n.donegal monday 19th

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n.donegal monday 19th

#1 Post by chuckaroo »

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Duration: 1pm - 6pm

Tide: HW 4.30ish

Weather: hurricane

Bait: mack, sandeel, crab

Rigs: yip

Results: very little

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the forecast was giving 18mph SW winds for today. i thought that this shouldnt be too bad, in any case i should probably have been able to find shelter were it necessary..
arrived at destination after a 2hour drive only to get out of the car and into a complete GALE!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :evil: :cry: i spent a good hour trying to locate a spot out of the wind, i barely managed to do so.
the target was turbot (or ray, or bass, or s.trout..) but there wasnt any sign of any.
a poor days fishing but nice to get the cobwebs BLOWN AWAY from the weekend.
only one fish caught :( - better than none i suppose. missed a few other small bites and caught a lot of big shore crabs.
will be back mid week to try again. hope that feckin wind dies down!
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#2 Post by weedave »

hard luck on that one, i thought you'd of had a blast where you went.
keep at it buddy
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#3 Post by tight lines »

it might have being only one fish but it looks a nice size flounder well done
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#4 Post by Monty156a »

Fair play to you for getting out, at least you beat the blank.

Is it just me or are the shore crabs bigger this year?

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#5 Post by fagan »

well done on getting out chuck, crabs is wat every body seems to be catchin these days nice flounder aswell, hang in there m8 ull get that turbo yet. :D :D :D

im after 1 myself. :evil:
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#6 Post by chuckaroo »

weedave wrote:hard luck on that one, i thought you'd of had a blast where you went.
keep at it buddy
dave
cheers dave. im sure things can only improve! :D
tight lines wrote:it might have being only one fish but it looks a nice size flounder well done
cheers tight lines. aye, not a bad wee flounder indeed. was actually quite happy with him
Monty156a wrote:Fair play to you for getting out, at least you beat the blank.

Is it just me or are the shore crabs bigger this year?

Keep 'er lit,
Monty
Monty the shore crabs i was getting were BIG strong brutes! never seen them as big, anywhere. th eone in the photo was by far the smallest i got. :)
fagan wrote:well done on getting out chuck, crabs is wat every body seems to be catchin these days nice flounder aswell, hang in there m8 ull get that turbo yet. :D :D :D

im after 1 myself. :evil:
thanks fagan. ha, dont worry, i'll get one soon enough i sure. just need to put in a little more time!.. :wink: :mrgreen:
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#7 Post by bazzer74 »

Unlucky. Donegal seems to have its on weather system as we've discovered one or twenty times. Least you didnt blank!
2011. codling, schoolie bass (4!), smoothie( 1 pup!), tb ray, whiting, coalie, pollack, flounder, dab, plaice (small),wrasse, grey gurnard,lsd, huss, goby, cuckoo wrasse,pout,3 bearded rockling and 5 bearded rockling. red & tub gurnard, spurs and conger afloat. black bream and painted ray in jersey.(on my honeymoon!)
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#8 Post by chuckaroo »

bazzer74 wrote:Unlucky. Donegal seems to have its on weather system as we've discovered one or twenty times. Least you didnt blank!
indeed bazzer. cheers. will do it all over again tomorrow and Thursday. intend to improve on last result. Hope to hell Donegal weather is kinder and lets me fish the mark i want to! :wink:
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#9 Post by Al and Jordan »

hard luck charlie. things can only get better man :P :P
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#10 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Hard luck man, the weather can be fairly local in Donegal alright! You'll get that turbo soon, keep at it.
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#11 Post by chuckaroo »

Al and Jordan wrote:hard luck charlie. things can only get better man :P :P
ive been out and about quite a bit lately and everywhere seems to be pretty slow up this neck of the woods Al. you could be right alright, things can only improve.. bring it on :)
Sweetwrasse wrote:Hard luck man, the weather can be fairly local in Donegal alright! You'll get that turbo soon, keep at it.
cheers Sweetwrasse. maybe i was being pretty optimistic to be trying to get one this early man. ah well, can but try. ta
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#12 Post by the-ghost »

fairplay gettin out and tryin but as said donegal has its own weather system and if the winds blowin it can be rash place to be. last yaer we were fishinf fahan in our t-shirts basking in the sun and all off a sudden it started to completly empty and the wind kicked up that much tripods were blowing over and everthing was everywere and after desperatly tryin to get things packed up it settled and the sun came back out and wind stopped. id say a wee bit early yet bout 4 or 5 weeks should see the summer fish returning in numbers...
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#13 Post by chuckaroo »

the-ghost wrote:last yaer we were fishinf fahan in our t-shirts basking in the sun and all off a sudden it started to completly empty and the wind kicked up that much tripods were blowing over and everthing was everywere and after desperatly tryin to get things packed up it settled and the sun came back out and wind stopped
ffs! i could well believe that :shock:
the-ghost wrote:fairplay gettin out and tryin... id say a wee bit early yet bout 4 or 5 weeks should see the summer fish returning in numbers...
i was up again there during the week for two days (report to follow), things were defo still very slow (no turbot)
think i'll defo leave it for a few weeks now before i venture back up that way..
thanks for the post ghost
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#14 Post by Al and Jordan »

i was up again there during the week for two days (report to follow), things were defo still very slow (no turbot)

try whitepark bay charlie :wink:
2 up 1 down size 4 hooks and a rolling lead with strips of mackerel. even if you don't hit the turbos you'll stand the chance of something else man :P
a lot cheaper on the fuel too :wink:
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Re: n.donegal monday 19th

#15 Post by chuckaroo »

Al and Jordan wrote:i was up again there during the week for two days (report to follow), things were defo still very slow (no turbot)

try whitepark bay charlie :wink:
2 up 1 down size 4 hooks and a rolling lead with strips of mackerel. even if you don't hit the turbos you'll stand the chance of something else man :P
a lot cheaper on the fuel too :wink:
appreciate that suggestion there Al but i wouldnt like to think that i would have to put in a 12hour session, or a very long session(s), to get a wee turbot. as much as i am keen to get one i just dont have the patients to sit that long! :shock: i tried wpb on a few occassions last year only to drawn blanks
defo a lot cheaper on the fuel for sure but i reckon im goin to maybe leave it for a while now. maybe in a few weeks time
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