18hour session conamara revised...
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18hour session conamara revised...
people...myself and tornadeo8..
bait...allsorts..
weather...sunny and good...
rigs...allsorts....
result please read on if you wish to......
picked tornadeo8 up at 9am and we decided to head out to have a look at some new marks... that have never seen rod and line before..
got out to the fish mark and had a good look around it was about 40ft down to the water but looked very rough... so thinking tackel grave yard... went to have an other look at somewhere else but the same... we must have walked for hours.. we decided to try the thrid mark... parked the car and off we went and what a climb over fences up rocks and over i was wrecked before we got there...any way started off to fish tornadeo8 had only got the bait in the water and over the rod tip went.... im in he shouted... nice one here we go a session on the way... he landed a fine pollack to about 8 pound.... cracker..... but that was it on the beach casters all went quite so out came the spinning gear loads of polack followed and myself went for some wrasse... worth a go again we agreeded... pack up and off we went to mark number 4.... got there about 8pm and we where straight in to fish... flounder after flounder... lost count of them... when the cover of darkness fell the doggies came on never seen so many come on the feed.. slaughter.... finished up at about 2.30am and headed for the hills.....
ps cant put pictures up as i broke my phone...... i will try to post them later........
bait...allsorts..
weather...sunny and good...
rigs...allsorts....
result please read on if you wish to......
picked tornadeo8 up at 9am and we decided to head out to have a look at some new marks... that have never seen rod and line before..
got out to the fish mark and had a good look around it was about 40ft down to the water but looked very rough... so thinking tackel grave yard... went to have an other look at somewhere else but the same... we must have walked for hours.. we decided to try the thrid mark... parked the car and off we went and what a climb over fences up rocks and over i was wrecked before we got there...any way started off to fish tornadeo8 had only got the bait in the water and over the rod tip went.... im in he shouted... nice one here we go a session on the way... he landed a fine pollack to about 8 pound.... cracker..... but that was it on the beach casters all went quite so out came the spinning gear loads of polack followed and myself went for some wrasse... worth a go again we agreeded... pack up and off we went to mark number 4.... got there about 8pm and we where straight in to fish... flounder after flounder... lost count of them... when the cover of darkness fell the doggies came on never seen so many come on the feed.. slaughter.... finished up at about 2.30am and headed for the hills.....
ps cant put pictures up as i broke my phone...... i will try to post them later........
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
nice fishing alan will have to get over soon ....
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
thanks gar.. ye why dont you give stef a ring he might be down on friday for a session....
no1dubliner wrote:nice fishing alan will have to get over soon ....
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
18 hours thats dedication
the 8 lb pollock is some fish, my best off a boat is 8lbs can only imagine the fight off the shore, Pollock are imo one of the best fighting fish in our seas.
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
your right on the fight of pollock but if you seen the size of mike it was like reeling in a sprat.......cheers man hope to get some photos up soon.......
bigsod wrote:18 hours thats dedicationthe 8 lb pollock is some fish, my best off a boat is 8lbs can only imagine the fight off the shore, Pollock are imo one of the best fighting fish in our seas.
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
Good man Alan, nice to see the report up, well done on those fine fish 
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
Thats a cracker of a fish they give ur rod a good rattle say you got some nice fillets of that...welcome back 
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Species 2011..(17)..Haddock..Ling..Cod..Whiting..Dab..Flounder..Coalie..Pollock..Pouting..Poorcod..cuckoo wrasse...Pouting...Launce..Plaice..Smooth Hound.. Turbot..Ballan Wrasse..
Species 2011..(17)..Haddock..Ling..Cod..Whiting..Dab..Flounder..Coalie..Pollock..Pouting..Poorcod..cuckoo wrasse...Pouting...Launce..Plaice..Smooth Hound.. Turbot..Ballan Wrasse..
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
18 hrs thats dedication and rewarded with super fishing well done 
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
Nice fishing Alan i'm sure mike could reel in a tope like a sprat.
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
well done alan,nice one mike on the pollock,thats a cracker,any size the wrasse??
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
Great session Alan, well done on the big pollack, and putting in the work to find the marks!
What were you getting the wrasse on?
What were you getting the wrasse on?
Its called fishing, not catching. If it was called catching it wouldn't be fishing!
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Great fishing lads
the big Pollock give a mighty scrap from the shore!!
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Well done fella's, great results there. It's nice to have you back Alan, I've always enjoyed reading your reports. I would have loved to have seen a picture of the pollack
it must have been a cracker of a fish! Well done tornadeo8
I bet the pollack and wrasse where fun to catch on the spinning gear where they? You must've got a good fight out of them with the lighter gear.
That was some session you's had, that's what I call dedication to your fishing - 18 hours with a few different marks visited, you's must have been knackered after all that walking. I would have needed some redbull to keep me awake
That was some session you's had, that's what I call dedication to your fishing - 18 hours with a few different marks visited, you's must have been knackered after all that walking. I would have needed some redbull to keep me awake
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
ha noel wrasse where not a great size although i though there woulod have been some big ones looking at the ground..
doggie3131 wrote:well done alan,nice one mike on the pollock,thats a cracker,any size the wrasse??
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
ha branda just on plain lug with a sise 1 hook on a float....
Bradan wrote:Great session Alan, well done on the big pollack, and putting in the work to find the marks!
What were you getting the wrasse on?
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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thanks kerry1 ye we where mackered.. red bull everywhere... as regards been back not sure still drunk off about what happened yesterday have not heard fully yet but got a couple of pm telling me.. so not sure if i want to take part in this site anymore no reflection on the good and decent anglers on here....just the other ones.... you know yourself.....
KERRY1 wrote:Well done fella's, great results there. It's nice to have you back Alan, I've always enjoyed reading your reports. I would have loved to have seen a picture of the pollackit must have been a cracker of a fish! Well done tornadeo8
I bet the pollack and wrasse where fun to catch on the spinning gear where they? You must've got a good fight out of them with the lighter gear.
That was some session you's had, that's what I call dedication to your fishing - 18 hours with a few different marks visited, you's must have been knackered after all that walking. I would have needed some redbull to keep me awake
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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It’s completely your own choice and decision to make Alan whether you decide to keep on reporting on here or not but I for one would be sad if you didn’t report anymore.
As I said, I love reading your reports.
Let’s draw a line under things that have happened over the past week or so and just concentrate on what’s important to us all on here – fishing!
As I said, I love reading your reports.
Let’s draw a line under things that have happened over the past week or so and just concentrate on what’s important to us all on here – fishing!
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that was some going lads
18 hours,, your as bad as me and jordan
. mike seems to be hitting into really decent fish no matter where he ends up at the moment
just goes to show that if you put in the hours you will reap the rewards

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Re: 18hour session conamara revised...
Great days fishing lads , a report well worth the wait .
The first report was only a teaser wasn't it ha ha
The first report was only a teaser wasn't it ha ha