Donegal Beach, 28-January-2012

[johnwest]

People: Just me

Duration:6.5 hrs

Tide:Low to Full

Weather:Overcast, light rain, light breeze, 3 degrees to 5 as the day wore on.

Bait:Fresh lug, frozen mackerel.

Rigs: 2 and 3 hook flappers.

Results: 4 flounder to 33cm, 1 seatrout at 40cm, 3 whiting from 31-33cm.




Report:
Tide, wind and wave suggested a go at the beach for a few flounder and when first cast produced a 33cm flounder, things were looking good. However baits remained unmolested for the next hour and a half until the seatrout appeared. At this stage I was glad I had brought the i-Pod along as the sound of waves gets a bit monotonous if not accompanied by fish. The thing I like about i-Pods is that you usually get some great music on them! Back to the fishing which was very slow and when a specimen bird's nest occurred, I was down to one rod as I had left the spare reel in the car to reduce weight. As darkness settled a few more bites occurred resulting in another flounder at 25 cm, then a smaller one at 21cm. A few hit-and-run bites then followed and that marked the arrival of the whiting, 3 at 31, 31 and 33cm. These were nice plump fish as nature intended, no signs of anorexic ones tonight. As high tide came, the bites slowed again and I finished the night with a little palm-sized flounder; small but beautifully proportioned. Now where did I put those scissors to deal with that bird's nest......

[saving private brian]

great fishing for this time of the year

[roger de dodger]

not bad session for this time of the year was out yesterday and used black wraps and fresh lug ,the wraps got me some nice flounder ,the fresh didnt? will be trying the wraps again as they seem to be irresistable to the flats

[johnwest]

not bad session for this time of the year was out yesterday and used black wraps and fresh lug ,the wraps got me some nice flounder ,the fresh didnt? will be trying the wraps again as they seem to be irresistable to the flats

Thanks Roger, are these wraps frozen or just gutted worms kept in the fridge? I sometimes use frozen lug as a standby and wondered if wraps were different.

[FisherKing]

Another good session, that's a nice stocky sea trout I'd say the wee flounder put up a good scrap

[johnwest]

Another good session, that's a nice stocky sea trout I'd say the wee flounder put up a good scrap

Well, as the photo shows, he was a handful!

[roger de dodger]

not bad session for this time of the year was out yesterday and used black wraps and fresh lug ,the wraps got me some nice flounder ,the fresh didnt? will be trying the wraps again as they seem to be irresistable to the flats

Thanks Roger, are these wraps frozen or just gutted worms kept in the fridge? I sometimes use frozen lug as a standby and wondered if wraps were different.

the frozen ones bigsod and a few other lads told me to give them a try ,they are suposed to be good for cod too?so far this year i,ve had cod on crab and razor so i,ll be sending out a big black lug sausage in the near future so we shall see

[grady]

another nice session John, well done on sea trout, nice looking one

[johnwest]

another nice session John, well done on sea trout, nice looking one

Thanks Grady, if I catch any more seatrout, I'll have to think about getting a licence!

[Al and Jordan]

nice one man. some really well fed fishies there makes you wonder what food source it is out there that they are all scoffing on
on our last 3 donegal trips, the fish were all plump wee fish too

[johnwest]

nice one man. some really well fed fishies there makes you wonder what food source it is out there that they are all scoffing on
on our last 3 donegal trips, the fish were all plump wee fish too

Thanks lads, I put almost all my fish back so never get to look at the stomach contents to check the food source.

[nicki d]

Well done on some nice fish.

[Tonyo]

Well done some nice fish there