Blackhead and fanore beach 21/10/12

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flounder5791
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Blackhead and fanore beach 21/10/12

#1 Post by flounder5791 »

People: dad and myself

Duration:8am- 2pm

Tide:Rising then drop

Weather:flat calm lovely weather

Bait:mackerel strip

Rigs:Sabiki feathers and float and 2 hook flapper

Results:pollack coalfish whiting and mackerel




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Fished balackhead on sat we fished around peg 13-21 first of all tried float fishing but only managed a few pollack (small) and a lot of small coalies and whiting had a bit of frozen with me so tried them on 2 of the small size 12 sabiki feathers wasnt expecting much but i was pleasently suprised .......... Tried jigging them just beside the rocks was getting alot of small stuff kept fishing with a fish a cast then got a fish of about 2lbs and a pollack of 4-5lbs all on feathers with mackerel . Meanwhile had a distance rod out baited with 2 hook flapper with mack not a bite not even crabs ...

Moved on to fanore around 2pm and noticed a beautiful wave loads of surfers but any way cast out first cast dad a small turbot me a 32cm flounder only had an hour there but still managed 1 weever , 2 flounder and 2 turbot all in all a good days fishing :)
Conor McDermott
TARGETS 2013: A decent bass from north Clare and some decent pollack

Species 2012:18

SPECIES 2013: 5B rockling,3b rockling,LSD's,flounder,coalies,whiting,dab,turbot,conger,bull huss,thornback ray,bass,cuckoo wrasse,mackerel, launce, pollack,painted ray, ballan wrasse
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Re: Blackhead and fanore beach 21/10/12

#2 Post by redzerologhlen »

There was some huge waves running in fanore yesterday when I passed!! Good fishing lads.
Species list 2013.Conger, Launce, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Dogfish, 3b rockling, Bull Huss, Mackeral, Tub Gurnard.

Species list 2012. Mackeral, Pollock, Coalie, Bass, Dab, Weeverfish, Bull Huss, Poor Cod, Grey Gurnard, Ballan wrasse, Long spined sea scorpion, Conger, Pouting.
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Re: Blackhead and fanore beach 21/10/12

#3 Post by flounder5791 »

Mad swell in blackhead yet sea was flat calm the waves were crashing on the lighthouse
Conor McDermott
TARGETS 2013: A decent bass from north Clare and some decent pollack

Species 2012:18

SPECIES 2013: 5B rockling,3b rockling,LSD's,flounder,coalies,whiting,dab,turbot,conger,bull huss,thornback ray,bass,cuckoo wrasse,mackerel, launce, pollack,painted ray, ballan wrasse
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Re: Blackhead and fanore beach 21/10/12

#4 Post by hurler01 »

Well done, you had a pretty good day out.
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Re: Blackhead and fanore beach 21/10/12

#5 Post by sailnfish »

Well done to ye. Nice one on the Turbot :)
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