All over ireland june and july 2011

[tight lines]

super report al great read and great fishing lads

[thekid]

anyone else find the frozen crab from murphys tackle wexford town crap .......

[stevecrow74]

some great fish there, I'd say Jordan is well pleased with his PB thornie and smoothie

[Dawsey]

Al thats a great report mate, great read, had a great time up for the comp and the thornie bash with yu guys. Raging I didn't get down to see Dave, Neil, Mitch and the crew for a crack at the smoothies but i will be down the next time i;m sure of it

Neil thanks for passing the telegraph pole on for me, will collect it from Al over the weekend.

Didn't realise that was wedave from the site, nice to bumo into you up there mate, hope we get a better chat next time.

Al I have a pic or 2 i'll throw up tomorrow onto the bottom of the thread.

[vamper]

Brilliant report as usual Al. You have been conspicuous by your absence on the forum recently!!

Glad that you had a few great sessions, and hope that your Dad is ok.

[cathalger]

Al,
Was having a look earlier while you were still uploading pics. Super report of a great spell of fishing. The pic that really stands out for me is the one titled 'my best hound from 2nd Wicklow beach', the fish just looks fantastic in that photo. The wee Tompot pic is lovely too.

Well done to Jordan on some really great catches again.

Mega report!

Hopefully see yous up this way in the near future.

Cathal.

[polmac]

brilliant report man, loving the fishing that yous got put in over that period!

[fishermannum1]

cracking report Al' some great reading there + pick's,
and well done to the wee man on his new pb

[KERRY1]

Fantastic fishing everyone!! Al, another great report and pictures as always, very well done all

[Al and Jordan]

Great photos and report!

weedave

fishy1987

thanks lads. it took a while to write out . dave, we'll get a better chat the next time man and your more than welcome to head down with us on the next smoothie hunt man

Super report & pics Al well done lads, some fine fish there

thanks brian, hopefully that mark we were fishing at the mouth of mulroy bay will throw up a few pollack and wrasse to the same standard that you've been getting recently

Good report thats a brave few hours fishn congrats on th new personal bests

cheers alan. we just gotta get out now and better them now

do yus ever go out great fishin lads glad you got a few smoothies down this way some long hours and a lot of bait

thanks roger. believe it or not our fishing has been pretty restricted recently. normally when jordan finishes school we'd be out and about all over the place

brilliant report as always Al nd excellent session lads well done

thanks zeke. are you getting any fishing done yourself recently man?

great stuff lads gerry can turn up anywhere

you just never know who your gonna bump into down that way both him and fishface were great craic on the second day. had us splitting our sides with the tales of their past adventures

Where do I start; that's is a good question!
However, another unbelievable good report, excellent pictures and congrats to the 'billy goat'(new name now on the cards me thinks , a dedication I can only admire, fair play to all of ye's.
After reading about the hospitality and helpfulness you've encountered, I'm certainly convinced that nothing has been lost on the good old spirit and comradeship between like-minded souls. Some have it into them and some don't. Keep it up folks, that's all I can say! Pure class

we'll have to start calling him " GRUFF " it never fails to surprise me with the kindness and decency fellow anglers show to eachother. we've made some real firm friendships over the years through fishing and met some real genuine people who would go out of their way to do you a good turn. sort of restores your faith in the human race considering the amount of scumbags you meet and see from day to day in all walks of life. just goes to prove there are still good people out there (and thankfully most of them are anglers )

Great report and a great sessions with some nice fish thooo Well done lads

thanks man.

Al,,,,,,,you should be sponsored by Red Bull,,,,fantastic fishing over the last few months Hope to see you all again soon and i'm delighted you both goth your decent hounds ,,,,,,,,,,and mighty relieved too the pressure was on . The little lad better remember us when he makes it big,he already must be the most famous young angler around,especially since Eric retired And Mitch,is that the Petzl Ul,,,,,,,,,,,,,aw forget I mentioned it
Dave

cheers dave. it was great seeing you and helen again. always good to make our pilgrimage down the east coast to see old friends. many thanks for the hospitality and the session saving peeler . hopefully we'll get back down before jordan's birthday in september to see you all again . great to catch up man

just goes to show how good bait will catch, and is;nt alful that tackle shops will sell you crap bait and expect to get you to come back for more,i know what i would tell them, thanks be to god that the shops down this way are as good as they are, so glad that both of you got your hounds in the end, see you soon i hope and hope that jordan has fun with his toys

cheers neil. thanks for saving the day with the peeler man. i knew something was odd when both you and mitch were catching hounds and we were'nt getting a sniff . but as soon as i put on the peeler you gave us it was a hound a cast. as for the peeler we bought up here, i really can't blame the tackle dealer. it was bad bait, but that must have happened on the end of his supplier. if the crab had have thawed out there would have been frozen liquid in the bottom of the packet, but there was'nt. so the crab must have been off before it was frozen. should have known by the colour of it, peeler is'nt supposed to be black, espically when the stuff all you guys were using was fresh and yellow/green in colour ahh well we live and learn. jordan's been praticing with his ufo's you gave him, should have some fun with them on a dark beach soon . great seeing you again man

Cracking report and some class pictures as usural Al. You sure have been busy lately and congrats the Jordan on the new PB, and it was only a matter of time before you hit for the East coast to add the Smoothies to the species list. Always good to meet up with old mates and put faces to names for new ones.
You will have to hit west soon and have a go at the Turbot and allusive Westie Bass...
Mick

thanks mick. we're due a run out west very soon man have'nt been over to see noel in a while and jordan is needing to get a huss for his species list. so that will be next on our travel list hopefully see yourself and dan when we get over for a few days

a long and enjoyable report their al,,,well done

thanks brian. it's good to be back

Brilliant stuff lads! You put in some serious hours and some serious mileage Great fishing

cheers man. i'll be applying to shell and red bull for sponsorship this summer at this rate

Well, I can confirm that the fishing all over Ireland is better than the fishing in Brittany at the minute. 4 sessions so far, one pouting, one conger & one mullet.

that's pretty grim alan you'll be needing a session at donaghadee when you get back just so you can get a look at a fish

super report al great read and great fishing lads

thanks man, just took a while to write it all up and upload the pics

some great fish there, I'd say Jordan is well pleased with his PB thornie and smoothie

sure was steve. he was even more happy about the fact that both of his PB's are better than my 2 . he'll be rubbing that one in for a good while yet

Al thats a great report mate, great read, had a great time up for the comp and the thornie bash with yu guys. Raging I didn't get down to see Dave, Neil, Mitch and the crew for a crack at the smoothies but i will be down the next time i;m sure of it
Neil thanks for passing the telegraph pole on for me, will collect it from Al over the weekend.
Didn't realise that was wedave from the site, nice to bumo into you up there mate, hope we get a better chat next time.
Al I have a pic or 2 i'll throw up tomorrow onto the bottom of the thread.

no probs man. you know your always welcome. i have a bit of free time today so i'll give you a call and we'll get over with your new zippy

Brilliant report as usual Al. You have been conspicuous by your absence on the forum recently!!
Glad that you had a few great sessions, and hope that your Dad is ok.

cheers man. our fishing has taken a bit of a back seat lately until my dad gets back on the road to recovery. had the lung removed in april and another 6 weeks of chemo to go yet. so i'm just getting out when he has a good day. but fingers crossed that come september he'll get the all clear and things will get back to normal. then the fish will be in trouble!!!

Al,
Was having a look earlier while you were still uploading pics. Super report of a great spell of fishing. The pic that really stands out for me is the one titled 'my best hound from 2nd Wicklow beach', the fish just looks fantastic in that photo. The wee Tompot pic is lovely too.
Well done to Jordan on some really great catches again.
Mega report!
Hopefully see yous up this way in the near future.
Cathal.

thanks cathal. i think those tompots are funny wee fish with the big eyebrows that stand up. looks like a fishy version of elvis with the big quiff as for the hounds they are class. very streamlined and sleek looking fish. added to that they go like stink!! hopefully see you soon on our travells man.

brilliant report man, loving the fishing that yous got put in over that period!

thanks man. the old fishing itch is getting a good scratch at the moment

cracking report Al' some great reading there + pick's,
and well done to the wee man on his new pb

thanks don. are you gettin out much yourself man?. you've been quiet this past while, hope all is ok mate. speak soon, Al.

Fantastic fishing everyone!! Al, another great report and pictures as always, very well done all

cheers paula, we'll mabey see you out mullett hunting soon. still have to try and get jordan one this year

[mitch]

super report al ,some lovely ray great to meet up with yourself and jordan and im delighted you
got a few decent hounds .that crab we were using some of it was wexford and the few i gave you i
brought back from youghal .Really you cant beat crab that you bring on yourself at home and freeze down
at least you know when they are ready to pop they are frozen straight away . drop me a pm next trip down
and i will check out tides and will organise some crab for you

[fishface]

al , be affraid very affraid, gers tide predictions are scary to say the least

[Al and Jordan]

super report al ,some lovely ray great to meet up with yourself and jordan and im delighted you
got a few decent hounds .that crab we were using some of it was wexford and the few i gave you i
brought back from youghal .Really you cant beat crab that you bring on yourself at home and freeze down
at least you know when they are ready to pop they are frozen straight away . drop me a pm next trip down
and i will check out tides and will organise some crab for you

thanks very much gerry, that would be great man. just as a footnote on the peeler that we had. i was in the shop yesterday and told the owner about it and the guy could'nt have been more apologetic. like i said it was a problem with the supplier and nothing on his behalf. i've been using this guys shop for years and he has always looked after us and could'nt be more genuine as he is an avid angler himself. he immeadieatly reimbursed me for the dodgey crab without question. the peeler must have been dead for a bit before it was frozen down as there was no liquid in the vacume sealed packet. it was just when they started to thaw that all that black liquid came out of them and we knew something was up. . i suppose it's just one of those things you have to just chalk up to experience.

al , be affraid very affraid, gers tide predictions are scary to say the least

ah well neil,, sure you know us and our marathon sessions. we'll just fish the venue for a good 18 to 24 hours straight and hit all the cycles of the tide

[grady]

WOW some stuff lads, great report and pictures and after all supperb fishing, well done lads

[eyesreilly]

a couple of pics from Wicklow Al

[Danny M.]

Jez lads ye get around don't ye !!

Great stuff

[Al and Jordan]

WOW some stuff lads, great report and pictures and after all supperb fishing, well done lads

thanks grady. a lot of credit has to go to eyesreilly, fishface and mitch for picking the venues and kindly giving us the fresh peeler that all the hounds were taken on . top blokes

a couple of pics from Wicklow Al

nice one dave. i reckon those rock marks those lads were spinning from would be worth a chuck with the right bait and tactics

Jez lads ye get around don't ye !!
Great stuff

you just never know where we're gonna turn up danny . just a bit gutted we did'nt get the big euromillions roll over during the week . just imagine the fishing we could get done with hundreds of millions in the bank . right gotta get out and buy a lucky dip for tonights lotto

[flyno]

Cracking report and pictures Al, already looking forward to your next one, so i hope your out soon.