donegal congers 29/07/11

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donegal congers 29/07/11

#1 Post by grady »

People:me and couple of friends

Duration:10pm-7am

Tide:high and droping

Weather:good enough

Bait:mackerel

Rigs:conger rigs

Results:10 conger between us, pollack, 3b rockling
me 7 conger best and PB at 11lb, pollack, 3b rockling
others two 3 eels and few pollack




Report:I haven't realy fished for conger so decide to join two of my friends for eel hunt.
left a house friday evening and hit a road for a long almost 3 hours jorney to the conger mark, well itsn't a nearest one ,but one of the best in my knowlidge, for sure there is a loads of marks where congers are possible, but in this one they coming in numbers.
lads who i fished with recon that this session wasn't a best so far, they had far better days when congers are more active and lots bigger in size
well anyway i can't complane i'v cought most of the catch and a largest one it'll do me for now :D
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#2 Post by saving private brian »

well done grady,,,,,,,i forget what its like to catch a fish :mrgreen:
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#3 Post by fishy1987 »

congrats on the pb looking forward to getting one this year to fingers crossed!ill settle for 1 not to mind 7 lol nice one
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#4 Post by tight lines »

well done grady there seems to be plenty of conger from up there at the moment nice fishing
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#5 Post by FisherKing »

well done grady, fine congers 8)
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#6 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice one grady. well done on the PB man 8) 8) sadly a lot of our good conger marks have got hammered over the last few summers by groups of lads who kill and take every conger they get :evil: needless to say we keep the marks to ourselves now :wink: . it's the only way man :roll:
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#7 Post by KERRY1 »

Nice fishing Grady, well done. Good report and pics too.
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#8 Post by grady »

thanks for replays guys :D
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#9 Post by gavind19 »

well done mate they seem to be more plentiful this year thank god
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#10 Post by grady »

gavind19 wrote:well done mate they seem to be more plentiful this year thank god
thanks mate they'r plenty in some marks and far bigger aswell
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#11 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Great fishing 8) 8) That sounds like a great days sport.
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#12 Post by zeke »

well done lads great session.worth to keep that mark :wink:
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#13 Post by grady »

Sweetwrasse wrote:Great fishing 8) 8) That sounds like a great days sport.
zeke wrote:well done lads great session.worth to keep that mark :wink:
cheers lads
there is only good that this mark isn't that easy to find :wink:
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Re: donegal congers 29/07/11

#14 Post by brubaker19 »

grady,

Firstly let me commend your perseverance - 3 hours is a long journey. I have to drive about an hour to mine and think that's long. One of the previous posters hit the nail on the head about people killing them. Good congers take literally years to grow to a decent size and 'certain groups' seem to kill em all.

I recently took my personal best from the shore at about 22lbs. My wife now wants me to become a 'normal' fisherman again:)

Good work...:)
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