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#1 Post by **eric** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:38 pm

People:myself

Duration:12-4

Tideebbing

Weather:southerly breeze,nice surf

Bait:courtesy of hush1 and last nights left overs

Rigs:3hook flapper

Results:6 flounder to 24cm and 1 whiting

Report:after a very enjoyable night fishing with rodger de dodger and hush1, landing dabs,whiting,rockling,flounder and a couple of mini codling, i had some bait left over which would not last over the Christmas break, so i set off to white rock to go flounder bashing, as i arrived on the beach i was greeted with the perfect state of tide, but a lovely surf synonymous with great fishing on storm beaches around ireland strangely has never produced for me here. i set up camp in the top left hand corner a spot i have never fished before, but it was worth a try.
hell bent on getting a few flats for Christmas i started fishing in the second surf table trying to winkle out whatever i could, it was soon clear that weed and other floating debris was going to have a say in the matter, i had no choice other than to blast my baits over the shallows to deeper water.
straight away my tip rattled the tell tell sign of pin whiting, after a few seconds of brisk winding the little bugger, a counter i may add arrived in on the beach and was dropped into a bucket of seawater for recuperation, the little guy whom ive nick named pop eye due to his deformity, was soon released after i deemed him fit to pass the washing machine breakers, we'l never know how he got on.
hours passed without so much as a bite, frustration began to envelop the mind, a bad sign for any budding match angler, i began to admire the beauty of killiney bay- who am i kidding i got more p*ss*d off, then the wind died down and the surf became bearable, rigs were baited with new eagerness and went back into the tables.the fish started bitting, first flat, was a very Nordic looking flounder, if you know what i mean, grey/blue with white spots at 24cm, happy times, next cast a double, neither fish was over the 20 but i didn't really care tbh.
light was beginning fade and the image of a headlamp on the floor with a charger still stuck in it came to mind, ooops it would appear i forgot it. any who my next casts landed a few more counters , and my final cast landed a whopper of 9cm.
i wonderful way to finish the angling year, almost, on my home beach

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 8)

#2 Post by **JOHN1** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:47 pm

well done eric.

nice report im a bit shocked you are calling an end to your angling year loads of days left yet :wink: :lol: :lol: .

im just back from my tadpole fish mark and managed not to blank with 2 shore rockling and a bullhead i suppose its ok for 1.5 hours :wink: .

#3 Post by **keitzer30** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:07 am

nice report eric but u should see fishing as all year mate my year is only beginning happy crimbo ? :lol:

#4 Post by **eric** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:09 am

JOHN1 wrote:well done eric.

nice report im a bit shocked you are calling an end to your angling year loads of days left yet :wink: :lol: :lol: .
:mwink: .

one more date the 29th bray comp, and its a wrap 8)

#5 Post by **jack01986** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:45 am

Nice fishing there eric a bit better than we did on friday.

#6 Post by **cortaz** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:25 am

nice flounders eric, never seen em with white spots before...was it snowing :P :)

#7 Post by **roger de dodger** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:53 am

good man eric nice to know that the bait didnt go to waste re, sat night sometimes its better to stay put if you are doing ok that second mark was a disaster talk about weather changing the way a mark fishes even the whiting gave up on that last one :cry:

#8 Post by **hush1** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:51 pm

Too right rodge...too right........bloody weather!

#9 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:56 pm

Description:a whiterock surf, you could almost be on the west coast

you need to get over to the west coast, then you'll see what real surf looks like :D :D :D :lol:

#10 Post by **eric** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:05 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:

Description:a whiterock surf, you could almost be on the west coast

you need to get over to the west coast, then you'll see what real surf looks like :D :D :D :lol:

time to whip out the bike :D

#11 Post by **Aurelien** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:20 pm

Nice fish Eric, not so lucky for me in the morning....

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end of year my ass