Idiot in the Irish daily mail!

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jw · #21 Post by jw » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:33 pm

the main danger is fishing down close to the swell, lots of people die every year when
they are swept away by a big swell. Its actually a good idea to fish from high up,
nobody has ever died that im aware of from falling off a high cliff, i guess its like walking
on a footpath, nobody ever falls out in front of the cars

#22 Post by **gfkelly1969** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:34 am

I would agree with jw to fish high up but not as high as the lad in the paper,I fish rock marks 15 to 20 feet off the water,I was fishing one very clam summer day and was on a rock about 6 feet above the water and one freak wave came is and washed over my boots,never even seen it coming,if I was on the lower rock I would have been swept off it

#23 Post by **hugo** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:56 am

Agree also. As to the Downpatrick ledge, older locals round here remember their fathers and grandfathers going handline fishing round that spot, so the practice probably has an ancient history, and I havent heard of any accidental fall-overs. Talk of penalties is a bit harsh.

#24 Post by **twinkle** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:54 pm

Hugo wrote:Agree also. As to the Downpatrick ledge, older locals round here remember their fathers and grandfathers going handline fishing round that spot, so the practice probably has an ancient history, and I havent heard of any accidental fall-overs. Talk of penalties is a bit harsh.

most locals have a vast amount of knowledge of the areas they fish and live in. a lot of the tradegys last summer was from foreign anglers not knowing the areas well enough and paid the price with there lives and there childrens.

#25 Post by **paul mason** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:39 pm

I don't know what all the fuss is about it happens all the time on duleaky!!!!.... and it's much the same height anyway!!! and I'd say the politicians would be in favor of this kind of activity, if they fall in it would be one more off the live register.

#26 Post by **hugo** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:35 am

I suspect the article was maybe a set-up by an enterprising reporter....

#27 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:27 pm

mabey we should just let them be,,,,,, natures way of thinning the herd of defective DNA strains

althow i would'nt like the chances of a resuce team of plucking anyone out of the water from that mark

#28 Post by **polmac** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:19 pm

that is the most mental pic i have seen. what an idiot lol

#29 Post by **polmac** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:19 pm

#30 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:56 pm

And the Darwin award goes to....

#31 Post by **hugo** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:24 am

Al and Jordan wrote:i would'nt like the chances of a resuce team of plucking anyone out of the water from that mark

I fish there regularly in the boat - deep water (80-100ft) almost right up to the rock and well sheltered on the east side. Biggest danger can be all the leads raining down from above....

kstaff · #32 Post by **kstaff** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:38 pm

More importantly why are there no railings or signs there to prevent this? If people die each year from these places why arn't they deemed a danger to the public and access denied?

Imagine living up there and your kid says he's off pollack fishing!

Ask your local TD's when they come calling this week!

#33 Post by **daminim** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:00 pm

the main danger is fishing down close to the swell, lots of people die every year when
they are swept away by a big swell. Its actually a good idea to fish from high up,
nobody has ever died that im aware of from falling off a high cliff, i guess its like walking
on a footpath, nobody ever falls out in front of the cars

To be fair fishing on either side of the cliff - top or bottom - both equally potential fatal places to fish. Most of us will not put our own lives before a bit of sport, those who do end up in papers giving us all a bad name. It makes no sense in angling on top or bottom. Big mistake.

I suspect the article was maybe a set-up by an enterprising reporter....

Afraid there is absolutley no money in selling stories to the press. Looks like its frequented by tourists so some tourist with a big lens managed to capture it.

jw · #34 Post by jw » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:24 pm

you're just plain factually incorrect there, hoards have been fishing from marks like Dunlickey for
generations and nobody has ever fallen in. Do a quick google on this site or the internet and you
will find that people being washed in by the swell is the real danger

#35 Post by **daminim** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:54 pm

Jw if you read what I said I commented on how both fishing from a cliff top as high as the one pictured, is as dangerous as fishing from a ledge where your likely to encounter a rogue wave in a big swell. I'm sorry, but if there are no recorded fatalities to prove my point fair enough. But if you can't see the outright danger and stupidity of what's pictured i don't know, it's clear as day. Generations may have fished here, but in doing so risked their lives. It's not exactly what id call safe.

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Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:46 pm

if u could get down to the lower ledge wouldnt it be a great spot for fishing a rock mark.i got a lovely 6lb cod last year tight to that cliff on mussel

#37 Post by **daminim** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:16 pm

Brian, stick at it. You might get some nice fish! Rather you than me

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#38 Post by **anthony byrne** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:24 pm

polmac wrote:

Crazy f....r doesn't even have his laces tied.'

Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:34 pm

wats the bets its a foreigh national,its littered with them down there every summer.mad men

#40 Post by **Tony Fella** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:36 am

Don't see the big deal here the lad is fishing its his life. Id fish that mark if it held fish just have to be careful just like when you cross a road. Lads in Australia do it everyday http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/s ... hp?t=66954

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