and 1.5 lbs weight then reeled in the second rod and had a small coalfish

coalfish.JPG

then the bites went quite for 1 hour and after that got another coalfish

coalfish2.JPG

the two coalfish were caught on the 3 hook flapper rig
if i have the identification wrong let me know

[spindlefist]

Well done Gerry, Nice fish there......

[zeke]

well done mate,nice flounder you got there

[Al and Jordan]

congrads on the first flattie gerry the second one is a good size too. not a bad way to start into the flats man

[corbyeire]

well gf - you could have a whiting there

carraroe is absolutely plagued with them at the moment

37cm flat - what a start to flat fishing

north or south ballyconeelly

[joyster]

nice flounder there gerry, i have tried the beaches in mannin and caught fall what beach were u fishing ? as kids we used to catch good flounder at clifden pier at neap tides with baited spoons, to the left of the stone nav mark is the best spot.

[FisherKing]

Nice one Gerry another new species for the list lovely Flounder, sounds like a good beach mark

[eyesreilly]

Nice flounder Gerry, well done

[doggie3131]

well done gerry,nice flounder!

[gfkelly1969]

well gf - you could have a whiting there

carraroe is absolutely plagued with them at the moment

37cm flat - what a start to flat fishing

north or south ballyconeelly

thought it might be a whiting by the colour but after checking the cfb fish book the fork in the tail made me think it was a coalfish,any coalfish i caught before had a touch of green in them,i would be happier if its a whiting so i could add a new species for the year i have not caught a whiting around here before
north ballyconeelly i will pm you a map of the spot

Well done Gerry, Nice fish there......

thanks daire if you want to try the spot the next you are down i will tell you how to get to the spot,hopefully will get to go on a conger hunt with you as well

well done mate,nice flounder you got there

thanks zeke i am happy with the flounder

congrads on the first flattie gerry the second one is a good size too. not a bad way to start into the flats man

thanks al i will have to try for turbot next

Nice one Gerry another new species for the list lovely Flounder, sounds like a good beach mark

thanks fk,i was told that the beach was good for flounder and other flat fish and even small tope were caught there as well,looking at the beach i would say that there might be a chance of a bass as well,i will be back to it again

Nice flounder Gerry, well done

thanks dave i am happy to have caught one

well done gerry,nice flounder!

thanks noel,watch out i will soon be catching as many as you do

nice flounder there gerry, i have tried the beaches in mannin and caught fall what beach were u fishing ? as kids we used to catch good flounder at clifden pier at neap tides with baited spoons, to the left of the stone nav mark is the best spot.

thanks joyster,i often looked around the pier in clifden but i always thought there might be too much fresh water around,interesting to know that the flounder were around there before,i might give it a try over the winter
i will pm you a map of where i caught the flounder,i hope to fish it over the next week or 2 and will let you know how i get on

[seanie35]

well done on your first flatties

[blackiemc]

Nice going there Gerry, you'll have nothing left on your 'to do' list by the time this year is out

Blackie