2nd Leg Munster Closed shore, Garryvoes Beaches 30/09/07

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#1 Post by **Tom Maher** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:44 pm

People:19 (zone b)

Duration:4hrs (6pm - 10pm)

Tide:4.1m

Weather:Overcast, s/w winds

Bait:lug, crab, mackerel

Rigs:various

Results:me 1 flounder, ( 26 fish in zone )

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:Garryvoe itself was ruled out due to the amount of weed. There were 3 zones and i got stuck with my least favorite. And it ended up being the zone with the least fish. It was fairly quiet until it started getting dark, with only a couple of fish being caught up till then ( 1 was a bass of 45cm caught by george reynolds ).
After the sun went down the fishing improved with a couple of painted rays, dogfish, eels, a few cod and pouting, the majority of fish caught were coalfish though.
The weed was bad throughout and for the last couple of casts i had to keep the rod in hand.
However......for all my moaning 13 out of the 19 anglers had fish.

AND.... Lee Mickele John From S.A.I. caught 2 fish with the frozen lug i gave him. Beat me with my own bait.

#2 Post by **donal domeney** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:05 pm

Full results are posted in Excel format.

Downloaded they'll give you a good idea where to fish and what you'll catch on the Garryvoe beaches.

The venues were:
Zone A was Ballycrennane with peg 1 at the far end of the beach. Because of the hight of the tide the full lenght of the beach was'nt use with peg 20 about 50yds from the slip

Zone B was Ballingwilling peg 1 started just beyond the slip with peg 20 at the stream this section of Garryvoe is known localy as no mans land

Zone C was the Caravan gap. This section is about 200yds east (to the left) of the Hotel and with peg 20 about 80yds to the east of the entrance.

Zone C produced the most fish with Zone A returning the most Painted Ray

#3 Post by **thescotsman** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:00 am

Yes,
Thanks for the bait Tom :D . I was definitely under prepared, wasn't even sure I was going down until about 4pm.
It was very enjoyable anyway and thanks to Tom's bait I came 5th on our beach (cod and a coalie) and won myself a shiny new kettle.
Tom, if you are ever in Carrigaline come down for a cup of tea :P
Thanks to Donal and the lads for organising it, great job.

Went down to Ballycrennane last night with a petekd,gwyse and friend (sorry, name escapes me) and I had a stinker. Birds nest and snap off first cast and my bait being stripped in about 30 secs by crabs, no apparent fish bites.
Pete had a good night, but I'm sure he'll put up a report himself.

Oh yeah, and I ran over my tripod...

#4 Post by **thescotsman** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:12 am

also for future reference my surname is Meiklejohn, but you were closer than some attempts :?

#5 Post by **petekd** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:33 pm

Well done again Lee on picking up a prize in your (2nd???) comp. Nice one Tom for sharing the bait, lot of fellas wouldnt do that mid comp, very commendable. 3 fish myself on Ballycrenane, a dog, a coalie and a painted ray (first ever). Bit of a report on last couple of days up also, I forgot to mention you driving over your tripod Lee... :lol:

#6 Post by **Tom Maher** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:12 pm

Half that kettle is mine!!!!!!

#7 Post by **donal domeney** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:45 am

Tom Maher wrote:Half that kettle is mine!!!!!!

Alas that kettle sould have been given to Joe Muir
His CARD was sent out to be signed but when returned it was put into the wrong zone file.

OF THE 54 ANGLERS WHO FISHED ONLY 6 SCORE CARDS WERE PROPERLY FILLED OUT

#8 Post by **thescotsman** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:08 am

Disaster - I feel dirty now :cry:
I have my kettle under false pretences - how can I put it in my trophy cabinet now?
Ok, well done to Joe - guess he is my fellow Scot who I met on the beach, so it's not too bad.
Joe, get in touch and I'll send you your kettle.

#9 Post by **donal domeney** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:04 am

thescotsman wrote:Disaster - I feel dirty now :cry:
I have my kettle under false pretences - how can I put it in my trophy cabinet now?
Ok, well done to Joe - guess he is my fellow Scot who I met on the beach, so it's not too bad.
Joe, get in touch and I'll send you your kettle.

Lee you keep it he'll only use it for washing out his paint brushes. :o :lol:

It might be a good lesson for other anglers. The card used is the same format as the SAI cards. It requires the marker and the angler to sign it on the bottom and put in their peg numbers

UNDER THE LAST FISH ON THE CARD THE MARKER MUST DRAW A LINE AND SIGN OFF THE CARD. :evil: :evil:

Some day I'll lose the plot and rip up the cards that are not fill out right. :evil: :evil: and no one will have any complaints

#10 Post by **petekd** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:06 am

Presuming we were good boys and mine and yours were in the 6 Donal, can you rearrange the distribution of prizes..... I reckon we should have about 3 each... :D

#11 Post by **thescotsman** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:05 pm

I was going to crow about getting my card signed and filled in properly, but definitely didn't have a line under my last fish :oops:

#12 Post by **Tom Maher** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:27 pm

JOE MUIR CAUGHT HIS RAY ON CRAB I GAVE HIM.

HALF THAT KETTLE IS MINE!!!!!!!!!

never giving bait away again.

#13 Post by **thescotsman** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:40 pm

In fairness Tom is a star with his bait generosity - I can confirm that he did indeed provide that crab to Joe - maybe he should get the kettle?

( Of course, his bait was doing the business for us not for himself - I'm sure Joe or myself be happy to give you tips on bait presentation :wink: :lol: )

#14 Post by **Tom Maher** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:18 pm

He is not gonna get any more bait to present!

never, ever giving bait away. never.