Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

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Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

People:me and Fishface

Duration:6-30pm-10-30pm

Tide:rising

Weather:slight northerly breeze,cold, dry

Bait:lug, mack, squid, frozen crab

Rigs:2 hook flappers

Results:me , 3 bites, Fishface, 1 bite and a nibble




Report:Having decided not to go fishing this weekend as conditions werent right (according to me and i'm no expert :roll: ),,,,,,,,,,I went against my own advice and went to Wicklow Harbour with Fishface :shock: :shock: . We didnt get any fish, which shouldnt have been a surprise to me :shock: :shock: ,but I didnt feel any better just 'cos I had been proved right :? , if that makes any sense :roll: .. Neil had dug some nice lug earlier but even these didnt tempt the crabs, let alone any fish. 2 foreign lads had some success , catching some small flatties with 6 hook Sabiki's tipped with mack, but we decided we wouldnt stoop that low,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and BLANKED :oops: :oops: :oops: . One can only take so many hours on a cold exposed pier without even getting a nibble before thoughts start to turn to a warm room and a cold beer and Match Of The Day 2 :roll: :roll: . When Neil started hinting about what time he had to be up at in the morning I knew that the game was up :roll: . I stayed on an extra half hour in a vain attempt to get one up on him but the fish just werent playing ball and I packed up at 10-30pm. I hope this report might be of some comfort to any other unfortunates out there who blanked last night,,,,,,,,,,in the haunting words of Michael Jackson,,,"You are not alone".
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#2 Post by clownfish »

Unlucky gents,Nothing worse than a cold ,fruitless session.Fished the North beach greystones last night from 6 til 10 ,A pin whiting and small plaice between the 3 of us.Waste of good bait so called it a night.Dont think the NE breeze helped though......i am here with you ...... :lol:
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#3 Post by cw1 »

Hard luck on the blank. I fished enerreilly north last night for a couple of hrs with a single whiting to show for efforts. Nice night though, if a tad cold.
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#4 Post by jd »

I must have left my hex with ye, Dave :)
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#5 Post by bigsod »

Fished Courtown last night with Roger and Eric, slim pickings dogs and whitihg and the odd micro flat. Tony and Drummer fished wicklow harbour yesterday during the day and only had a dog and 2 dabs for their efforts. Still nice to get out and freeze our nuts off :lol:
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#6 Post by roger de dodger »

I THOUGHT I HAD A BAD DREAM!! you mean i did go fishing :shock:
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#7 Post by paul skelly »

fished graystones south last night for the second time this weekend and blanked :oops: used two hook flappers and pully rigs bait used mack, sandeal, rag and crab stayed out till 2am hopping for even a dog no joy :x
there was no wind , dose any know the best wind and tide to fish this beach?
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#8 Post by eyesreilly »

clownfish wrote:Unlucky gents,Nothing worse than a cold ,fruitless session.Fished the North beach greystones last night from 6 til 10 ,A pin whiting and small plaice between the 3 of us.Waste of good bait so called it a night.Dont think the NE breeze helped though......i am here with you ...... :lol:
I was thinking of going there Jay,,,,,,,,,,I feel a bit better now :wink: ,thanks :lol:
cw1 wrote:Hard luck on the blank. I fished enerreilly north last night for a couple of hrs with a single whiting to show for efforts. Nice night though, if a tad cold.
That was another potential venue, looks like it was poor everywhere on this side :cry:
jd wrote:I must have left my hex with ye, Dave :)
I wont blame you John, that was the one good thing that happened yesterday. Thank God I didnt use it or it would have started life off with a Blank :lol:
bigsod wrote:Fished Courtown last night with Roger and Eric, slim pickings dogs and whitihg and the odd micro flat. Tony and Drummer fished wicklow harbour yesterday during the day and only had a dog and 2 dabs for their efforts. Still nice to get out and freeze our nuts off :lol:

At least thanks to Fishface's digging efforts, I didnt spend anything on bait Shane :wink:
roger de dodger wrote:I THOUGHT I HAD A BAD DREAM!! you mean i did go fishing :shock:
Theres always next time ROGER :lol:
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#9 Post by eyesreilly »

paul skelly wrote:fished graystones south last night for the second time this weekend and blanked :oops: used two hook flappers and pully rigs bait used mack, sandeal, rag and crab stayed out till 2am hopping for even a dog no joy :x
there was no wind , dose any know the best wind and tide to fish this beach?
Hard luck Paul, but it looks like even our best efforts werent good enough last night :lol: Sometimes we cant help ourselves going out even though we know the odds are against us. At least the wind direction has changed and should ease for next weekend :wink:
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#10 Post by polmac »

eyesreilly my sympathy goes out to you. i blanked a few weeks ago, got soaked and lost 4 traces in a row. utter nightmare of a day.
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#11 Post by mitch »

wow there's not a lot you can say about that :shock:

except get back out there and hopefully things will get better :D :D
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#12 Post by fishermannum1 »

unlucky guys, dave i'm sure you will make up for it on your next session.
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right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#13 Post by Dawsey »

Unlucky Dave especially after that place being so good to you through the year. Hoping to get down your way this weekend, if you guys are about??
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#14 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fished south arklow today quite strong winds and blanked. Is it like that all on the east coast at the mo. Heavy weed in Laytown yesterday. :evil: :evil:
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#15 Post by eeler »

fished a few local beachs this week, not great, only one small bass, fished out of skerries on the kayak too, nothing but pin whiting.
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#16 Post by bigbadtom »

Dont feel too bad Eyes. I fished all day saturday and not only blanked but also lost nine yes nine traces and lead weights :evil: :evil: :evil: Total distaster of a day. Things can only get better as they couldnt get much worse. Going out on Wednesday so hopefully will have a better result and wont have to go home and kick the dog again. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Unlucky lads happens to the best of us!
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#18 Post by flyno »

eyesreilly, if it makes ye feel any better, i blank most times that i go out. :( Not many places to go to from newry without havin to travel a bit so i keep going to the same place hopin that some fish gets lost and picks up my bait. But, even with blanks, its better than havin to watch the friggin soaps at this time of the evening. i'm sure that some of ye will agree, he he.
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#19 Post by RockHunter »

I didn't have a great day's fishing on Sunday either.
I went to Absolute Fishing's open day (Tramore), spent far to much money on lures etc. Then on the way home tried a new mark along the Copper Coast. It looked a great spot for bass, shallow rock platform with plenty of gulleys, I reckoned the bass would be all over it as the tide rose. Chucked out all my shiny new lures, as well as some of my old reliable ones, until my arms ached :roll: :roll: Not a tap, but I was sure that at dusk the fish would show up in force. But as the sun dropped still nothing - then suddenly I felt a bite - a small pollock on my new Feed Shallow, but not much bigger than the lure. I thought that must signal the start of an improvement. But that was it - not another bite.

I planned to fish until 7 pm and told Melissa I would be back at the car shortly afterwards (she was patiently waiting in the car for me) but I got cut off by the tide - and have to wait until about 8.45 pm before I could make it around a rock promontory. She wasn't happy!!!!
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

#20 Post by thelegend »

hard luck on the blank dave, tho it would do me a world of good to get to the beach, 2 month old daugther now will keep me busy for a while , ill be back for a crack at a few cod after xmas i give ya a shout mate tight lines and better luck next time 8)
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