fahan beach/Donegal 21/6/08

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#1 Post by **fishermannum1** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:43 pm

[b]People me & the son

[b]Duration 2 hours

[b]Tide dropping

[b]Weather dull/windy

[b]Bait mackerel/squid

[b]Rigs pullys

[b]Results 2 dogie's 1 ray

[b]Report we went to fahan to fish the last two hours of the falling tide, fishing was dead for the first hour, and then the rods started to go, i landed a thorn back with about a stone of weed!! a little while later my two rods went at the same time, a dogie on each of them, all fish were got far out. this wasent a good day for the son he blanked!!, but if i know him he will make up for it on our next session...

marshpike · #2 Post by **marshpike** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:04 pm

Good size doggies too.......... 8)

#3 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:50 am

nice fishing man, good to see the father, son balance restored :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

dgp140 · #4 Post by **dgp140** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:53 am

Nice fish. I am hoping to get up to Fahan myself in the next couple of weeks.

#5 Post by **fishermannum1** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:45 pm

alandjordan wrote:nice fishing man, good to see the father, son balance restored :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: o' dont worry alan: he will make it a point to out fish me on our next trip out :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: and if he dose i wont hear the end of it :lol: :lol: :lol:

#6 Post by **the-ghost** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:15 pm

well done lads! can be a nitemare pullin in 20kgs of weed up there, taking it off isnt the easiest either

#7 Post by **contender** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:48 am

Well done on the Ray. Good to see the beach did not like it had too many people about. The thought of that beach packed with people has allways put me off trying it, but i may give it a go this year.

#8 Post by **fishermannum1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:35 am

contender wrote:Well done on the Ray. Good to see the beach did not like it had too many people about. The thought of that beach packed with people has allways put me off trying it, but i may give it a go this year.

...........i know what you mean, at times this beach can be a nightmare with people letting their dogs run about on it, they are over p***ing on your box and trying to steal your bait, but i have found it fairly quiet on a dull overcast day, but if its a sunny day the place can be packed with people, and their mutt's running everywere!!

#9 Post by **gearoid mc s.** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:49 am

any size to the ray?

#10 Post by **fishermannum1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:02 am

hi gearoid, they all seam to average around from 3lb to 6lb, but a lot at 8lb and 10lb are getting caught, a few weeks ago on down by the pier a guy got one, he could not get it up the pier so he worked it along the side to the slipway were my son unhooked it for him, he said it was the length of his leg and well into double figures.

#11 Post by **gearoid mc s.** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:17 am

Nice one....most big ones down here come from one particular mark..everywhere else they average between 2 and 5 lbs.....
In recent years this mark has had 2 16's,13,12,11 numerous 10's and lots between 8 & 10...and thats just what ive heard of...

#12 Post by **zeke** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:59 am

great report and nice picture too...meet ur son a couple months ago down fahan beach...take my regards to him :D

#13 Post by **fishermannum1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:13 pm

no prob's zake, i mind him telling me that he was talking to someone from the site, was it you that was fishing down near the rocks in front of the marina ?

#14 Post by **zeke** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:30 pm

yes that's me...there's a yatch race that time so we can't fish on the good spot...

saltydog · #15 Post by **saltydog** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:39 am

Nice looking ray must've been hard work getting that in through the weed!! Do you get any decent Turbot off that beach??

#16 Post by **fishermannum1** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:37 am

saltydog wrote:Nice looking ray must've been hard work getting that in through the weed!! Do you get any decent Turbot off that beach??

on down the beach there is a spot behind the golf club that is good for the sea trout and turbot, but the turbot are fairly small, no great size in them...

#17 Post by **shamoo0804** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:33 pm

Well done on the ray :D

The weed has been a problem on most east coast marks this last week or so aswell, there seems to have been no getting away from it :roll:

It can make a fishing session soooooo frustrating at times :?