Deep water winter thornie mark worth the effort

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#1 Post by **last cast lad** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:49 am

People: me + mick

Duration: 7.30-11.00

Tide:rising

Weather:drizzly and breezy

Bait:mackeral, squid, sandeel, but not the lug worm mick left behind in the shed!

Rigs: flapper, pulley

Results: 3 Thornie's, 7 Dogfish

Report:
After all recent trips producing no more than the usual flats, coalies and pin whitting so we made the effort to make our way off the beaten track to our winter thornie mark and is was thankfully worth the effort

. Naturally the dogfish were the first to make a showing and the thornies then all arrived in a pack and were landed within 30 min of each other, great fast and furious action

No monsters but still nice to see a few again, short but stocky examples weighing in at 5lb 14oz, 3lb 15oz and 2lb 2oz.

#2 Post by **Sweetwrasse** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:53 am

Very nice! Great when the effort pays off.

#3 Post by **zeke** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:33 am

great session lads and great to see your report alister.

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#4 Post by **roger de dodger** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:55 pm

class nice to get a good old bend in your rod

#5 Post by **tight lines** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:17 pm

well done mate the plan payed off nice fishing

#6 Post by **peakle** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:50 pm

nice few ray there good to see

#7 Post by **pete** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:00 pm

Nice job to be getting them this time of the year

#8 Post by **roryodonnell** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:15 pm

Nice report. Which bait worked best?

#9 Post by **fishy1987** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:05 pm

A few lovley fish there

as they say there is always a ray between the dogs

#10 Post by **sparkey+1** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:02 pm

Fair play some good fishing and nice fish there nice when it works out.

#11 Post by **last cast lad** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:27 pm

roryodonnell wrote:Nice report. Which bait worked best?

As usual mackeral was the preferred bait, though we do have good success with sandeel too. Not sure why but anything wrapped in squid never seems to work fo us

fishy1987 wrote:A few lovley fish there as they say there is always a ray between the dogs

Indeed there always is, the fish are there just waiting to be caught

#12 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:01 am

some great fishing there alastair

you really have a knack for finding the thornies even during the winter months

well done man

#13 Post by **fagan** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:05 am

cracking ray there man,

worth the effort is right, well done!!!!

#14 Post by **Creep** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:19 am

Them are some nice looking Thornies!!

Well Done!

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