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#1 Post by **croppyboy** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:00 am

People:me

Duration:3 hrs

Tide:falling

Weather:windy

Bait:rag mac crab razor

Rigs: 3 hook clipped and a 3 hook flapper

Results:5 doggies 4 huss 2 flounder 1 whitting 1 smoothie(i think)
Catch and Release:: Yes/No yes

Report:went out to fish arklow went towards the southbeach and fished right beside the roadstone enterance
first cast had a huss then hit a doggie about 2 hrs into the session i hit a shark like fish that was a bar of silver was 35 cm long i think it was a smoothie caught it on rag tipped with mac i have to say it was a great 3 hrs fishing and i will go back to that spot again

fintan

#2 Post by **Edward Bolton** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:48 am

Nice session,did you fish past the car park ??

#3 Post by **Ed Farrell** » Mon May 21, 2007 12:01 pm

sounds like a smoothie alright. some pics of them on this post;
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... hp?t=11112.

#4 Post by **roger de dodger** » Mon May 21, 2007 12:21 pm

nice session croppy mmmm bull huss might give it a go next weekend havnt fished arklow in yonks down at the harbour end can hold a lot of speices but it does get snaggy right next to it :idea:

#5 Post by **Scamper** » Mon May 21, 2007 2:31 pm

What time of day were you fishing at?
Was at arlow pier on saturday and didn't get anything. :(

#6 Post by **croppyboy** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:01 pm

I was just at the entrance to roadstone i started fishing about 10 pm

i wasnt sure if it was a smoothie because of the snout it was almost pointed but at least i have achieved one of my goals for this year and caught one

roll on a speciman wrass and bass

fintan

#7 Post by **Seaniebo** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:05 pm

Fair play to ya fintan. What sort of weight were the huss?

#8 Post by **croppyboy** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:18 pm

they were only around 3lbs i had no scales must invest in one of them i also brought a camera but batteries were gone going back again this weekend making sure camera works

fintan

#9 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:48 pm

nice session! well done!