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laytown bass fishing

#1 Post by dave mc gregor »

People:me , dave dunne and my dad

Duration:8.30am - 1.30

Tide:coming in and dropping

Weather:flat calm

Bait:rag,razor,mack

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Results:1 mullet and 2 seagulls


decided to try laytown again for bass,,, we got there this morning and the weather was great, not a bit of wind and flat calm sea,,
not one bass caught but my dad caught a 3lb mullet on ragworm,,

i had casted out a 2 hook trace baited with rag also and as soon as it hit the water the rod start hopping,, but completly different bite,,, i had hooked 2 seagulls,, disaster,, they must have saw the bait and dived under for it,, anyways to cut the story,, we finally unhooked the gulls and they flew off into not a bother on them,, here is a quick vid that dave took of it,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmzhTn4wRhs




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Re: laytown Bass fishing

#2 Post by SirSquiglum »

HAHA, Not one, but 2? Impressive :)
Not sure that will count as a new species but i would chance my arm 8)

PS I hope that mullet was drinking, he looks under age!LOL

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#3 Post by matt69 »

At least you dident blank :wink:
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#4 Post by FMCN »

Good result with the mullet and the seagulls. Looks a bit calm for bass in daylight :)
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Im delighted to see a fish come off Laytown! My Sister and her husband are living down there 5 years and I stopped bringing the gear down when we're visiting 2 years ago!! I was convinced Bettystown/Laytown were deserts!
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bazzer74 wrote:Im delighted to see a fish come off Laytown! My Sister and her husband are living down there 5 years and I stopped bringing the gear down when we're visiting 2 years ago!! I was convinced Bettystown/Laytown were deserts!
its only worth fishing it the last 3hrs of the incoming tide, and a half hour on the drop after fulltide, pity there wasnt a bit of surf to stir up the water a bit, there plenty being caught on it now,
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FMCN wrote:Good result with the mullet and the seagulls. Looks a bit calm for Bass in daylight :)
yea it was propper flat calm,, need a good bit of surf on that beach, plenty of sand bars on it and channels for the bass to swim up
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SirSquiglum wrote:HAHA, Not one, but 2? Impressive :)
Not sure that will count as a new species but i would chance my arm 8)

PS I hope that mullet was drinking, he looks under age!LOL

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ill have to check if there is some sort of record for that hahahaha,,, specimen gull, lol , believe it or not , that can of beer was at the bottom of my tackle box from my last over night beach trip to enneriley , hahha i just put it there for size comparison
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#9 Post by roger de dodger »

dave mc gregor wrote:
bazzer74 wrote:Im delighted to see a fish come off Laytown! My Sister and her husband are living down there 5 years and I stopped bringing the gear down when we're visiting 2 years ago!! I was convinced Bettystown/Laytown were deserts!
its only worth fishing it the last 3hrs of the incoming tide, and a half hour on the drop after fulltide, pity there wasnt a bit of surf to stir up the water a bit, there plenty being caught on it now,
if it has a good surf you can get bass at any stage of the tide its such a big beach finding them can be difficult :|
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Re: laytown Bass fishing

#10 Post by tight lines »

what weigh was in the gulls ? nice mullet :D
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#11 Post by hgibbs8129 »

thats a big as mullet,
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#12 Post by caseys »

Great video :)
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#13 Post by dave mc gregor »

tight lines wrote:what weigh was in the gulls ? nice mullet :D
haha the gulls were specimen weight,, i have them signed for so should get my medal this year haha
the mullet was 3lb
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#14 Post by dac69696969 »

Lads I was in laytown about 5 weeks ago and the place was alive with fish. I didn't hook up on the spinning gear but for the last 2 hours of the rise there were good fish breaching and jumping all around me !!! I was out to my waist and got a few follows right in to 6 foot of me on kiltys. Didn't catch but it was great to see so much life in the area. I'll definitely bring my gear with me thee next time I'm heading to the area.
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#15 Post by Chris T »

They were probably Mullet, Gormanston was alive with them last night!

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