Gregory sound, Innishmore, aran islands 6th june 07

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#1 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:00 pm

People:myself and fishinmidget

Duration:a good few hours

Tide:falling and rising

Weather:hot hot Hot HOT

Bait: mack

Rigs:various

Results:3 pollock, 2 dogfish, 1 conger

Catch and Release:: Yes (except conger, some passing fella wanted it for dinner as midget caught it)

Report: was like fishing in the canaries, absolutely roasting... couldnt drink enough water..

set off from galway by bus to rossaveal, everyone on the bus had a seat(except me), got to the island ferries for 10:30am and have a nice calm crossing to inishmore, landed in kilronan and parted ways with the girlfriend(put her on a tour bus :shock: :D )
and myself and midget went for a long trek to the south of the island to fish gregory's sound... the first mark we picked was a bit uneventful, so we moved about 100yrds west.. using a 2oz lead and a size 4 hook and a strip of mack, cast and let sink ( a good depth) and slowly retrieved, i pulled up a nice pollock of about 3 lbs, that was me happy for the day :) .. wasnt long before midget jumped up and pulled in a wee conger and a couple of doggies... around 3:30pm we started to freeline lumps of mackerel... midgets BZE started to hop as he slowly pulled in a nice 2lbs pollock.. but it wasnt long before i was holding onto my uptider with a nice 4lbs pollock... by this stage the heat of the day was really intense... so we decided to walk back to kilronan and get food.. stopped at a small pier on the way to see loads of mullet swimming about.. but the call for food was too strong.. after being fleeced in supermac's for a small fortune we went to fish the main pier of inishmore, some serious deep water off the end... but it wasnt long before we saw the ferry coming, so time to pack up and head back...

nicer little reccy for the day.. could have been better fishing but the weather made up for it :lol: :lol:

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#2 Post by MC » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:17 pm

nice pollack, you could have smiled at least steve, ps nice shorts

#3 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:34 pm

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EddieD · #4 Post by **EddieD** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:37 pm

Nice pollack mate. Looks like a nice location too :)

#5 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:41 pm

aye.. beautiful scenery.. nearly an hours walk to get there.. :shock: we should have really hired a couple of bikes for the day :oops: .. my legs are still burning :shock:

Mr_Green · #6 Post by **Mr_Green** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:05 am

Nice spot there...Water is a deadly colour

#7 Post by **pete** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:56 am

:evil: :evil: I was stuck in the office all day and you were flouncing around the Aran Islands! Nice looking spot Steve, did you find any sand from the rocks though?

#8 Post by **fishinmidget** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:52 am

yeah i hit sand about 100 yards out....but i was bareley getting to it..an enjoyable dy to say the least........although i didnt know the rock ledge was undercut that far :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: 8) :D

#9 Post by **Pyreneenguy** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:27 am

For my second week in Ireland, I'm renting a cottage near Spiddle
and a day over on Inishmore sounds like a great idea , taking a couple of bikes and just the 'necessary' ammount of tackle !

I'd appreciate any useful advice, both fishing and that all too serious subject of drink !

Thanks !

Andy

#10 Post by **Adam S** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:22 pm

conger for dinner? jaysus remimd me never to go to that guys gaff for food :D

nice pics

#11 Post by **stevecrow74** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:30 pm

and this coming from a person who puts a dogfish in his mouth... before it is cooked :shock: :shock: :twisted:

#12 Post by **countryjimbo** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:14 pm

Great location lads, well done on the fishing and the pictures.

fishinmidget wrote:..an enjoyable dy to say the least........although i didnt know the rock ledge was undercut that far :

Was just thinking that I'd have been looking for cracks in that rock :)
Usually its only after moving on that you notice these things.

#13 Post by **bigstyle** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:35 pm

Nice spot lads. Nice for some to be out fishing on a Wednesday.

P.S. I've seen better legs hanging out the side of a snackbox. :lol:

#14 Post by **stevecrow74** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:49 pm

it's nice to get out on monday , tuesday, thursday, friday too :lol: :lol:

and at least with the legs in the pic there is no fat dripping off them :shock:

damn.. you've just made me hungry :? :?

#15 Post by **boycie89** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:30 pm

great fishing lads !! the weather was great was'nt it ?? i was in doolin for the weekend just accross from the islands !! had some wrasse and i had a conger of bout 12-14lbs gibbo will report it soon !! should have some nice pics too !

#16 Post by **fishinmidget** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:16 pm

good stuff.

Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:40 pm

steve u let the side down no knotted hankerchief for your head :shock:
tut tut tut what kind of tourist are you :?: :D

Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:40 pm

steve u let the side down no knotted hankerchief for your head :shock:
tut tut tut what kind of tourist are you :?: :D