Sligo ray and flatty sessions

[Kerryman]

Made off a rock mark on Friday evening which I've been meaning to try for ages. The nearby beach usually throws up a few painted ray and with the extra depth and good run of water I had high expectations. Picked up a few fresh mackeral for bait along with a few pollack and small coleys and settled down to the bottom fishing.
First few casts over high water gave a few dabs which I wasnt expecting and they were stripping the baits pretty quickly. Eventually connected with a painted ray of about 7 pounds followed by a few dogs before walking onto the beach for a try there, There was virtually no surf running and things were very quiet with just a few flounder dogs and a dab in the first few hours. Picked up a ray flounder double around an hour before low followed by a second ray next cast both around 7 lb before calling it a night.
Following day tried another surf beach. Again the surf was almost non-existent. The fish showed up in patches with a few trebles of flounder and turbot along with a few weavers, which I've never had on this beach before.
A late night/early morning session a few weeks back threw up a few shoolies to about a pound and a half along with plenty of flats. As dawn broke I headed to a rock mark to stock up on mackeral. There were plenty about having stocked up I tried a few casts on the bottom. There were plenty of wrasse about, ballan, corkwing and a cuckoo which I got first cast along with a conger. A few codling to about 1.5 pounds and some pollack to about 5 lbs showed up also and it was pretty much a fish or two every cast with sometimes a take even before the rod went in the rod rest.
Sorry about the photos.all taken on the mobile

[Kerryman]

Some more pics even worse quality than the others

[tight lines]

well done thats a lot of good fish and thay look like nice turbot still trying to get my first ever

[chrisfeeney30]

very nice fishing, well done!

[davyp]

nice fishing kerryman - an excellent mix of species

[FisherKing]

Nice one Kerryman some great fish there well done

[Rampent Wreckfish]

Not bad for a beginner i suppose

[d2FISH]

nice session there love the rays well done

[lampard]

nice fishing lads

[mitch]

super fishing k/m and great variety well done

[saving private brian]

god man nice fishing.all ur reports r great to read.keep em coming

[dfella25]

Some haul

[polaris]

nice variaty of fish ther kerryman,,,,,,well done

[yorkshire man]

Cracking session Tim