Arklow 17-01-10

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Arklow 17-01-10

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

People:me and Neil

Duration:5-30pm-10pm

Tide:going out according to Neil,,,,,,,,,but funnily enough we had to keep moving backwards :shock:

Weather:glorious evening, mild

Bait:lug, mack ,squid

Rigs:2 hook flappers and single hook clipped down

Results:lots of dabs,codling,whiting, a short spined sea scorpion and a doggie




Report:Stopped by in Ennereilly to pick up our bait but it wasnt fishing great there according to the lads who were fishing a comp, so we headed on down to Arklow. Another lovely mild clear night so it was a pleasure fishing .We set up 2 rods each and we were into the fish from the first cast,some nice Dabs.We were catching nearly every cast and as they were all going for the bottom hook I decided to just re bait the bottom one and leave the top hook alone to save on lug.As soon as i did this the next dab took the top hook :shock: . Plenty of doubles to be had , mostly dabs, but also some codling and whiting. All the dabs were in and around the mid twenties cms. Neil got a short spined sea scorpion to add to the species list and later on he put out a large chunk of mack at distance which resulted in a large doggie,,,, we had just been saying how we hadnt got any in ages.A nice nights fishing ,,,,,,,,,the only drawback to this place is the constant boy racers going up and down the carpark, which now has plenty of ramps. We took turns checking the cars and there were a few canoodling couples there so we figured the cars would be safe enough,but its on your mind all the same. We left when I got to 20 fish,,,,,,,,didnt want to give Fishface the chance to catch up on me :lol: :lol: ,,,,,,,,,though he did outdo me on the species tally :cry: :cry:
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Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#2 Post by KERRY1 »

Nice one Dave :D
I bet your happy to get for a session again now that the weather is abit better 8)
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#3 Post by mitch »

Nice session lads ,it was a good move heading to arklow ennerielly
was very slow and even when it got dark it did not pick up at all , a few of us
came back to kilcoole and got some nice whiting they were all around 28 to 30 cm :P
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#4 Post by thelegend »

good stuff lads an underrated mark always plenty of fish, pity bout the racers :evil: hopefully back on the shore myself in a few months ,fingers crossed :oops: give ye a shout then tight lines :mrgreen:
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#5 Post by rustyhookthomas »

ah! nice going lads, that's where it all began for me over 30 years ago!
my first fishing rod was the best pressie ever still to this day!
even though it was a 4' solid fibreglass rod and the reel was a shakesspeare 2002 spinning reel!
hooked since and love fishing arklow.
species 2009, whiting :(, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#6 Post by trout hunter jnr »

good fishin hopefully it'll ge better soon :roll: :lol:
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#7 Post by RockHunter »

eyesreilly wrote:Stopped by in Ennereilly to pick up our bait but it wasnt fishing great there
Bet you were kicking yourself when you read about the 9 lb 2 oz cod caught from there :roll:
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#8 Post by eyesreilly »

KERRY1 wrote:Nice one Dave :D
I bet your happy to get for a session again now that the weather is abit better 8)
You bet Paula,,,,,,,,,,well you did bet actually :roll: :roll: ,,,,,great to be able to get out again,was starting to get cabin fever :lol: :lol:
mitch wrote:Nice session lads ,it was a good move heading to arklow ennerielly
was very slow and even when it got dark it did not pick up at all , a few of us
came back to kilcoole and got some nice whiting they were all around 28 to 30 cm :P
How did ya miss that 9lb cod Ger :shock: :shock: ,,,,,,,,,i thought i was doing you a favour by leaving as i only bring bad luck there as the tiddlers follow me down :lol: :lol:
thelegend wrote:good stuff lads an underrated mark always plenty of fish, pity bout the racers :evil: hopefully back on the shore myself in a few months ,fingers crossed :oops: give ye a shout then tight lines :mrgreen:
Thanks James, anytime youre feeling up to it just gimme a shout and we can arrange something,,,,beach or pier whatever you want :wink:
rustyhookthomas wrote:ah! nice going lads, that's where it all began for me over 30 years ago!
my first fishing rod was the best pressie ever still to this day!
even though it was a 4' solid fibreglass rod and the reel was a shakesspeare 2002 spinning reel!
hooked since and love fishing arklow.
Thanks Thomas, its a good mark for the flatties and has always produced for us :wink:
trout hunter jnr wrote:good fishin hopefully it'll ge better soon :roll: :lol:
I can only improve Jnr :roll: :roll:
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eyesreilly wrote:Stopped by in Ennereilly to pick up our bait but it wasnt fishing great there
Bet you were kicking yourself when you read about the 9 lb 2 oz cod caught from there :roll:
Its gas Frank,,,,,,,,,,they give out about tiddlers then when a guy catches a big 'un nobody believes him :roll: :roll: ,you cant win on here sometimes :shock: :shock: Twas a nice fish which truly deserves to be called a lunker :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#9 Post by Kaner »

Well done eyes, BUT that Lucozade bottle looks very old to me and the newspaper did not have the correct date on it. Are we to take you at your word :)
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#10 Post by KERRY1 »

eyesreilly wrote: You bet Paula,,,,,,,,,,well you did bet actually :roll: :roll: ,,,,,


I've been known to place the odd bet in my time - I like abit of a gamble!! :lol: :lol:
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#11 Post by rodbender »

Nice session lads, well done. Pity about Neill not knowing up or down, just as well you are there to look after him.
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Re: Arklow 17-01-10

#12 Post by tight lines »

well done eyes good session and that was me who got that cod on ennerilly you are right when you say you can win but i dont care i know i caught a good fish

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