Silverstrand, Galway 30/10/07

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#1 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:59 am

People:myself, nige, Bradan and neil

Duration: 18:00 - 23:00

Tide:high around 20:00

Weather:good westerly slight drizzle

Bait:lug razor and mack

Rigs:various

Results:13 flounder 6 whiting

Catch and Release:: No (one flounder kept for pot)

Report:

headed off with nige to fing a good surf running, both of us secured a few flounder before Bradan arrived :D nige got a nice 33cm flounder (kept for pot), not long after Bradan arrived fishing went slack, then he caught something which i mistook as his bait, it was a whiting after closer inspection, yeay.. they are about :? , myself and nige pulled in a couple of flounder mine 30cm his 28cm, good size fish about :D
nige left us to catch more (probably recovering from jetlag after being in the states the last 3 weeks)
other than the odd eejit letting off fireworks further down the beach it was quite an enjoyable evenings fishing

results are as follows

me: 5 flounder 1 whiting
nige:3 flounder
Bradan: 5 flounder 2 whiting (largest flounder of 34cm)
neil: 3 whiting

#2 Post by **Bradan** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:12 am

Enjoyable session. Arrived about 8, the lads had been fishing since 6. Nothing for 2 casts and Steve started showing off "This is what a fish looks like". Hardy har har.... :lol:
Then I started catching flounder, a nice double shot, all of a sudden he's getting worried - "Its not a competition!". Finally overtook him on the last cast with a beauty of 34cm, nice and plump. All mine were between 24 and 34cm. Whiting were tiny, not much bigger than the slivers of mack on the hook!
Still good for a bit of variety. Finished with 5 flounder and 2 whiting.
Neil came out for his first visit to Silverstrand, could only stay a couple of hours, but I think he'll be back.
Finally, well done to Nige! :D

#3 Post by **nige** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:12 am

congrats Bradan on getting the biggest fish :) now I wouldnt be saying that if crow caught it :lol:

#4 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:17 am

i was happy with what i caught, and managed to pull out a second species on the last cast, even though it was a whiting approx 20cm

#5 Post by **Bradan** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:18 am

stevecrow74 wrote:i was happy with what i caught, and managed to pull out a second species on the last cast, even though it was a whiting approx 20cm

If you thought that was 20cm, I feel sorry for your girlfriend! :P

#6 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:22 am

she's worse than i am at judging measurments :lol: it comes in handy at times... :wink:

#7 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:16 pm

Bradan wrote:
stevecrow74 wrote:i was happy with what i caught, and managed to pull out a second species on the last cast, even though it was a whiting approx 20cm

If you thought that was 20cm, I feel sorry for your girlfriend! :P

boom boom!