Duration6-30pm-10pm:
Tide:high at 8pm
Weather:Dry,,,then lashing rain,,,,then windy and cold,,,then lashing rain again,,apart from that not too bad
Bait:mack and squid
Rigs: 2 hook flappers
Results:pollock and coalies
Report: Couldn't resist going out on my 50th birthday,,,,,,as I thought there wouldn't be anyone out
,,,,,,but I was wrong 
. Fishface arrived the same time as me and we got a spot on the pier handy enough. There were about 6 other anglers, all non Irish i'd say given their use of foreign languages They were getting the odd dog or two,,,,,,as they were in a position to lash the baits out to sea,,,,,,,,,myself and Fishface had to contend with dropping down over the side. I was using my light 11'6'' salt bass rod to get some sport and it wasnt too long before I got a small pollock,,,,blank out of the way 
. I had some frozen lug but didnt get a nibble on it, either did Fishface,,,,,in fact he didnt get a nibble all night,,,,on his own doorstep there again, he only came out for the craic,, and to wish me a Happy Birthday,,,,and he'll probably blame the bait I gave him . The rain started to come down,,,,light at first,,,then a steady downpour with a biting northerly breeze 
. We were glad of our warm gear which also kept us dry) . I felt sorry for one poor lad in particular with a light jacket on who was hopping about all night trying to keep warm 
. I got a couple more small coalies and pollock, all on mack,,, before Fishface decided he had had enough, and started talking about his sore back (which he said was fine earlier ) and the fact that he only had big hooks (he must've forgotten the fact that he told me he was using small ones earlier on ). He should have stayed a bit longer, because the fish started to get a bit bigger after he left and in the next hour I got another four pollock and a nice coalie, all on mack. I found that if I dropped down and jiggled it a bit just up off the bottom, I would get a bite, the fish seemed to be a bit higher up in the water(thanks Roger). No monsters but a few fat ones around the 30 cm mark. I left at ten pm to pick the missus up in Bray
