Duration:6-9pm
Tide:falling
Weather:calm, clear, mild enough
Bait:mack, squid,couple of leftover rag
Rigs:flappers
Results:1x doggie, 2x codling, 6 x whiting, 1 xThornback ray
Report:The wife felt like a trip out to Bray, so I duly obliged and packed the rods in the boot.Only one angler on the Harbour when I arrived so I set up near the end, he had a few whiting, nothing special he said.I got a doggie on rag on the first cast , followed by a double of whiting to 30cms. It was turning into a nice relaxing few hours fishing with the weather mild and clear skies. A couple of small codling were next and i thought that the best I could hope for was a half decent codling
. Then the rod doubled over and i struck into it ,to be honest thinking it might be a dog . But there was something a bit different about this bite, I could hardly shift it, and had a job getting line back. Maybe it was 2 dogs, i thought, not a bass cos i couldnt really feel it moving around much. 
Then it broke the surface and I could see it was a ray,,,,,,,,,,,my thoughts quickly turned to the rig, size 4 hooks 
,,,would my knots hold. Where's Fishface when i need him . I brought the ray round the corner of the pier and i walked down the steps to land him. Luckily the other angler was on hand to help and showed me how to handle him, etc, and kindly took a photo. He said it was the first one he'd seen caught here and he's a Bray native .I was delighted to reach the 30 species for the year, and what a way to reach it,i can relax now for the next 2 months. I put him back and after swimming into the wall a few times he eventually made it back out to sea. 
What a night,,,,,,,,and for once i didnt lose any gear Dave
a big well done mate, nice one 
& Thorhback in one trip 