Killala 22/1/2012

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Killala 22/1/2012

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Duration: 2.30pm - 6pm

Tide: HW 5.30pm

Weather: Mild, overcast, showery, wind NW 30-40

Bait: Sandeel & Mack

Rigs: 1 up 1 down

Results: 1 X 4 inch Flounder and enough weed to fill a small skip




Report: This is my first report on this site and this was my first trip out this year. Recently bought a Century rod and a Penn 525 Mag2 from this site and was mad keen to try the outfit. Have been watching the forecast and this weekend was promised okay but with strong north westerly winds, so consulted the map and found a sheltered beach fairly local.
Got to beach about 2.15pm and conditions looked good, plenty of surf but the beach was in the lee of the land so sheltered from the wind. Set up and had first cast, bait was only in the water three minutes when rod, stand and all nearly took off. I managed to grab it and held on to drag in about ten pounds of bloody seaweed :( :( And thats the way it continued for most of the evening. Near the top of the tide I had a couple of small rattles and just as I was giving up all hope managed to pull in a tiny flounder :oops: Blank saved! Still it was a lovely evening to be out and I was delighted with the new outfits performance. Roll on the next trip :D
2009 species: thornback ray, pollack, coalfish, red gurnard, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, garfish, whiting, lsd, bull huss, flounder, pouting.
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Re: Killala 22/1/2012

#2 Post by Conger »

Well done Jim, hard luck on the weed, blank saved, look forward to more reports
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Speices 2011 : Codling, Whiting, Bass, Flounder, Ray, Dogfish, Turbot

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Re: Killala 22/1/2012

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Thanks Seamus! At least it was a day out and a start to my species list for 2012.
2009 species: thornback ray, pollack, coalfish, red gurnard, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, garfish, whiting, lsd, bull huss, flounder, pouting.
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Re: Killala 22/1/2012

#4 Post by saving private brian »

im from killala meself and by the description of your fish and weed trouble i know exactly where you were lol.its a funny spot but can produce sometimes
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Re: Killala 22/1/2012

#5 Post by Thresher56 »

I know Brian, I have had some good fishing there in the past. I just misjudged the effect of the recent storms! Ah well, we live and learn. Maybe next time.
2009 species: thornback ray, pollack, coalfish, red gurnard, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, garfish, whiting, lsd, bull huss, flounder, pouting.
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Re: Killala 22/1/2012

#6 Post by polaris »

i no the spot jim,,,fished it last week myself and eskimo,we had good size flounders,rockling,and coaly,s,,,,,,,,,can be a good beach at times but if the weeds in its a nitemare....good spot for a seatrout at times !!!
2010 species----flounder,dab,whiting,doggies,coalfish,pollock,siver eel,sea trout,bass,ballen wrasse, thornback ray,mackerel,pouting,red gurnard,grey gurnard,conger eel,launce,mullet,ling,cod,tub gurnard,octopus,bull huss,3 bearded rockling,poor cod
2011 species----turbot,seatrout,flounder,whiting,coalfish,L s doggies,3 beard r
rockling,mackeral,thornback ray,pollock,ballan wrasse,

2012 species---flounder,coalfish,ballan wrasse,cuckoo wrasse,conger eel,,Ls dogfish,,Turbot,bull huss ,
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Re: Killala 22/1/2012

#7 Post by Thresher56 »

yes Jamie, I have had some great sport with the sea trout later in the year on light tackle.
2009 species: thornback ray, pollack, coalfish, red gurnard, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, garfish, whiting, lsd, bull huss, flounder, pouting.

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