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Ronan2 · #1 Post by **Ronan2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:38 am

People: Me and the brother

Duration: Sat ;7pm to 10pm Sun 12 to 2pm

Tide: Various

Weather: Beautiful

Bait: Lug, mack , limpets and lures

Rigs: Running ledger

Results: Mack, triggerfish, wrasse, pollock and conger

Catch and Release:: Yes/No

Report: Hi all ,
First time poster, long time lurker so hpoe this works out. Myself and my brother decided to take a long overdue fishing trip and headed off to Doonbeg. Arrived about five and dug some Lug on a nearby beach. We started fishing for mack and caught six in the first half hour.
Then we moved a few hundred yards down the coast to a little rocky bay to try for wrasse. On our first drop we each had a triggerfish, then another and another. The place was alive with them and we caught about twenty between us. Then we got a few wrasse Sean two, me one 2 to 3 lbs. Before it got dark we put on lures and tried for a pollack. Sean got very excited because he could see the fish breaking surface and following his lure. Then he caught a nice one about 4lbs. Shortly afterwards my line tightened up and I had my first Pollock. Then Sean caught another one and we called it a night.
Next day we returned at midday and the triggerfish gave us a warm welcome. They became a bit of a pest robbing our bait as we tried for conger. Sean caught his first conger after an hour, a nice fish about 4 lbs. We had to pack up then to head for home but one thing is certain...we'll be back very soon :) :)

kstaff · #2 Post by **kstaff** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:48 pm

Good stuff Ronan, sound like a great trip. Seem to be plenty of triggers around that way this year?

#3 Post by **marno** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:23 pm

Ronan2 wrote:People: Me and the brother

Duration: Sat ;7pm to 10pm Sun 12 to 2pm

Tide: Various

Weather: Beautiful

Bait: Lug, mack , limpets and lures

Rigs: Running ledger

Results: Mack, triggerfish, wrasse, pollock and conger

Catch and Release:: Yes/No

Report: Hi all ,
First time poster, long time lurker so hpoe this works out. Myself and my brother decided to take a long overdue fishing trip and headed off to Doonbeg. Arrived about five and dug some Lug on a nearby beach. We started fishing for mack and caught six in the first half hour.
Then we moved a few hundred yards down the coast to a little rocky bay to try for wrasse. On our first drop we each had a triggerfish, then another and another. The place was alive with them and we caught about twenty between us. Then we got a few wrasse Sean two, me one 2 to 3 lbs. Before it got dark we put on lures and tried for a pollack. Sean got very excited because he could see the fish breaking surface and following his lure. Then he caught a nice one about 4lbs. Shortly afterwards my line tightened up and I had my first Pollock. Then Sean caught another one and we called it a night.
Next day we returned at midday and the triggerfish gave us a warm welcome. They became a bit of a pest robbing our bait as we tried for conger. Sean caught his first conger after an hour, a nice fish about 4 lbs. We had to pack up then to head for home but one thing is certain...we'll be back very soon :) :)

How long do the triggers hang around for? I am hoping to get out Wesht when Irelands Rugby WC is over....which looks like it will be a lot sooner than I expected :( .........anyway there is always an up side if I get out on the rocks again!

#4 Post by **corbyeire** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:17 pm

pesterd by triggerfish - a nice problem to have

Ronan2 · #5 Post by **Ronan2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:00 pm

Yeah KStaff, there was tons of them. All you had to do was drop your bait to the bottom, reel it in and they would follow it to the surface. I only wish I had brought my fly rod.
Sorry Marno I'm only a beginner (learned an awful lot from this site, thanks all !), maybe one of the more experienced lads can answer your question.??

PS.. I got some nice photos but I couldn't attach them for some reason..

#6 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:13 pm

Ronan2 wrote:PS.. I got some nice photos but I couldn't attach them for some reason..

try follow the instructions in this link, shows how to add pics to your gallery and helps posts them up where ever you want :D

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... 34&start=6

#7 Post by **nthclare** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:23 am

Its a great spot down there for the triggers allright, we are catching plenty of fish off the beaches and rock marks in Clare this year, you should give the beaches a go you never know what you might catch.

There are some unusual species are turning up lately I caught some strange looking fish not long ago had no camera but they were definatley not native so I put them back again......

#8 Post by **Ross** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:58 pm

See link

[url]http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?t=13008][/url]

Looks like you found the SPOT!

Big one about 4 lbs. caught at Ross recently.

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