North Donegal rock mark,12-7-07

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#1 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:13 am

People:just me(everyone else is in Norway :cry: )

Duration:8am - 6:30pm

Tide:all sorts

Weather:started cloudy then brightened up,calm but breezy(offshore)

Bait:rag,mack,squid,sandeel and skippers

Rigs:pulleys,fixed pats,two hook clipped

Results:pollack,coalie,ballan,corkwing,doggie,thornback-cuckoo-spotted rays

Catch and Release:: Yes/No

Report:
I wanted to do some proper fishing while im off for a few days so i headed to a rock mark in Donegal that i haven`t fished in years,hoping for rays,flatties and wrasse.I arrived at 7:30am and was fishing by 8 and i only had to wait ten minutes for the first bite which turned out to be a doggie on the flattie rod.It was three and a half hours before i saw another bite at distance but i was catching ballan and corkwing wrasse in close which kept me busy.None of the wrasse were very big but i was using the mini rod so it was good fun.I also a couple of pollack and a coalie.
I finally got a bite on the beachcaster and reeled in the first ray of the day,it was a small thornie of 3lb.I started getting bites regular and was landing a fish every 30mins and after two more small thornies i caught a cuckoo ray of about 2lb.I`ve only had one cuckoo before so i was well chuffed.It went quiet for a while and even the wrasse stopped biting.The only fish i had during the next hour was a red gurnard.Thankfully the rays showed up again and i had another two thornies of 3lb and 3.5lb and missed a few bites before i caught a spotted ray of 2lb which is a new species for me.That was the last fish before the mackerel bashers turned up and were catching my lines every two minutes so i packed up.
I eneded up with 1 coalie,2 pollack(biggest 1lb),3 corkwings,20 ballans(biggest 1.5lb),1 doggie, 5 thornies to 3.5lb,1 cuckoo 2lb and 1 spotted of 2lb.

Mr_Green · #2 Post by **Mr_Green** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:17 am

Savage session davy, your species list is shaping up nice :D

#3 Post by **eric** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:26 pm

nice fishing mate :D

#4 Post by MC » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:50 pm

nice fishing mate, what is the can of wd40 for :lol:
, where abouts in north Donegal where you mate if you wish to keep it quiet don't worry,

how far out where the ray feeding?

#5 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:41 pm

Mr_Green wrote:Savage session davy, your species list is shaping up nice :D

Cheers mr green,there wasn`t a lot of fish for the hours i put in but i still enjoyed it.Would`ve liked to seen more wrasse but they weren`t feeding hard.

#6 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:49 pm

MC wrote:nice fishing mate, what is the can of wd40 for :lol:
, where abouts in north Donegal where you mate if you wish to keep it quiet don't worry,

how far out where the ray feeding?

The rays were caught between 50-100 yards.I was using those skipper(bluey`s) dead baits along with squid and it was working as well as the mack/squid.The wd40 was used to oil my reels,honest :wink:

I`ll have to keep the mark quiet mate or i`ll be found hanging from a tree :lol:

#7 Post by **gravel** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:20 pm

flippen ekkkk north of donegal? it is a big place, anyware round malin? :lol:

#8 Post by MC » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:22 pm

[quote="Davy Murdoch
I`ll have to keep the mark quiet mate or i`ll be found hanging from a tree :lol:[/quote]

thanks for the info mate and no worries about the mark, nice rays too

#9 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:01 pm

nice rays well done

glengormley-gavin · Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:29 pm

Well done Davey a fairly long species list for one session.

MC obviously hasn't heard of 'that' use for the WD-40 - he's missing out...

Jude

#11 Post by **pete** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:18 am

Sneaky fecker, should have given me a bell Davy :twisted: . Planning to head there next weekend, probably bring the tent too.

ROADRUNNER · #12 Post by **ROADRUNNER** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:23 pm

Davey sounds like you had a good session :evil: and right on my patch :twisted:

Those rocks look very familiar :? if its the place that i think it is you were lucky not to be plagued by Mack bashers all day.

Danny

#13 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:07 pm

sorry pete i never thought about asking you :oops: ,i was just wanting to get away for the day and take my mind of the fact that all my mates were in Norway :cry:

The mackie bashers didn`t arrive until 6pm and by 6:02pm they had caught my line three times :x The worst part was they were all townies from Belfast.