a wicklow beach
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a wicklow beach
People:mitch(ger the butcher)ringo(john-gotcha angling)
Duration:to long
Tide:was not interested
Weather:ok
Bait:crab and lug
Rigs:ask them
Results:lots of fish
Report:
got a phone call from the lads to come down to the beach and play at being a photographer for the night, and being the kind,gentle and passive bloke that i am i went down with my camera and waited in the hope that my journey would not be wasted, as it happened it was not and the boys duly obliged and got a lot of fishes, ringo got an eel of 104 cms which i did not manage to get a photo of but i did manage to get some nice photos of some other nice fish ger got 5 smuts flounder whitting while ringo got flounder eel and smuts, i went home happy in the knowledge that my night was not wasted and my job as the photo taker proved suggesful
Duration:to long
Tide:was not interested
Weather:ok
Bait:crab and lug
Rigs:ask them
Results:lots of fish
Report:
got a phone call from the lads to come down to the beach and play at being a photographer for the night, and being the kind,gentle and passive bloke that i am i went down with my camera and waited in the hope that my journey would not be wasted, as it happened it was not and the boys duly obliged and got a lot of fishes, ringo got an eel of 104 cms which i did not manage to get a photo of but i did manage to get some nice photos of some other nice fish ger got 5 smuts flounder whitting while ringo got flounder eel and smuts, i went home happy in the knowledge that my night was not wasted and my job as the photo taker proved suggesful
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Re: a wicklow beach
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Re: a wicklow beach
that some good photoshopping 

2012 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock, Whiting, Colefish (New PB), Shore Rockling, Flounder (New PB), 5 Bearded Rockling (New Species), Dogfish, Pouting, Plaice, Dab, Lesser Sandeel (New Species), Cod (New PB), Long Spine Sea Scorpion, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Goldsinney Wrasse, Butterfish (New Species), Ling (PB), Halibut (New Species), Haddock (New Species), Red Fish (New Species), Wolffish (New Species), Rockcook Wrasse, Shanny, Poorcod, Conger
2011 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock(PB), Lumpfish (New Species), Whiting, Colefish, Codling(PB), Dab, Pouting, Shore Rockling, Conger (PB), Blenny, Corkwing Wrasse, Three Bearded Rockling (new Species), Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Ballan Wrasse, Plaice, LSSS, Poor Cod (new Species that i know of), Sand Smelt (new Species), Herring (new Species)
2011 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock(PB), Lumpfish (New Species), Whiting, Colefish, Codling(PB), Dab, Pouting, Shore Rockling, Conger (PB), Blenny, Corkwing Wrasse, Three Bearded Rockling (new Species), Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Ballan Wrasse, Plaice, LSSS, Poor Cod (new Species that i know of), Sand Smelt (new Species), Herring (new Species)
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Re: a wicklow beach
Well done Ger and John
Really decent fish there! Pity youse didnt get any pics of Johns eel, if only i was on the camera and not fishface
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.Well done on the ray! I take it neil blanked


.Well done on the ray! I take it neil blanked

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Re: a wicklow beach
Cracking session lads...Very Jealous, have hardly been out this 'summer' at all!
Better make the best of the next few weeks!
Better make the best of the next few weeks!

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Re: a wicklow beach
Well done lads!!
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting
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List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet
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Re: a wicklow beach



neil most photographers bring a tripod with a screw fitting not double cups and rod holders



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Re: a wicklow beach
Have to give 10 out of 10 for that report NEIL
although its a pity you did not fish yourself
four of us fished another wickla beach yesterday icluding NEIL ,and the result was 4 BLANKS
BUT HEY THATS FISHING FOR YA .




four of us fished another wickla beach yesterday icluding NEIL ,and the result was 4 BLANKS


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Re: a wicklow beach
Courtown is really fishing well
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Re: a wicklow beach
Ok so who moved Courtown into Wicklow.Courtown is really fishing well



Well done lads some nice fish there.
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Re: a wicklow beach
oh was i fishing,i did not realise that. well i have to say i did not blank, i got a huge flounder of at least 10cms, a huge whitting of at least 10 cms and a rather small doggy who tried to imitate a smut but ger shone his light on it and ruined my plan







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Re: a wicklow beach
good aul killoughter , always fishes well,,, too obvious by blocking out mountains and the house{train station} ...
great nights fishing tho , well done



great nights fishing tho , well done
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Re: a wicklow beach
if you knew what neil drove(apart from his wife mad)you would know he would not venture down killoughter lane esp after all the recent raindave mc gregor wrote:good aul killoughter ,

nice fishing men

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Re: a wicklow beach
roger de dodger wrote:![]()
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kill tractor never mind killoughter
it looks like BRAY -HEAD to me
j..us rodger you miss nothing



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Re: a wicklow beach
i feel a trip to killoughter coming on now, after all the rain i have a good chance of having the place to myselfroger de dodger wrote:![]()
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kill tractor never mind killoughter
it looks like BRAY -HEAD to me

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Re: a wicklow beach
fishface wrote:well ger that worked
nearly worked, i think the dodger rumbled us

