Duration:7-30-11pm
Tide:didnt move much to be honest
Weather:beaut of a calm evening
Bait:rag,lug,mack,
Rigs:flappers
Results:doggies,dabs,codling,whiting
Report:not much to report, just doing it cos Fishface is pestering me to put up a report cos he caught more fish than me
. We went to Arklow as we seemingly have to stop catching huge bass for a month as its banned 
.With the likes of big bass safe from us for the next 4 weeks we decided to hit Arklow for some smaller fish for a change 
. We (Fishface) found a quiet spot away from the badboy racers with their loud pipes and smash and grab habits, where we could see our unmodified cars at all times. We were only about 20yds away from them and could therefore enjoy the nights fishing ,not like the last time we were here 
. We set up and cast out our baits into the calm seas and it wasnt long before the old rodtips were nodding nicely and we were into some nice fish,,,,doggies and decent Dabs,,,,,,best dab about 27cms. Though not the compeditive type I always make an exception and enjoy beating Fishface,especially in his own county:lol: 
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and when i was ahead 10 fish to 4 the world was indeed a happy place to be in ,,,,,,,,but the smile was once again wiped off my not so pretty face as he started the old pendulum casting lark and started pulling in loads of doggies at distance 
,,,,,,he was even getting fed up catching them out there in the distance while i was doing my Eric impression(sorry Eric) and scratching around in the suds in desperation to keep ahead at all costs,,,to no avail unfortunately:roll: 
He caught up and then passed me out with doubles of dabs and whiting, dogs and codling. I decided, having caught the biggest Dab,that I was targeting decent Dabs and consoled myself that mine were not teabags like his. Seriously though, it was a busy night with plenty of fish,me with 19,,,,,,,,,,3 dogs, 6 dabs, 5 whiting, and 5 codling,,,,,,,,,,Neil with 22 fish,,,,with a nice 30cm codling and plenty of dogs, whiting and dabs. Rag worked best on this beach which has always produced for us,with the only downside in the past being the badboy racers.The following night I went to Bray Harbour with the 20 leftover rag and fished for 4 hours at low water for 2 fish ,teabag dab and 25cm codling,,,which were caught in the last half hour as the tide came back in in darkness and boy was I glad I didnt blank,,what a difference a day(in Bray!) makes ps didnt get any pics of the doggies as Neil mustnt have pressed the button down on the camera, must tell him it doesnt take pictures by itself when you say cheese
a nice calm evening & plenty of fish happy days, It doesn't get much better 
so that makes you the winner dave!
