clare dragoon carrigaholt 10/4/10

[jw]

People: liam, helmut, tommy and jw

Duration: 0900-500

Tide: neap

Weather: idyllic

Bait: rag, peeler, frozen mac and squid

Rigs: devil rigs, three hook pater

Results: ballans, cuckoos, pollack, coalie, whiting, haddock, ling, pouting and a few octopii

Report: water temp at loop head still only 8.5C, no mackerel could be found
ballan wrasse plentiful, we stayed at them 30 or 40 mins and had a 1.88kg fish, 87%
of specimen weight, a bigger one must be on the cards with a bit of perseverence.

further out from the land the water temp is 9.2C and pollack between 2 and 3kg are
plentiful

[jw]

something big grabbed a pollack caught by luke aston who kept fair pressure on it for
3 or 4 minutes, the shimano navi is a tough little reel. i was just thinking, c hrist not the
weigh scales in the quarry again when a seal surfaced and broke the leader in his mouth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkInuC4Rom4

[eddie t]

Great stuff a good few species caught and a enjoyable day by the sounds of it.

Well done all.

How long before the macky start to get caught over there ?? they dont start to get
caught over here (north east coast england) till the back end of june start of july.

[Tomaszek]

It was great day out on the water. And for me opening of the boat fishing season. Water still needs to be warmer 5 to 6 degrees to be able to get in to the...

Anyway, I enjoyed that trip very much! And big thanks to Helmut for the great sandwiches!

Finally last but not least, congratulations to jw who outfished us all again (as usual)

[seanyroche]

Has this happened to many people, seal taking a caught fish?

I remember a cormerant chassing my mackerel under the water a few years back.