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local donegal rock mark

#1 Post by last cast lad »

People:me and mick

Duration:4.00-8.00pm

Tide:dropping

Weather: gentle east flutter

Bait:bluey, mackeral, sandeel, herring, squid tipping

Rigs:pulley, flapper

Results:mick 3 thornback rays, doggies galore
me 3 thornback rays, 3 doggies, 2 whiting




Report:decided on a short afternoon session just to get rid of the cabin fever :x that had been building up with all the recent snow and determined to get a session in before the snow comes back to our nice donegal roads :evil: . So not even the east breeze was going to detere us :? , we landed a good number of thornies for this time of year all between 3 and 4 lb apart from micks best which was almost :mrgreen: a pb at 6lb 9 oz :D just 3 oz off his pb, the double figure ray is still eluding us both but we have identified a few more possible maks to try next year. apart from the usual pack of dogs the only other excitment was my pb whiting, and not just the pin whiting that normally annoy the bait meant for better fish, It came in at 33 cm best I've had :D
Soory about the poor quality photos just taken on the phone as I couldn't find the camera :x :x , mick text me to say he found it while cleaning out the van :x :D :x this morning
all in all a worth while trip.
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#2 Post by bigsod »

well done lads, great to get a few ray in December 8)
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#3 Post by Jayball10 »

Well done lads. Thats a whopper whiting!!!
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#4 Post by FisherKing »

Fine catch lads 8) :mrgreen: well done
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#5 Post by wrasse king »

loving the ray....
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#6 Post by Mayorga »

Nice ray well done
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#7 Post by bigbadtom »

Nice bit of fishing there lads. Well done on the ray.
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#8 Post by chuckaroo »

a good session. nice ray
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#9 Post by Tony T »

Lovely ray mate. If you fancy disclosing a rock mark or two in Donegal by all means tell me in secret :D. Been looking to try something different to our typical Co. Antrim marks but I understand if want to keep it hush hush.
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#10 Post by weedave »

nice going. well done
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#11 Post by fishermannum1 »

thats a very nice ramond there guys well done, wish i had 1/2 doz; whiting that size yummy' 8)
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#12 Post by stevief54 »

nice fishing lads well done
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#13 Post by Al and Jordan »

good to see you back out at them man :mrgreen: :mrgreen: great result with the winter thornies 8) 8)
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#14 Post by Drew »

Mmmmmm Rayyyyy.... lol
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#15 Post by spiral »

Nice ray, well done.
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#16 Post by chuckaroo »

and to think that i posted a topic to ask if anybody could advise me on ray at this time of year around donegal. (25th Nov: 'lough swilly - fahan and buncrana - ray or bass?')
the responce i got was to forget about it, but i suppose that i did actually specify around fahan and buncrana only. goes to show that they are still here at this time of year though. now i am wandering where to get them..
so did you get these ray within swilly or somewhere else in donegal? i would love to catch my first one
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