Duration: 16:30-20:30
Tide: HT @ 14:45
Weather: Clear Dry and very very cold E/NE breeze
Bait: Sandeel, Squid, Mackerel, Whiting
Rigs: various
Results: Thornback Ray, Whiting,
Report: Had a spot i'd sussed out on a previous trip around the Islands in South Connemara. So arranged to head out with corbyeire to suss it out. Deep water plenty of features looked very "fishy". corbyeire was first in with a whiting followed by a nice Ray put a good bend in his rod then disaster got him in close and the line caught itself around a rock ping main line snapped i could see the Ray between two rocks flapping away trying to shimmey himself back to the water from the top of the kelp where he was.... just as we reached him he'd worked himself free.... i was next up for a bit of action couple of good rattle waited for a third... picked it up and struck nothing there bottom bait was gone top one well chewed... i was kicking myself for missing it. A couple of whiting later and around the last cast time when wallop good downward bend in the rod and the rachet started going something was taking line... picked it up struck felt like a decent ray in the depth of water you could feel him trying to dive back to the bottom anyone who thinks Ray don't put up a fight should try fishing for them in over 100ft of water. I let the flex of the rod lift him and when i felt him moving again started reeling. Was a bit disappointed when i saw him as it felt like a much bigger fish in the depth he was the angriest Thornie i've caught yet, plenty of go in him he was flapping away and swishing his tail obviously caught him on a bad day
there was a baby thornie on the top hook trying to get a whole sandeel in its gob while the bigger fella fell for a half sandeel both tipped with squid. Packed up as the mark was getting very icey and crunched our way back through the fields to the car.
