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roger de dodger
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bray harbour

#1 Post by roger de dodger »

People:me

Duration:5 pm till 8.30 when my kidneys burst

Tide:full 7.30 ish?

Weather:sunny and a nice easterly breeze :lol:

Bait: razor and peeler

Rigs:two hook clipped

Results: one lovely slug :|




Report:i knew with the huge sea,s and biting wind a 50 foot cast would be all you would get off a beach with the lead landing back at your feet in a ball of weed 5 min later ,so went to bray harbour drove the van down to give myself a nice little sun trap / wind block 8) to say the sea looked good was an understatement i could smell the fresh cod and chips :D boy was i wrong :lol: baits untouched at all distances besides a few nibbles in close ,stuck on a rig with size 4 hooks and managed to hook a slug in close to beat the dreaded check book and pen :roll: it was nice to get out and great to get a break in the rain for a few hours on the last day of spring :lol: judging by todays weather summer is here with a BANG ! :mrgreen:
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Re: bray harbour

#2 Post by johnwest »

roger de dodger wrote:People:me

Duration:5 pm till 8.30 when my kidneys burst

Tide:full 7.30 ish?

Weather:sunny and a nice easterly breeze :lol:

Bait: razor and peeler

Rigs:two hook clipped

Results: one lovely slug :|




Report:i knew with the huge sea,s and biting wind a 50 foot cast would be all you would get off a beach with the lead landing back at your feet in a ball of weed 5 min later ,so went to bray harbour drove the van down to give myself a nice little sun trap / wind block 8) to say the sea looked good was an understatement i could smell the fresh cod and chips :D boy was i wrong :lol: baits untouched at all distances besides a few nibbles in close ,stuck on a rig with size 4 hooks and managed to hook a slug in close to beat the dreaded check book and pen :roll: it was nice to get out and great to get a break in the rain for a few hours on the last day of spring :lol: judging by todays weather summer is here with a BANG ! :mrgreen:
I take it the wind was in the wrong direction?
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2015 species; 28

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2017 species;28

2018 species; 33

2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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roger de dodger
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Re: bray harbour

#3 Post by roger de dodger »

:lol: no too many nutters going down the wall to see if a big wave would wash them off and into the harbour to be honest alot of them looked like they left the wheelchair in the car just to add a bit more bwvado to the situation! :lol: :lol:
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#4 Post by sparkey+1 »

You get them everywhere Rodger well at least you didn't blank :mrgreen: What no pups!!!!!!!! :lol:
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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Re: bray harbour

#5 Post by Al and Jordan »

that's an extreme way to get a free car wash roger :o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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