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#1 Post by **hush1** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:54 pm

Have had a few beers :P was just thinking about my last four sessions out .....blanks and the odd pin whiting!!!!...and before you blame Rodgededoger I picked some of the venue!......seems as if it isnt worth the bother. Now I live in Meath so its a bit of a hop to get to the usual marks but i have never seen it this bad before ( take it i only moved home a few years back) :? I tell you I might think twice about picking up the pole next winter.....and between diesel and bait and gear you might be better off in the boozer :lol:
At least theres skirt there :shock:

Any thoughts lads?

#2 Post by **EoinMag** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:02 pm

I haven't blanked in I don't know how long, I always fish at night, always have good bait and always fish two rods. One at distance with a large pennel hook setup and one in close with three hook flapper on with size 2's and 4's.
I think we had 35 fish between us (me and the brother) on Arklow South Beach last Sunday,k pins, lots of dabs a few dogs and a rockling, nothing wrong with that.

Nothing really sizeable enough coming in for the table if that's what you mean, but one lives in hope.

#3 Post by **hush1** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:09 pm

Hey Eoin,

My bait is good and varied...always fish at night and one rod close the other far out...and i am not fishing too far from where you were!! other guys with me are very experienced and they pullin nothing!!!

Prob just need a good session to charge the batterries....never got a decent cod this year!! :evil:

#4 Post by **wayne riley** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:15 pm

ive fished a few good marks dis yr and never blanked, went 2 wexford yesterday (400km round trip) and not a fish 2 be seen, eric was wit me (he caught a shrimp and me a crab, catch and release. lol)

jus need 2 keep ur spirits up, its a bad month 4 every1. summer nearly here and some decent fish 2. fingers crossed. :D :D :D

wayne

#5 Post by **EoinMag** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:15 pm

Last session I had was about 4 weeks ago in Kilcoole and it was the same buzz into fish all night.
I do agree that there's not a lot of size about apart from dogs, although Greystones South is the nuts for some nice straps and the like.
I don't have a car and live out in Tyrrelstown, so I don't get out as much as I used, when I lived in Ringsend I used to fish tight to Dublin, I've gotten the brother into it now and go further afield cos he has the jammer. One good tip I find is to ask Dave Tilly what's fishing at any time, he'll always put you on the fish if he can at all.

#6 Post by **hush1** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:37 pm

maybe Eric is the jinx!! :shock:

#7 Post by **wayne riley** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:51 pm

hush1 wrote:maybe Eric is the jinx!! :shock:

:D :D :D :D :D :D

good little angler eric, id say he`ll win dis comp at weekend, he`s got his blank out of the way 8) 8) 8)

caught my 1st cod thanks 2 him :D :D :D

#8 Post by **keitzer30** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:58 pm

yeah it has been a bad couple of months, fished the wicklow bay sea angling comp down in morriscastle 2 weeks ago . 8 fish won it and i came 2nd with 4 fish , that was fishing from 8 till 1 in the morning thats poor fishing by all accounts. the summer will be good though. u just have to put up with it. tight lines :lol:

#9 Post by **wayne riley** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:09 pm

hi keitzer, i fish wicklow harbour alot, must hook up wit ye sum time wen im down dat way :D

#10 Post by **EoinMag** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:00 am

One other thing, the most successful rigs I've used have all had a combination of glow and floating beads on them, I've also had a lot of success with the bottom snood on the flapper being much longer than the others and picked up a lot of flats on it.
I've tried the rigs unblinged but haven't had as much success.

#11 Post by **keitzer30** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:21 am

yeah no bother wayne thats grand.

#12 Post by **keith** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:30 pm

Keep your head up hush its frustrating having a few blanks but you learn from them, I live in Meath too and fish a few marks out here in the summer send me a PM if you want some info on dem :wink:

#13 Post by **eric** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:54 pm

hush1 wrote:maybe Eric is the jinx!! :shock:

someone is jealous he couldn't find my house or maybe its because im the one who caught that pin in brittas :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

honestly though, the fishing will pick up in a few weeks oisin.

eoin beads only work ocassionaly for me, what kind of patterns do you use?

#14 Post by **EoinMag** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:54 pm

Hi Eric,

when you say what patterns, I've just been mixing up pink and green rubber glow beads with a few float beads on the snoods. I charge them up with a little UV light also.
I'll be selling the rigs shortly if you want some ;)

I find an immediate difference in the winter between glow and non glow traces, it brings the whiting on the feed a lot of the time.

#15 Post by **eric** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:59 pm

yep , i usualy those little floaty beads on my snoods, helps get a little bit more movement on the bait when the tide is slackish, never thought of charging them :oops: :oops: the luminous one must look like little squid to em, am i right in thinking some inverts glow in the dark :?: thanks for the reply

#16 Post by **EoinMag** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:06 pm

Dunno what you mean by "inverts". The rigs I've taken to using all use two way transparent match beads with the snood through the bead and then crimped on the end, I find they tangle a lot less and are much stealthier than the rigs using swivels, I also use red Amnesia as the rig body, dunno how relevant it all is, but it's seriously increased my hook up rates.

#17 Post by **eric** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:10 pm

invertebrates, little squids,shrimps,baby jellies etc

#18 Post by **EoinMag** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:14 pm

Ah ok, not sure about that one, I think it's the same theory as the angler fish uses to catch his prey with his little glow in the dark dangly bit, I dunno if it sparks natural curiousity or mimics a bait fish or prey of some sort. One thing I'm pretty sure of is the effectiveness of it on rigs, although others will argue the opposite.......

#19 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:14 pm

If you looking for luminous floaty beads I can reccommend the beads below from [url]http://www.Ultramarineuk.co.uk[/url]. The beauty about them is that you can add them to your rig at anytime by simply sliding them over the hook as shown below.

#20 Post by **eric** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:16 pm

nice find john :D

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