Doughmore Strand, Co. Clare

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#1 Post by **Ross** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:15 pm

People: Ross

Duration: 2 hrs.

Tide: last ebb, early flood

Weather: Dull, mild, slack westerly

Bait: Frozen mackerel, one launce

Rigs:1 hook ledger

Results: A Turbot of 1 Kg. on frozen mackerel strip

Report: Turbot taken on first cast! Nice tables of Bass surf - but no bass.
Beach littered with dead Congers, some large and one dead Trigger Fish following recent storms

#2 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:18 pm

is that usual for them to be washed up after a storm down your way?never seen a conger washed on a beach in my life!!nice turbot,well done!

#3 Post by **Ross** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:49 pm

BigPhil,

Pictures to prove it!

We had very strong westerly gales the last few days and the seas were wild!

We have seen this before in Kilkee and Doughmore following severe storms.
We see a lot of dead Trigger Fish if the Temp drops suddenly and stays low over a few days.

I think I saw a photo in the Irish Times some time ago where a very big conger was washed up on some Kerry Beach following a storm.

Kilkee beach is the same at the moment with some dead Trigger Fish that I could not catch all summer!

[img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/ryangwpr/congereel.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/ryangwpr/trigfish.jpg[/img]

#4 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:11 pm

do you normally catch conger off this beach or have they been blown in from deeper marks offshore?

#5 Post by **Ross** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:21 pm

BigPhil,

Never a Conger but almost everything else!
Must come from offshore I guess.