Little Killary, Galway, 7-8/4/07

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#1 Post by **Bradan** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:46 am

People:Me, pete, petekd, stevecrow74, corbyeire, fishinmidget, Al, Mr. Green

Duration:Started ~1500, some of the lads are still there... more to follow

Tide:HW ~2100

Weather: Beautiful, sunny and warm, sea mist came in after dark and got cold for a while but warmed up again

Bait: Mack, squid, sandeel, others had lug, rag, razor, crab, mussel

Rigs: Various, pulleys, clipped rigs, float rigs

Results: Me - 1 thornback ray, 1 conger (both firsts), 2 LSD. Mr. Green - thornie (also a first), LSD; Al - LSD; Steve - LSD; fishinmidget - coalies and pollack; corby - coalies, LSD; pete - coalies, pollack; petekd - ray, poor cod, coalie, pollack, conger, doggies

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:
What a day for a forum meet! Couldn't have asked for better weather, the fishing was a bit patchy, but the craic more than made up for it.
Arrived to find most of the lads already set up, so got set up at the end. Flat calm conditions and crystal clear water so bites were few and far between. Steve had a doggie before we arrived, and petekd quickly caught up with him. The 2 lads seemed to have a bit of a private competition going, with plenty of banter

. Great stuff....
I had a doggie on sandeel, then reeled in a heavy bit of weed to find it was actually a ray - my first from the shore

Well chuffed with that I can tell you

Went for a walk or two, nothing much happening. Mr. Green beside me caught his first thornie while I was away, he seemed well chuffed with that. First time meeting him and Al, good lads, great craic out of them anyway

I think by this time petekd had well overtaken Steve on the fish count, then he blew him away with the best thornie of the day, about 4-5lbs. He followed that up with a double shot of LSD and poor cod. The poor cod was later used as bait for a conger that took him into the rocks, never came out

After it got dark the sea mist blew in, got quite cold for a while, but when the wind dropped the temperature rose again. The 2 Petes went off to the car and returned with what can only be described as a mountain of food

The disposable barbie went on and burgers, sausages, lamb chops, chicken fillets, and god knows what else were cooked up. Tastiest bit of grub I've had in a while, and definitely the best-catered fishing outing I've been on!!

Cheers Pete!

Thanks also to Steve for the boiling water for tea

A few more fish were caught after dark, more doggies mostly. Midget was pulling out a few coalies and pollack very close in on light tackle. I landed my first ever conger, about 60cm I guess. Well chuffed again!!

Petekd had a conger too, and Al saved his blank with a doggie...

A great day out, myself and midget left about 11, think the lads were going to move to the beach after that, I'm sure they'll chip in with reports tomorrow. Lots of pics taken, will post up later. Watch out for photo edits in the Scomber!

#2 Post by **fishinmidget** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:58 am

i caught a doggie too

still i had a great day catching stuff in close, the best coalie mabey pushing 2lbs savage fight. can you email those picks to me bradan before steve gets his hands on them?

glengormley-gavin · Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:04 am

Well done lads - sounds like a great day out.

Jude

#4 Post by **nige** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:11 am

sounds like ye had a good day lads. well done on the 2 firsts kev

#5 Post by **stevecrow74** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:07 am

i'm still fishing on the beach.. The rest of the lads are asleep. Petekd caught another small thornie on the beach before calling it a night in the hyundai hotel.. My count so far is five doggies and a whiting.. Great night i must say.. will add more later..

#6 Post by **stevecrow74** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:07 pm

photo's now loaded into my gallery

Mr_Green · #7 Post by **Mr_Green** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:49 pm

great session..i just woke up of the couch...completely shattered..nearly fell asleep on the was home countless times...but made it back in around 4 hours from connemara

..final count 4 dogs and 1 thorny..a few missed bites...had great craic with every1...learned alot from seein what others where doin , bait presentation etc but my own rigs i whipped up on site proved effective, got the ray not long after... lads r completely cracked, so i felt at home

... cant wait for next session, hope to be catching a few more fish2 ...thank god for statoil bein open on easter sunday or i would have either been in2 a wall or at the side of the road lookin for a lift as i was nearly outta juice!!! turns out the drivers seat in a hyundai accent isnt the ideal bed

...anyway nice 1 steve for the guide and craic... talk to you all soon

#8 Post by **petekd** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:39 pm

Super session lads, I had an absolute ball

. 7/8 Doggies, 2 Pollack, a Coalie, 2 Ray, 2 Poor cod and a Strap Conger..... My first ray from the shore too, 48cms across the wings and about 4 1/2 lbs or so. Absolutely delighted with that

. Sandeel was king on the day.

The craic was ninety, with equal shares of abuse being volleyed in various directions....

Glad the grub went down well.... Hope noone suffered any ill effects from undercooked chops and the like.....

Landed the second ray from the beach , only a tiny fella but glad to see him all the same. He took rag tipped off with mack on size 6s. I had actually cast out, popped the rods outside the tent and had an hours sleep before getting up to check them. On returning to the tent, to my abject horror, it was full of bouncing horrible little sand hoppers!! Cue a rapid retreat to the Hyundai hotel where I spent a most uncomfortable few hours before eventually hiiting the road at half eight this morning.

Good fishing, good company, good weather, good food and good craic...... It doesnt get a whole pile better than that. Fair play to the rest of the bunch for taking the trip up, well worth it though. Ill post the pics up in a day or two.

#9 Post by **round_ourway** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:50 pm

sounds lke a cracking session lads. sorry i missed it,

great report and the craic sounds good

#10 Post by MC » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:02 pm

sorry i didnt make it, but i will one day and maybe i be guided round by the locals

and after we can visit the local pubs

#11 Post by **stevecrow74** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:10 pm

MC wrote:and after we can visit the local pubs

bring an iron stomach....

#12 Post by MC » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:13 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:
MC wrote:and after we can visit the local pubs
bring an iron stomach....

are you offering your expertise in the fishing area as well

teacher · #13 Post by **teacher** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:39 am

MC wrote:sorry i didnt make it, but i will one day and maybe i be guided round by the locals and after we can visit the local pubs

Sounds like a good session. Will you make the compo on the 21st MC? I'm hoping to fish on afterwards, with a little local guidance and support

#14 Post by **m.b3** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:37 am

fair play lads! glad yee got a few fish too

#15 Post by **Kraken** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:53 am

Fair play to ye all - sounds like some session

Hats off to those all-nighters too

Cant wait till 21st and the compo -

Now....

Hows about some info on bait and rigs etc - what worked and more importantly what didnt??

If ye dont mind that is

john.

#16 Post by **m.b3** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:01 am

for killary sandeel is usually best. various fish and worm baits nice to have but usually not necessary

#17 Post by MC » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:50 am

teacher wrote:
MC wrote:sorry i didnt make it, but i will one day and maybe i be guided round by the locals and after we can visit the local pubs
Sounds like a good session. Will you make the compo on the 21st MC? I'm hoping to fish on afterwards, with a little local guidance and support

i hope to sir but its looking 50/50, will know for definite this weekend.

Mr_Green · #18 Post by **Mr_Green** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:59 pm

I found sandeel, mack and squid worked for me...thorny took mack and squid...dogs were biting on anything and everything...sandeel best bait of the day...rig wise i changed so many times...got the ray on a fluro rig, running ledger i think... 1 up 1 down with longish snoods is hard to beat!!

#19 Post by **petekd** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:42 pm

Sandeel on size 1s clipped and wellied as far as possible did the damage for me.

#20 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:58 pm

quote from the night..."How do you eat yours?"

will be looking into another Galway meet sometime around July/August...

maybe same venue, then again... maybe somewhere else..
as always i'll give plenty of notice...

Galway might not do meets too often, but when we do, you'll remember them forever