clare 28th Jan 2010

[spindlefist]

People: myself and Richie

Duration: 4pm-6pm , then 10pm til 3am

Tide: ebbing, then low to high

Weather: driving gale, rain, cold enough..

Bait: lug/mack/squid

Rigs: flappers and pulleys

Results: me: codling, pollock, whiting, coalfish and bass
Richie: coalfish, whiting

report:
Had planned this trip for bout a week, headed off towards carrigaholt first, in hope of a conger, but the wind was howlin about the end of pier, makin it hard to fish there, and with the tide droppin, my rigs kept ending up in snags..... no conger, but had my usual scratchin rod out and had coalfish, codling , whiting and pollock to entertain me...
we packed up bout 6, and went to check into our hotel, then fished a beach mark from low water- the gales blowin into our faces was crazy, but wrapped up warm so turned our backs to it and it was grand.... beautiful surf running, but after bout 2 hours there, not a bite... decided to move to another beach I knoiw that would be gettin cross winds instead and hopefully sheltered as it was in a cove... first cast here and I was gettin bites- that bass tug! had a few missed bites, 2 slack lines and had 2 fish on , only to lose them... but then I managed to get one, not a beast, only 2.5lb but a bass is a bass.... bites dropped off as high tide approached. Got a double shot of coalfish on last cast, my mate richie also got 1 coalfish on last cast to save the blank.....
got out again friday, but after 4 hours into beautiful flooding surf- nothing but wind burn!!! big red faces when we went off and drank all the whiskey in a bar we frequent over there.... will head back soon chasing those spiky hoors again, Love the atlantic to fish in...

tight lines people..

daire

also, chack out the bite outta the wee fella, poor chap, but seemed alrgith so popped him back ..

[spindlefist]

bassy basserson

[saltydog]

Well done Dáire good to see your plan came together for ya

[Conger]

Well done Daire, hard luck on the conger hopefully the next trip. Well done on the bass

Regards

Seamus

[chrisfeeney30]

well done lads!

[hugo]

Nice one Daire. Very nice.

[spindlefist]

cheers lads, was a good trip, and even better news for future ones, as after so much whiskey, my mate Richie said that in future we just concentrate on the fishing, no drinkin when we go on these trips

[Al and Jordan]

nice fishing man . never fails to amaze me, the lengths us nutters will go to in order to catch those silver chaps . well done guys

[seanie35]

clare is throwing up a fair few bass might have to relocate, you would wonder how the f@uk a fish survives with a chunk like that missing from it

[spindlefist]

i know!to non fisher ppl, the thought of standing staring into a gale blasting in off the atlantic would be madness, but I just love it, all just to watch the rod tip bounce and the dance to begin!!!

[Seaniebo]

Hi Daire, was driving through Lahinch on Sunday and spotted a bearded chap unloading fishing gear from a car across from the hotel, had a good look to see if I knew the guy! If it was yourself i hope I didnt freak you out!

Good fishing by the way.

[spindlefist]

that was me alright
it's grand, i had many strange looks that weekend, largely from havin to snooze saturday afternoon in the car on MAIN ST in Lahinch as I didn;t feel right drivin with so much whiskey in my veins from the night before

[baitdigger]

I fished just off the main beach to the left there for a few hours Sunday, freezing and not a bite to show. you did well just to stick it out and a bass was a bonus well done.