Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

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Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#1 Post by saltydog »

People: vinnycorrigan, MC, stevecrow74 & myself

Duration: 16:00-01:30

Tide: HT @ 17:37 5.17m 16.9ft

Weather: Dry with a NW breeze, mild and bright night

Bait: Sandeel, Mackerel, Squid, Lug, Wraps, Herring

Rigs: Various

Results: Dabs, Doggies, Coalfish, Cod, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Thornback Ray, Whiting




Report: Vinny and myself arrived at the mark and set up we were fishing about 2hrs before MC and steve arrived with only whiting to show for our efforts. I was fishing at distance hitting a channel thats known to hold fish steve was doing likewise i'd a couple of doggies while steve had 2 Thornies on successive casts and dropped another when his snood snapped trying to lift it. Vinny had clocked up nearly 20 whiting by the time the lads arrived and he kept up a frantic pace with them doubles trebles most casts, MC in the meantime had a whiting to get off the mark. Vinny then got his personal target species with a wee Cod and landed a dog also. While steve got a nice Poor Cod and i'd a Pouting along with plenty of whiting for us both. Steve and MC headed off around the 20:30 mark and myself and vinny set up a 2nd rod. We dropped them 15 yards out and were getting nailed on them within seconds of the bait hitting the water. The fishing was non stop action until we finished with the species tally rising. Vinny finished up with 5 species with over 60 Whiting 12 or so Coalies, 1 Doggie, 1 Cod, and a Pollack. I finished up with 5 species with 3 Doggies, 2 Dabs, 1 Coalie, 1 Pouting and close on 30 whiting. Steve and MC can add their tallys....

Both steve and myself had whiting hit steves had deep puncture wounds while mine was completely savaged :shock: :shock:
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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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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#2 Post by bigsod »

Great stuff lads thats some going 8)
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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#3 Post by bhoy32 »

nice fishing lads well done did ye try live baiting with whiteing after catching the mangled ones or do ya think it might have been one of the friendly seals that call the place home that got them 8)
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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#4 Post by roger de dodger »

looks like a crab attack they always go straight for the belly :?: nice busy session boys 8)
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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#5 Post by saltydog »

bigsod wrote:Great stuff lads thats some going 8)
Cheers bigsod good to see a few different species and another mark that the Ray are still holding in... we haven't fished it in a while but we'll be back here looking for some big Cod shortly :wink: :)
bhoy32 wrote:nice fishing lads well done did ye try live baiting with whiteing after catching the mangled ones or do ya think it might have been one of the friendly seals that call the place home that got them 8)
roger de dodger wrote:looks like a crab attack they always go straight for the belly :?: nice busy session boys 8)
Not sure what hit mine possibly a big crab or lobster plenty of both in this location along with good congers and there were 5 seals on their backs when we were setting up too.... with steve's he could feel the extra weight when he went to reel in he said it was pulling back so who knows.... vinny tried live baiting a whiting with no hook up :?
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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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#6 Post by doggie3131 »

well done lads, nice fishing 8)
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: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#7 Post by stevecrow74 »

told ye that place would hold ray all year round... :wink:

nice wee session... would love to know what was holding on to the whiting.. i think it was a ray by the way it was fighting back.. pity it let go before it surfaced...

was wondering why ye stayed on so long after, but knowing you salty.. you wanted a ray :twisted:
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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#8 Post by kaylemf »

great fishing lads well done!
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Species 2010 - (15) Coalfish, Whiting, 5 Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Shore Rockling, Codling, Turbot, Launce, Pollack, Blenny, Conger, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Sea Trout,


Species 2011:(11) Turbot, Whiting, Flounder, Coalfish, 5 Bearded Rockling, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Pollack, 3 Bearded Rockling, Spurdog, Mackerel,

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Re: Bay Watch South Connemara 03.12.09

#9 Post by MC »

i got a whiting, the night got worse for me, went out for a pint and never drank it, i had eaten at a well know fastfood joint at lunchtime and it seems that it disagreed with me, was sick from 11pm until 5.30am, only starting to eat again tonight, sorry to nige and stevecrow it ended up a short drinking session :oops:
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