Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12

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Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12

#1 Post by johnwest »

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.




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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.......
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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.
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings"

#2 Post by dave316 »

Good stuff, you never forget your first night sessions so nice memories for years to come.
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings"

#3 Post by eyesreilly »

Great stuff, well done :wink: Great to see a few fish,,,,and a new star on the rise here :lol:
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#4 Post by joebhoy »

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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#5 Post by Kgarr »

Nice session
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#6 Post by JOHN1 »

Brilliant stuff,i love seeing the young kids getting involved and not a bad session either well done to the young man 8)
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#7 Post by blackiemc »

Nice one JW, fish stocks to remain unsafe for years to come obviously!

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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12

#8 Post by sparkey+1 »

Nice fishing JW senior and JW junior nice to see him have a good night fishing and beating the master :lol: :wink:
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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#9 Post by thelegend »

excellent nites fishing, the young lad is beaming, well done you ,he wont forget it 8)
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Re: Donegal Bay "Scrapings" 01/12/12

#10 Post by chuckaroo »

great report JW. the wee man did well 8) :lol:
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