clare dragoon carrigaholt 10/8/10

[jw]

People: jw plus 6 other lads

Duration: 0900-1700

Tide: big spring tide

Weather:ebbing against westerly breeze

Bait: lures, mackerel, rag

Rigs: lures, devil rigs, daylight rigs

Results: pollack mackerel ling cod whiting ballans cuckoo, poor cod, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scad

Report: the mackerel are right up the estuary now, the dolphins are chasing
them round and round the pier and they can be caught in quantity at rinevella bay

pollack are also going nuts, 8 pounders can be caught three at a time until
you get bored with them. interestingly they are coming upstuffed with some
type of deep water swimming crab

[jw]

the lads on this trip are new to boat fishing, havent found the sea legs yet,
by lunch time the boat was looking like a small hospital.

this lure put on the boat by shimano cost 30 euors
but does a good imitation of the swimming crabs

[eric]

have to say lovely pollock

[twinkle]

excellent fishing lads. wouldent say you any problem landing fish with everyone in sickbay

[nicefish]

Some nice Pollock there, that's a mad looking lure but effective.

[immunecfg]

Great pic of the sea sick lads, reminds me of someone else of the site

good sized pollock JW!!1

[peterk19]

thats some pollock there well done i'd love to get pollock like that

[jw]

thank you, that pollack was actually one of three I brought up at the same time,
it was the best one but the other two were not far behind, no wonder the drag
on my reel is knackered They seem to be in a feeding frenzy when the tide
is running and it gets a bit quieter as the flow slackens.

[junior conger]

nice pollack jw

[JimC]

That jig looks a bit like the Hart Wasabi - I think many of the major manufacturers are making similar. They are gaining popularity. First time I've seen one used here...... nice one!

[hugo]

Great fish. Were you close in or far out?

[jw]

hugo, those fish were caught 6 mile S/W of loop head, to be honest they
were taking most lures though it is fun to experiment. i seen something
similar on veals, dirt cheap for 11 quid

Williamson Yabai Jigs
Designed by Japanese commercial fisherman, this style of fishing is called “Kabura Jigging”. Excellent in cold water when jigging extremely slow for bottom fish such as cod.
• Versatile head design has two line tie options allowing for vertical drop or a fluttering drop action.
• Interchangeable skirts, tails and hook assemblies makes it easy to replace parts or create custom colour combinations. (replacement parts not yet available)

[mann]

That’s some mother of a Pollock you got there JW, But the picture of the lads feeling sorry for themselves speaks a thousand words,

Bet they were happy to get to bed early that night, it cracked me up lookin at it