Raven point Wexford!!

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teacher · #61 Post by **teacher** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:00 pm

Just so people know, I've heard that this spot really fishes better during the summer around June and July ...

#62 Post by **roger de dodger** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:49 pm

looks like mr green needs someone to hold his hand ok ya big scaredy cat count me in what time say 7 pm @ petrol station next to daves tackle think it a maxol any more cat lovers out there ??? :shock:

teacher · #63 Post by **teacher** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:19 pm

Lads, don't plan on arriving there after dark unless you've been there before. It's not a place for wandering around lost with only a headlamp.

#64 Post by jd » Wed May 02, 2007 11:42 pm

ok
I scoped this out again last weekend, caught nothing though. We pieced together a few things

More or less in front of you as you come out of the forest (if you keep walking straight from the entrance)
Advice: Fish over flooding tide- from low to high

Moving around corner towards channel (Don't know what he was fishing for, tope were caught 2 weeks ago at Rosslare pt,plenty of Bass around)

and then channel thins

Note map below shows channel flowing out curracloe side of pt- this was the case last year but is no longer the case. How it affects the fishing is another question. It means the long sand bar above is accessible but we have no idea when or if it is safe to fish from it.

teacher · #65 Post by **teacher** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:31 am

jd wrote:I scoped this out again last weekend, caught nothing though.

I though we agreed not to tell anybody about that :D

My guess is that the channel/lagoon that's closed this year will probably only produce fish for a brief spell in a tidal cycle, and only in the right conditions.

I've tried to show what I *think* the scene is at the moment. We didn't have time to walk out on the spit so it's not entirely clear. Basically, what was a channel now seems to be more of a lagoon.

#66 Post by **alby** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:57 am

Amazing the satelite can even pick up Boycie fishing on the point like that.

#67 Post by **m.b3** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:53 pm

:lol: :lol:

Fri May 04, 2007 10:52 pm

myself and hush1 are heading futher down the coast to a spot i fished before and holds no nasty suprises purely for safety concerns anyone who was hoping to fish raven point can pm me re times (probably an all nighter ) 8 til 8
roger :shock:

#69 Post by **FISHAHOLIC** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:54 am

im still up for fishing raven point tomorrow is anyone else
if not ill probibly fish wicklow some were

Mr_Green · #70 Post by **Mr_Green** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:51 am

im out, have work priorites... :evil: ...but for overtime who cares :D

#71 Post by Al » Mon May 07, 2007 1:03 am

Did this go ahead lads? I was looking forward to hearing how yas got on :)

#72 Post by **roger de dodger** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:31 am

thanks to jd having a sneek preveiw( blank) and mr green needing the rent money we headed futher south did invite anyone who was interested but no takers :? would love to fish it towards the end of the summer when the harbour is fishing well :!:

#73 Post by Al » Mon May 07, 2007 11:03 am

roger de dodger wrote:thanks to jd having a sneek preveiw( blank) and mr green needing the rent money we headed futher south did invite anyone who was interested but no takers :? would love to fish it towards the end of the summer when the harbour is fishing well :!:

That makes sense :)
If yous are up for fishing towards the end of the summer you can count me in so :D

teacher · #74 Post by **teacher** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:06 am

I went down again for another look around.

The scale of the place will make fishing it difficult. The way the sand banks are at the moment, you can walk probably about 1 - 1.5 miles further out along the sand spit. So the total walk from the car might be about 3.5 miles. I forgot to gring the GPS so these figures are a guess.

I only walked half way along the sand spit. I think you would want to explore it at high tide, to make sure you weren't going to get cut off. It looks like you would be able to get quite close to the wreck, but I didn't go down that far.

The "channel" is definitely closed at one end (or almost closed) so I really haven't a clue what you'd get in there. There were birds diving in the channel as the tide flodded and I saw a seal there on another occasion so I'm inclined to think the channel is worth a shot.

#75 Post by **MAC** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:39 am

Hey Jonathan,

Would my Portabote be worth a shot in the area in good conditions :?: What's the tide rip like in the channel?

I'm thinking this might be worth a go, even on foot, if you can get to the channel easily....... Could be anything in there on a flooding tide.

Kev

teacher · #76 Post by **teacher** » Tue May 08, 2007 12:21 pm

Hi Kev,

I wouldn't know one end of the boat from another, so take these comments in that context!!

The current in the channel was not strong during the flood on Saturday. If the channel was open at both ends, then it might be different story!!

The portabote would definitely give you options in and around the Raven. As I said, the scale of the place makes fishing difficult. The portabote would seem to be a good way of moving about, even if you were just using it as a means to get out to the far end of the spit, and avoid a three mile walk in waders with 10 stone of gear.

There are others who know the harbour far better than me who might be able to advise on safety, tides, etc.

If you're looking for ballast for the boat, give me a shout!! I imagine it would fish better later in the year.

#77 Post by **MAC** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:23 pm

My boat is a a little 12 foot open boat. Will do 10mph on a lake with two people and plenty of gear. It would be fine in good conditions and not too much tide, although I did cross the Cunnigar channel on a spring flood fully loaded......it just took ages. :D Like you mention, it would be handy, if even to avoid the walk. If there was somewhere it could be dropped into the water and it was an easy enough run to a landing spot on the point, It might do the job, and save a lot of hassle.

Kev

#78 Post by jd » Tue May 08, 2007 3:32 pm

You have two options really
Carry it on the beach at Culletons gap and launch from there
or possibly
Drive down the road to the wildfowl reserver and launch it from the beach there. I'm not so sure how feasible this is.
jd

#79 Post by **m.b3** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:11 pm

MAC wrote:Hey Jonathan,

Would my Portabote be worth a shot in the area in good conditions :?: What's the tide rip like in the channel?

I'm thinking this might be worth a go, even on foot, if you can get to the channel easily....... Could be anything in there on a flooding tide.

Kev

Kevin the rip at the channel is frightening! no joke. u fall in here and drift miles out to sea!! bye bye!!

teacher · #80 Post by **teacher** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:01 pm

m.b3 wrote:Kevin the rip at the channel is frightening! no joke. u fall in here and drift miles out to sea!! bye bye!!

The channel right at the estuary/coast corner is closed off at the north end at the moment, so the current's not too bad. There still seems to be some current as the tide floods in, some kind of swirly circular thing, but I was able to cross it in waders near the top end on Saturday.

Once you start too get out towards the mouth of the estuary proper, the current gets stronger.