Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard box!

[eric]

People: 13 unsatisfied anglers, 2 very content anglers

Duration: 7-11

Tide: ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????its wexford, care to take i guess, cause im all out of ideas

Weather: ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh bit like the irish government during the late celtic tiger era, seemed rosy enough and then the sh!t hit the fan.

Bait: a multitude

Rigs: flappers and that kinda shtuff,

Results: lets keep shtum yeah!




Report:


so it was roger buggy's big fish comp, and since laytown is about as hit and miss as my toilet skills we decided to fish old bawn. after a breif pit stop in kilmuckridge after the sai comp (which taught me that a match is won and lost when an army of shoolie bass park themselves infront of your neighbour's pegs on the last few casts) in tinnebearna we made route for those lovely wind mills.

the beach did at first seem beautifull, if not a little vast and lonely. but hey the surf was running and it was bass we were after what more could we want? getting to the beach around 7, i barely had time to bait up, get my card and get organised before rogers whistle went off. i tossed out the most half assed rig ive ever used in match, im ashamed. reused bait from the other comp, knots on the snoods, bend hooks from flounder etc... the most important task took precendence unfortunatley, and that was easting my chips and chicken fillet burger!

with the job over i went back to taking the comp seriously. while most lads went with the 4/0 big bait 2 rods theory. i opted to fish size 4 in a big comp, small baits and a light fixed spool set up. avant garde!! within 3 casts i had managed a lovely little turbot of 19cm and while not in its always a delight to seem them.the next three casts came back in as the went out but the following casts yielded a double flounder, 22cm each. it was obvious now i was shlick dog and my plan was working a treat.


then next few hours went by, the rain came in, the wind increased and with this the fishing died. only dfella, jonh1 and carl whelan had managed a fish. carl however landed a 40cm which put him in a clear lead for the ngest round. i was narrowly holding on with a 22 cm flounder, which is kinda sad in BIG FISH comp. 11 bells couldnt come soooner to be honest, packed up i made my way back to the car park, where the news that john had a 22 cm flounder too revieled itself. 'fair enough we'l share the pool' ; i muttered to myself. with everyone back and ready to go, two headlights emerged from the dunes and it was harry and harold, and harold had only gone and bagged himself a 26cm flounder and 45cm bass WTF like? at which point samo decided it would be a good time to mention he caught a 30cm flounder.

this video is fukcin ace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgzS18Vktm0

[petekd]

Nice one Eric, great vid....

[dfella25]

Ouch! I still ache from it. I said it before and I'll say it again. "I hate that hill". It was unfortunate the way the weather turned out. I was shocked when I got down and seen the beach had changed since last year with the sand bank in much closer. Second beach that has radically changed over the winter I've seen now in two weeks. I through everything at it yesterday, lug, rag, squid, razor, pissers(as called by Danny M and has now become the standard technical name for them), wraps and mac. The flounder were not to be found in numbers and no spikey herrings either side of where I was fishing.

Big well done to lads who managed a few fish and the winnings

[Danny M.]

(as called by Danny M and has now become the standard technical name for them),

[roger de dodger]

well done to the winners amd fare play to all the lads who turned up eric gordy and mark you should seek help 10 hours in one day !! i must admit the last hour and a half felt like a week was i glad to get back to my van for a cuppa i got a big fat nothing i even went down to size 2 hooks cos my 3/0 and 5/0 ones seemed a bit big
we live in hope

[JOHN1]

great report eric, the only problem i have with it is, it takes up about 3 screens wide i have to drag it accross to read it
Well done Harold and Samo.