south wexford 1/1/2012

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south wexford 1/1/2012

#1 Post by paul skelly »

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Duration:4 1/2 hours

Tide:a bit of the drop and rise

Weather:very wind but dry

Bait:fresh and frozen crab and frozen black lug

Rigs:4/0 pennal pully

Results:1x cod 4 1/2 pound

report: First off happy new year to u all :wink:
Just a quick report , deceided to head south to try for some cod ,hit the road at 2pm and was fishing for about 4.30pm ,wasn't sure what the weed was going to be like so i just tuck a chance, surprisingly it was fishable but the wind was bad :evil: some fun trying to set up the shelter :lol:
I had two rods but only used 1 due to the ruff sea and wind "lazy i know" so bait in the water i played the waiting game, very little happened for the first 2 hour and it was very hard to read the rod tip with the wind so i held the rod for a while and then bang a nice bite struck it to it and had him a nice cod 4 1/2 lb a pb :D and it made it better that it was the first day of the year.
at this stage the weed was coming on and the wind and sea was getting bad so i stuck it out for another 2 hours hoping for more action hooked into what felt like a bigger fish got him in half way and snap ah well :cry: so packed up about 9 and hit the road home , all and all not a bad session bar the drive :( roll on 2012 :D
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Re: south wexford 1/1/2012

#2 Post by JOHN1 »

congrats on the PB paul nice fish 8) , fair play on making the trip and sticking it out :wink:
cant help but wonder what you have your headlamp on in the kitchen for :shock: i can only guess you left it on all the way home with all of the excitement :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: south wexford 1/1/2012

#3 Post by paul skelly »

Thanks John :) lol no I was out the back cleaning my gear , but often have been half way home with the thing still on the head and turned on :oops:
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#4 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Top job Skell..clonker of a fish, did ya kee phim for the aquarium :wink:
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#5 Post by mickm »

well done paul lovely fish makes the driving worthwhile
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#6 Post by FisherKing »

well done on the pb 8) nice fish
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#7 Post by willie bendit »

a nice fish there boss,have to plead guilty to still wearin the head lamp when i get home.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock:
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#8 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done Paul,,,,,,that one was worth the drive :wink:
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JOHN1 wrote:congrats on the PB paul nice fish 8) , fair play on making the trip and sticking it out :wink:
cant help but wonder what you have your headlamp on in the kitchen for :shock: i can only guess you left it on all the way home with all of the excitement :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol:
The kitchen? I thought he was still in his shelter!
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Re: south wexford 1/1/2012

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johnwest wrote:
JOHN1 wrote:congrats on the PB paul nice fish 8) , fair play on making the trip and sticking it out :wink:
cant help but wonder what you have your headlamp on in the kitchen for :shock: i can only guess you left it on all the way home with all of the excitement :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol:
The kitchen? I thought he was still in his shelter!
i know some lads do bring the kitchen sink with them at times but not paul, the glass of bulmers is a dead give away not many would bring drink with them on a fishing trip :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#11 Post by paul skelly »

Cheers lad :) worth the trip alright :)
O ye and forgot to say in the report he was tuck on the fresh crab, make sure I have some next time :wink:
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#12 Post by Jayball10 »

Cracker of a fish Skellbag! Well done. Great start to the year. Kickin myself I stayed in bed feeling sorry for myself now...
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cracker of a cod well done... 8)
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#14 Post by zud25 »

Well done on Ur PB 8) Nice Cod :D
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#15 Post by tight lines »

well done paul a very nice way to beat the blank and with a p.b is even better
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#16 Post by mitch »

Nice lump of cod well done 8) 8) well worth the trip
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#17 Post by Creep »

Well done Paul... great way to kick off the new year!! Hope you have many PB this year!!
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#18 Post by Al and Jordan »

great cod there paul 8)
i thought you were saving on the eletric in the house when i saw the pic with headlight :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#19 Post by paul skelly »

Cheers lad thanks for all the comments :D
Hopefully have some more luck in the next week or two :wink:
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#20 Post by The Austrian »

8) well done on your personal best man, lovely fish and cudos to you for beating the less than desirable circumstances! Enjoyed reading your report!
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