SAI Reef Meet,Carrigaholt,10/4/10 www.chillwithbill.com

[jw]

SAI Reef Meet,Carrigaholt,10/4/10 http://www.chillwithbill.com

This thread is to collect the names of Club Members for a reef fishing
boat trip. The boat booked is the Clare Dragoon. Detailed reports of the fishing
on this boat are here

http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/gui ... n_2009.htm

The theory goes that fish in this area are too busy spawning in March
to feed and are so hungry after all the fishy slap and tickle they go
on a mad feeding binge in April. Whether that's true or not, I caught a
specimen ballan on peeler crab in April. Also any number of
2lb whiting can be picked up and a 3lb fish must be a possibility.
Pollack around 5 or 6 lb are usually present and are often taken on 4
or 5 inch red shads. All the other usual suspects will show up as
well.

Report from last year is at

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20895

Bill Ryan is a shore fishing guide from the area
http://www.chillwithbill.com/ and also
http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/gui ... n_2009.htm

Bill has 51 Irish Specimen Fish Awards, you might have seen him on
Wild Fishing with Henry Gilbey.

He has offered to sponsor a specimen competition on the day with a
prize of a guided shore trip. For the specimen competition the points
for each fish are a percentage of the specimen weight, so an 11 pound
pollack would be 11x100/12=92 points, the best three species to count,
one fish per species.

[The Austrian]

book me in for this John, thanks

[romofa]

Hi John,
Count me in for this, please.

Regards,

Liam.

[jd]

Any more for this, not sure whether I can go myself..

[jw]

there are tentative signs some decent weather might be on the way, pure guesswork
of course this far ahead. It would be nice to get back on the water at last

in are jw, the austrian and romofa
maybe jd

i suppose the ideal number would be 6 rods

[2Poc]

If you count me in provisionally I'll confirm 100% in the morning.
Anyone else travelling down from Dublin?

[2Poc]

If you count me in provisionally I'll confirm 100% in the morning.
Anyone else travelling down from Dublin?

Sorry guys, just doing a bit of research - didn't expect a 5 hour drive from Dublin
& wouldn't be able to make it down on the Friday night so it’s a non runner for me.

Good luck though!

[jw]

the forecast looks good for this. only three names in at the minute though,
hopefully can find 2 more to get the cost down a bit. Open
to anyone interested???

in are jw, the austrian and romofa

[jw]

in are jw, the austrian, romofa and helmut

hopefully one or two more to keep the cost reasonable...

[jw]

the austrian has to pull out, got a text from pete mcg who is a maybe at this stage

in are jw, romofa and helmut
pete maybe

forecast looks nice

[Tomaszek]

Tommy in

[jw]

in are jw, romofa, helmut and tommy
pete maybe

meeting time 830 on carrigaholt pier, couple of places free if anyone else interested,
looks like nice weather