Wicklow Harbour, 25th March 08

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#1 Post by **eyesreilly** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:20 pm

People:me, Neil(fishface), John and Derek(??)

Duration:6-30pm---11pm

Tide:rising

Weather:dry, mild slight breeze

Bait:mack and rag

Rigs:3 hook flappers

Results:me , 4 whiting, 4 doggies,,,,,others ,,,,couldnt keep count but dozens of whiting, some doggies, rockling, codling, and a hermit crab!

Report:Left Dublin in the lashings of rain but from Bray down it was dry and stayed like that for the rest of the session, till I returned to Dublin (rain again). Met lads at Wicklow Harbour and set up . Neil was in the hotspot and was busy pulling in whiting 2 at a time :lol: . I cast out and got stuck :cry: . Next cast I was into a small whiting and the pressure was off, no blank tonight Dave :lol: The other lads were catching regularly all night but it was slow for me. This was my first time fishing with a group of experienced anglers (they'll love that :wink: ) and I was enjoying watching them as much as fishing myself. There was a great bit of banter all night. Neil saw I was having difficulties catching and with his local (he can trace his roots back to the Norman conquest, De Bruin :roll: ) knowledge saw straight away that I was casting too far. Next cast saw me catching again, a whiting followed by a nice doggie. I had a chemical light on my rod tip and I have to say it makes a great difference, no more sore neck from focusing the headlight on the tip :idea: . The bait here was small slivers of mackeral and rag( Half a rag if theyre too big, the other half wriggles just as good on the next hook :shock: ). The lads left at 10 but I stayed till 11 as I had travelled the furthest and wanted to make the most of the trip. I moved into Neils hotspot and straight away had another doggie. I thought it was a coalie as it put up such a great fight. It was a doggie a cast and finally another whiting until a ship entered the harbour and it died down a bit. I heard the town clock strike 11 bells and it was time to go home. Not wearing a watch and having left my phone in the car, i'd still be there if it wasnt for that town clock :wink:

ps, I brought our rubbish away with me and as i was last to leave had a look around and picked up a few cans etc. Not much left to be fair but why dont the council provide a bin somewhere on the pier . Just a thought :idea: .

#2 Post by **eyesreilly** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:23 pm

more pics!!

#3 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:51 pm

good stuff - nothing beats catching a good few except for when your trying to target something else :lol:

#4 Post by **eyesreilly** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:30 pm

corbyeire wrote:good stuff - nothing beats catching a good few except for when your trying to target something else :lol:

I'm only targeting anything with fins and a tail ( Or a shell, tentacles :wink: ). Just building up experience, six months ago i'd have never set up between other anglers :oops:, too embarassed! . I've only really had winter fishing up till now, not that i'm complaining. I have blanked before lots of times but not since i downsized my hooks, and started to get into conditions, tides etc. Maybe later on i'll start to target particular species, cant wait for the summer.

dtf38 · #5 Post by **dtf38** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:22 pm

Hi Dave,
Very good report & nice photos. Look forward to fishing with you and the lads ( fishface & john ) again soon.

Cheers Derek :D [/b]

#6 Post by **eyesreilly** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:56 pm

dtf38 wrote:Hi Dave,
Very good report & nice photos. Look forward to fishing with you and the lads ( fishface & john ) again soon.

Cheers Derek :D [/b]

Thanks Derek, think we picked the right night weatherwise and the right place. It rained everywhere else :lol:
Dave.

#7 Post by **fishface** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:11 pm

hi Dave great pics, glad you enjoyed the night.next time we will hit a beach. anybody who kn owes somewhere that is producing dint be afraid to let us know, anywhere between bray and arklow as i am a bit of a miser when it comes to spending money on petrol.

#8 Post by **eyesreilly** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:15 pm

fishface wrote: i am a bit of a miser when it comes to spending money on petrol.

Ah Neil, dont be too hard on yourself, after all you did buy all the bait :lol:

#9 Post by **fishface** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:31 am

and what good bait it was; the rag were scarey.thanks viking tackle. :oops:

#10 Post by **asarmstrong** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:03 pm

well done good to see a few fish around.the dogs seem to be coming back strong wit Summer on the way :roll: :roll: nice to see some pictures

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