southwest cork tuesday afternoon

Old Shore Reports are moved here for Public Viewing

Moderators: donal domeney, saltydog

Message
Author
alfiebass
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 53
Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:47 pm
Location: southwest cork
Been thanked: 5 times

southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#1 Post by alfiebass »

People: myself

Duration: 4.30-7.30

Tide: 1hr after low

Weather: cloudy and showery

Bait: lug

Rigs: running ledger

Results: 1st gilt head




Report:

i had heard on the grapevine that a few of these fish were being caught down this way so i decided to have a go at them
myself . got some advice from dan at halfway as to rig set up , set of at three pm to dig some lug and bumped into
two lads from the uk who i met last year on the beach ,so i had chat with them and told them i was going after the
bream, only for them to tell me they had fished this beach in the morning and only caught a few flounder,
which didn't fill me with much confidence so i decided to just give it a go.
arrived at the beach around 4.15 just starting to rain, as i got to my spot i could see loads of gannets diving and sea
trout jumping all over the place some looked very decent size as well so i tackled up and cast out about 30ft into 6ft
of water after about 50 mins hid my first pull ,strike, (s*** missed) re baited cast back in 30 mins later 2nd pull xxxx
missed again so cast in again 30 mins later third pull so i just held the line in my fingers for a few seconds and i could
feel a gentle pull so struck i was on this time line ripped of the reel as i had set the clutch lightly as i was only using8lb
flourocarbon i thought it was a bass at first until it came to the top then i could see it was my first gilt head, what a great
scrap it put up , got it on the sand and unhooked it took its picky then returned it for another day. guess weight around
2.5 lb . happy as muck cast back in again left it another 30 mins then wound in to rebait only to find the smallest
flounder ever had swallowed the hook so sorted him out then called it a day can't wait to try again on friday eve.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
corbyeire
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 6397
Joined: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:47 pm
Favourite Rod: The one with all eyes
Favourite Reel: The working one
Favourite Fish: Flounder
Location: G g g galway
Has thanked: 1197 times
Been thanked: 336 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#2 Post by corbyeire »

good report - great when a plan comes together
Sugarlumps
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 66
Joined: Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:54 am
Been thanked: 6 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#3 Post by Sugarlumps »

Crazy looking fish, huge eyes. Well done.
User avatar
stevo74
SAI Hammerhead
Posts: 358
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:11 am
Favourite Rod: Greys BZE
Favourite Reel: Stradic 5000FI
Favourite Fish: Bass
Location: Dublin
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 6 times

southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#4 Post by stevo74 »

Well done on getting the bream!
Species list 2011 - Bass, Dab, Rockling, Dogfish,Common Smooth hound, Starry Smooth hound,whiting,pollock
User avatar
breamers boy
SAI Hammerhead
Posts: 203
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:10 am
Has thanked: 18 times
Been thanked: 19 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#5 Post by breamers boy »

Well done on the bream. Would love to add Gilthead to my species list!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
cachalot
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 85
Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:20 pm
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 20 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#6 Post by cachalot »

Congrats on the gilt head bream and yes at times they hit hard and fast, looking forward to meeting up in Aug/Sep. no doubt about it they are moving into the area in bigger numbers
Deleted User 3488

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#7 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Nice fish lad, they fight like bejeazzus!
User avatar
Bassy Tom
SAI Sea Dog!
Posts: 409
Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:07 pm
Location: Waterford
Has thanked: 46 times
Been thanked: 101 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#8 Post by Bassy Tom »

Well done Aflie, they are not the easiest target, fair play!
Morgan44
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 104
Joined: Mon May 26, 2014 3:09 pm
Has thanked: 27 times
Been thanked: 35 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#9 Post by Morgan44 »

I want one of those !!!!! Never caught one . Great fish well done . Be out there in a few weeks can't wait , tight lines
Moody Marlin
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 70
Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:56 pm
Has thanked: 93 times
Been thanked: 19 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#10 Post by Moody Marlin »

Congrats on your bream, mad to get one myself! :-)
Species 2015: Long Spined Sea Scorpion, LSD, Poor Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Corkwing Wrasse, Tompot Blenny, Thornie, Tope, Dab, Ballan Wrasse, Pollack, Pouting, Herring, Coalie, Rock Goby, Mackerel, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ling, Cod, Conger, Smoothie, Common Blenny, Goldshinny Wrasse, Grey Gurnard, Bass, Bull Huss, Tub Gurnard, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Launce, Homelyn Ray, Sandeel, Blue Shark

Species 2014: (40) Flounder PB 37cm, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Three Bearded Rockling, Pouting, Pollack, Whiting, Five Bearded Rockling, Codling, LSD, Dab, Smooth Hound, Tope PB 55lb, Bull Huss PB 13LB, Thornback Ray, Common Blenny, Ballan Wrasse, Black Goby, Grey Gurnard, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Launce, Cuckoo Wrasse, Coalie, Tub Gurnard, Poor Cod, Tompot Blenny, Rock Goby, Small Mouth Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldshinny Wrasse, Red Gurnard, Ling, Scad, Turbot, Sandeel, Haddock, Blue Shark PB 92LB, Mullet, Weever & an Octopus

Species 2013: (34)
chuckaroo
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 1943
Joined: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:40 am
Favourite Fish: halibut
Location: Co.Antrim
Has thanked: 597 times
Been thanked: 329 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#11 Post by chuckaroo »

well done alfiebass. crackin fish
Charlie

2025 targets:
40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod
User avatar
lucky13
SAI Sea Dog!
Posts: 678
Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:26 pm
Favourite Rod: shakespeare hurricane
Favourite Reel: slosh20,jupiterz6000,penn 525
Favourite Fish: bass!!!!
Location: east cork
Has thanked: 211 times
Been thanked: 105 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#12 Post by lucky13 »

lovely stuff alfie!!!
savage lad...well done on your first gilthead!
User avatar
thecatcher
SAI Bait Ball
Posts: 196
Joined: Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:19 pm
Favourite Rod: tf gear delta/concept spin
Favourite Reel: 7ht/okuma trio
Favourite Fish: bass
Location: carrigaline co.cork
Has thanked: 20 times
Been thanked: 16 times

Re: southwest cork tuesday afternoon

#13 Post by thecatcher »

Nice fish man well done trying that spot myself tommorow.

Return to “Archived Shore Angling Reports”