Teelin Rocks, 19th Oct

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#1 Post by **pete** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:27 pm

Fished from 6.00pm to 10.00pm and finished up with two conger to 7lb, a dogfish and a pollock...oh yeah and a starfish too Poor enough session, only one of the fish was caught in darkness. Expected a better showing once the light went but apart from small stuff cleaning the hooks there was nowt.

Pete

#2 Post by **BigPhil** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:43 pm

were you fishing over the sand or just in closer in the rougher broken ground?

#3 Post by **pete** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:37 am

Both Phil. Rod in close in the rough and two out on the clean. The clean was very dead and no sign of the gurnards or usual suspects. Fished one with rod with four razors on a pennel rig in the vain hope of a codling, which while not catching any codling did prove a hit with the starfish.

Pete

#4 Post by **BigPhil** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:59 pm

can be good craic normally in close with two size 4 hooks and mackeral bait for the cuckoos and poor cod, pout etc.

strange there is nothin on the sand, this is the time of year its meant to fish its rocks off over there!

maybe a trawl or two has hit it?

#5 Post by **pete** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:34 pm

Phil,
Its towed regularly, a small trawler based in Teelin always finishes his day by towing right up the mouth of the bay. Great to watch when your fishing of the rocks!

Nice variety of mini-species on the rough alright, didn't bother with them on Wednesday nite, was hoping for the whiting

Pete

#6 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:01 pm

just wondered cos a couple of mates fished it this time last year and had 13 species off it in the one day

#7 Post by **pete** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:13 pm

Aye, thats decent fishin alright. Have seen odd things been got there including a lemon sole for the mate two years ago.

Pete

#8 Post by **BigPhil** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:01 pm

yeah. loads of dragonets on the sand and tadpole fish in the rough!

#9 Post by **markj** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:25 pm

Can you name the 13 species that was caught on that day?

#10 Post by **BigPhil** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:57 pm

hi mark,

contacted one of the guys there tonight, to the best of his memory -
red gurnard
tub gurnard
grey gurnard
dragonet
coalfish
pollack
ballan wrasse
cuckoo wrasse
tadpole fish
conger
lsdogfish
poor cod
pouting

i went over with them this july past and one day we had all of these species minus the tadpole fish that day but plus launce and mackerel and weever. - not bad going as we only had a maximum of 4 rods fishing between us at any one time, 2 out on sand and 1 in close for wrasse etc and 1 for conger.
i do beleive if you went species hunting and scaled the gear down for more mini species etc that 20 species in the day would be possible from this mark.
cracking venue, cant wait to get back again although if the fishing aint great at the minute ill maybe wait till summer again.
dont wanna miss a chance of a cod though if they get them here during the winter!!