People:The Apprentice and me.
Duration:3.5 hrs
Tide:2 hrs up and 1.5 hrs down.
Weather:Calm, dry, cool.
Bait:Herring, prawns
Rigs:3 boom flapper, single hook paternoster in rough ground, 3 hook flapper.
Results:Apprentice; 3 pollack, 1 each of coalfish, strap conger, shore rockling, pouting. Me; 2 pollack, 3 pouting.
Report:
I had promised to take the Apprentice out night fishing some time and this was it. I think he really just liked the idea of fishing with a glowlight on the end of his rod. We, or should I say I, set up 2 hrs before high water and he was happy to fish close in. Immediately bites were coming and he swiftly landed a small coalfish followed by a 28cm pollack. Meanwhile my rod fishing at range was showing bites but being busy looking after Junior, I ended up with stripped hooks and no fish. The Apprentice topped his night with a pollack and strap conger (50cm) double shot. In total he managed 7 fish and 5 different species, the conger and rockling being new species for him. In between I managed a couple of pollack and 3 pouting including one particularly well striped fish. After a busy start the bites just died away so with a few spots of rain appearing, we called it a night. "How many fish did I catch?" he asked while nodding off to sleep, maybe next time, if there is one, I'll let him tackle up, bait up etc himself, the jammy little boll.......
Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12
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2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
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.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
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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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings"
Good stuff, you never forget your first night sessions so nice memories for years to come.
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings"
Great stuff, well done 
Great to see a few fish,,,,and a new star on the rise here 
Great to see a few fish,,,,and a new star on the rise here Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings"
Nice wee session JW great to see the wee fella gettin in on the act. Did he not fancy holding the eel? Can't blame him! Great report
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Brilliant stuff,i love seeing the young kids getting involved and not a bad session either well done to the young man 
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Nice one JW, fish stocks to remain unsafe for years to come obviously!
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12
Nice fishing JW senior and JW junior nice to see him have a good night fishing and beating the master
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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excellent nites fishing, the young lad is beaming, well done you ,he wont forget it
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12
great report JW. the wee man did well
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