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Re: Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

#21 Post by KERRY1 »

Mission accomplished Dave, well done mate :wink:
Caught and landed using size 4 hooks too, nice going!
I'm really happy for you that you have got to your target number of species as well.
Keep up the good work.
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Re: Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

#22 Post by eyesreilly »

croppyboy wrote:lovely ray
Tony Fella wrote:Great to see a raymondo :wink:
Conger wrote:Nice one on the ray eyes :D :D and best of all no gear lost :D :D was out recently and will spend the next 3 weeks making up rigs :shock:
Well done again on the ray Regards Seamus
Thanks lads,and i know how you feel about the rigs Conger,i'm wearing glasses now at home which help,,,when i remember to put them on :roll: :roll:
clownfish wrote:Thats a beauty,persistance certainly pays off my man ,WELL DONE,what kind of rig and baits caught your Ray Eyes( :lol: )
doggie3131 wrote:well done dave,thats a lovely fish,and on a 4 hook, :shock: bet you were sh***ing yourself getting it in! :D
gfkelly1969 wrote:well done on getting the ray dave,nice size as well,hope that after awhile you will be like me sick of catching them :lol: :lol:
Thanks lads,3 hook flapper and Superquinns best mack Clownfish :shock: .Nearly cr*p*ed myself alright Noel,,,,i dont smoke but i felt like having one afterwards :shock: :shock: ,thats a bit strange eh? :lol: :lol: ps,,,,, I'd never get sick of those beauties Gerry :lol: :lol:
seanie35 wrote:good man dave thats a great tally of fish whos to say you wont get another 2/3 species.
the codfather wrote:Nice one Dave. Thats a cracker of a fish..
dfella25 wrote:You dirty rotten scum bag! :shock: Joking aside well done Dave what a beautie! Jesus on a size 4 and all :shock: :shock: Your so lucky that there was someone else there to take a pic. That's one for the mantle piece!
Cheers lads, the species hunt is a great man for keeping you interested and a bad session can turn into a good one with a new species, however small :roll: Theres no pics of me on the mantle piece,my not so small kids have that room taken over :roll: :roll: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,unless my mother has one of me on hers which i doubt :?
mitch wrote:Congrats on reaching 30 species Dave 8) 8) and a nice ray well done
dbrock wrote:well done i think this species hunt is yours this year :D
Cheers Ger,do ya think Neil will be pleased for me,,,,i hope he doesnt injure himself falling off his sunbed :lol: :lol: Thanks Dennis, but i'm not a serious contender :lol: :lol: ,,,,,,,theres too many young hungry(and most of all skilled!!) guys out there,,,,,,,,,,,its just something to keep me going while im out catching tiddlers :lol: :lol:
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eyesreilly wrote: i I put him back and after swimming into the wall a few times he eventually made it back out to sea.
he must have seen how happy you were to see him, that he diden't want to leave you dave :lol: :lol: :lol: hi dave nice one on getting your thornie and hitting the 30 mark on your species list 8) 8) 8) you deserve it mate with the hours you put in :P a big well done mate, nice one 8)
Thanks Don, you could have knocked me over with a feather last night,,,,the missus was taking all the credit for insisting I go out :lol: :lol:
kstaff wrote:Weldone +1 Dave! :wink:

Great result on the Raymond! There's lads gonna be pulling their hair out after this news! :D
saltydog wrote:Congrats on the Ray and getting your target number in species sweet 8) 8)
boycie89 wrote:fairplay dave mate ! im delighted for you ! i was out with shane H lastnight and he wanted to go there ! but i said no that its s**t !! :lol: :lol: :lol: he is going mad :lol:
Cheers lads, and its only sh$t 99% of the time Andy,,,,,,seriously though i've met great people there who taught me a lot and gave me great advice,,,,,,,,now if only i could remember what it was :? :? :roll:
FisherKing wrote:Nice one Dave great session & congrats 30 species :mrgreen: & Thorhback in one trip :shock: 8)
m.b3 wrote:well done eyes a nice suprise!
Cheers lads,
Kaner wrote:Congrats eyes !!!. All you need now is a Conger :)
If you get the chance you should try some Ray fishing out the Clifden direction , if ye hit the right spots they can plague you like Whiting :)
KERRY1 wrote:Mission accomplished Dave, well done mate :wink:
Caught and landed using size 4 hooks too, nice going!
I'm really happy for you that you have got to your target number of species as well.
Keep up the good work.
I'm nearly relieved i dont have to go after congers Kaner :roll: :roll: ,though i might try to twist Boycies ,,,King Cong(er)s,,,arm sometime soon :lol: :lol: Thanks Kerry 1 :wink: ,I appreciate your comments :lol:







Thanks to all for taking the time to comment, i appreciate it greatly. I still cant believe i reached 30 species,,,,,,,,,,,I should have listened to Obama,he was right when he said "Yes we can"
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Re: Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

#23 Post by COYSER »

yeehaa :D nice one eyes great to get that elusive target, lovely ray ,better result than you had on the north beach :!: myself and clownfish must give the pier a go one of the nights this weekend 8) tight lines :) pal of mine put add in local paper looking for a wife add read like this.woman wanted,must like fishing ,must know how to gut and clean fish,must be able to cook fish,must have boat ,send picture of boat :D :shock: :mrgreen:
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#24 Post by shamoo0804 »

What a way to break 30 8)

And what a pleasant suprise for bray harbour....you sure it wasnt erm, bray head :wink:

I'm dissapointed you couldnt smile a bit more for your photo though Dave :shock:
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Re: Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

#25 Post by wayne riley »

super stuff on the ray dave, welldone :wink:
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Re: Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

#26 Post by eyesreilly »

wayne riley wrote:super stuff on the ray dave, welldone :wink:
Cheers Wayne :wink:
COYSER wrote:yeehaa :D nice one eyes great to get that elusive target, lovely ray ,better result than you had on the north beach :!: myself and clownfish must give the pier a go one of the nights this weekend 8) tight lines :) pal of mine put add in local paper looking for a wife add read like this.woman wanted,must like fishing ,must know how to gut and clean fish,must be able to cook fish,must have boat ,send picture of boat :D :shock: :mrgreen:
Thanks Coyser,i'm not giving up on the North beach just yet. As for the wife,that position has been filled :lol: :lol: , i need nourishment not punishment :lol: :lol: If only she could dig rag :roll:
shamoo0804 wrote:What a way to break 30 8)
And what a pleasant suprise for bray harbour....you sure it wasnt erm, Bray Head (??) :wink:
I'm dissapointed you couldnt smile a bit more for your photo though Dave :shock:
Thats the shock of not landing a tiddler Mark,,,,,,,,,if you look back through my posts you'll see that look a couple of times(not enough times though!) :lol: :lol:
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Re: Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

#27 Post by JOHN1 »

couldnt have happend to a nicer fella :wink:
Truly delighted for you dave well deserved with all the time and effort you put in, and with some cracking reports thrown in twas a great achievement well done mate 8)
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#28 Post by dan »

nice one on the ray mate.... well done.. still need one myself....
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#29 Post by twinkle »

excellent evening topped with the cream as all the other lads said you deserve it you put in the time and effort in
and raymondo is always a welcome fish in my book anytime ,they escaped me all summer out in the boat so big well done
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#30 Post by eyesreilly »

JOHN1 wrote:couldnt have happend to a nicer fella :wink:
Truly delighted for you dave well deserved with all the time and effort you put in, and with some cracking reports thrown in twas a great achievement well done mate 8)
Thanks John,I thought my luck had finally changed :lol: ,,,,,,then the clutch went on the missus' car today,,,,,,,,,just after i got 4 new tyres on it and the son insured :cry: :cry: ,but sure theres no point complaining :roll: :roll:
twinkle wrote:excellent evening topped with the cream as all the other lads said you deserve it you put in the time and effort in
and raymondo is always a welcome fish in my book anytime ,they escaped me all summer out in the boat so big well done
Cheers twinkle :wink:
dan wrote:nice one on the ray mate.... well done.. still need one myself....
Thanks Dan, but I know im only in the halfpenny place compared to you :roll: 67 species :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: You've really taken the wind out of my sails :roll: :roll: well done :wink:
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#31 Post by fishface »

great fishing dave, am delighted for you, if i was on a sunbed i would have fallen off, but have to go to dentist as i have one hell of a toothache, cant eat or drink with it, have it for two days now so have to spend my holiday money with the dentist, hope everyone feels sorry for me :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#32 Post by Al and Jordan »

excellent fishing dave 8) 8) 8) we're made up for you getting the ray man. no one deserves it more than you. you certinly put in the hours man and deserve to reap the rewards. now all you need to do is get that conger :wink: :wink: hope to meet up next thursday man. would be great to get out with you and neil and mick again :P
fishface wrote: but have to go to dentist as i have one hell of a toothache, cant eat or drink with it, have it for two days now so have to spend my holiday money with the dentist, hope everyone feels sorry for me
should have brought the petzl ultra neil :wink: one flash of that would have stunned the dentist long enough for you to leg it man :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#33 Post by eyesreilly »

fishface wrote:great fishing dave, am delighted for you, if i was on a sunbed i would have fallen off, but have to go to dentist as i have one hell of a toothache, cant eat or drink with it, have it for two days now so have to spend my holiday money with the dentist, hope everyone feels sorry for me :lol: :lol: :lol:
Sorry to hear about the toothache but dont spend my present money on some thing stupid like painkillers :shock: :shock: , you'll be a long time dead and you'll be wishing then that you could feel that pain :lol: :lol:
Al and Jordan wrote:excellent fishing dave 8) 8) 8) we're made up for you getting the ray man. no one deserves it more than you. you certainly put in the hours man and deserve to reap the rewards. now all you need to do is get that conger :wink: :wink: hope to meet up next thursday man. would be great to get out with you and neil and mick again :P
Thanks Al :wink: looking forward to seeing you next week :lol:
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#34 Post by Al »

Good man Dave...great result for that spot too! :D
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#35 Post by rustyhookthomas »

well worthy Dave, and great to swim away too.
i only ever got them from the boats!
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#36 Post by bigsod »

Well done Dave, It realy shows you get out what you put in 8)
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#37 Post by eyesreilly »

rustyhookthomas wrote:well worthy Dave, and great to swim away too.
i only ever got them from the boats!
Al wrote:Good man Dave...great result for that spot too! :D
bigsod wrote:Well done Dave, It realy shows you get out what you put in 8)
Thanks lads,,,good old much maligned Bray Harbour :lol: :lol: , thats the beauty of sea fishing for me, you just never know what might turn up on the end of your hook :lol: :lol:
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#38 Post by nicefish »

Well done on the Whiting :shock: the Ray is not bad either. 8)
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#39 Post by rodbender »

Well done Dave. That was a nice we session, bet Neil's kickin himself. :D :D
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#40 Post by fishface »

no im not kicking myself, im over the moon for my mate dave,im glad to see that all my tuition has paid off, sorry dave your too late , the dentist cost me 200 of my hard earned holiday money so no pressy, but look you will have me back to slag
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