Catching Dabs

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Catching Dabs

#1 Post by Cluais »

Hi lads just wondering what I'm doing wrong when fishing for dabs as all I'm catching is rays and plaice
Should I catch dabs in the same area and using lug tipped with squid in Youghal
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Cluais wrote: all I'm catching is rays and plaice
Sure god love ya!:grin::grin:
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#3 Post by The Austrian »

same here, cant buy a dab for love or money in the Shannon Estuary this year, plenty of huss and ray but no dabs - not even on rag tipped with black lug which always was a winner last year?

would you please stop laughing Denis, this is serious ;)
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#4 Post by lad123 »

Frozen Lugworm will definitly get them , if it dosent then there is no dab in the water.
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#5 Post by Cluais »

Is that at anchor or on the drift
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#6 Post by hugo »

Its surprising what a dab'll go for at times. On a blinding hot day last week, Herself caught a fine fat one on a mackeral rig in 100ft of water while we were scouring the bottom for bait.

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