Kilmichael beach, wexford, 27th july 08

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#1 Post by **eyesreilly** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:14 pm

People:me and Neil

Duration:7'30pm-11pm

Tide:falling

Weather:fine,calm, warm

Bait:rag,lug,mack,squid

Rigs:2,3 hook flappers, 1 hook clipped down

Results:me, BLANK :oops: :oops: ,,,,, Neil,, 1 dab, 1 weever fish

Report:Arrived at Kilmichael having decided that clones beach was too busy with tourists etc. Had this beach all to ourselves and had high hopes :lol: :lol: ,,,,, but after a few casts with the baits coming back untouched i was starting to get worried :? :? . Tried various combinations of rag,lug mack but to no avail,,,,, i think i got one little feeble bite all evening. Neil was fishing 2 rods, 1 at distance and one in close and after crossing his lines with a miscast i helped him untangle his lines. The lines uncrossed , he asked me to tighten up the line on the rod close in , which i did. The reason i'm mentioning my part in this action ,,is that when he reeled in there was a double of a dab and a weaver fish on the rig :lol: I reckon that the way i tighted up the line attracted the dab and the weaver :wink: :wink: . I'm always glad to help out a fellow angler :roll: :wink: . Seriously though,,,, the weaver fish could easily have been mistaken for a small whiting if you were unfamiliar with them and i was glad to get the chance to see one up close,,,, only the second one i've ever seen. We were expecting things to liven up at dusk but it didnt happen and we packed up at 11pm. Worst part of the evening was that a family had a barbecue right behind us and the slight breeze that was there carried the smell of burgers, sausages etc right by our noses. Neil shouted up "We'll be up in a minute", but they didnt get the hint :cry: :cry: I'm in bad need of catching a fish now to put this blank (2nd) behind me :roll: :roll:
Dave

#2 Post by **shamoo0804** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:37 pm

Sorry to hear you didnt have more luck Dave, with the trip down and all :(

#3 Post by **RockHunter** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:35 am

That was a bit of bad luck - especially after travelling quite a distance.
Better luck the next time.

I didn't have much luck myself on Sunday afternoon - I was hoping to get a few flounder in Youghal on the dropping tide but there was too much weed so I tried the opposite side near the mouth of the bay - not a bite apart from crabs :evil: :evil: :evil:
I should have got out of bed earlier and tried to fish the flood - but it was Sunday morning :D

#4 Post by **Figs** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:12 pm

Good picture of the weever, its helpfull to know what to look out for. Pity the fishing wasnt a bit better, water looks a bit calm for the bass.....

Irish_Shamrock · #5 Post by **Irish_Shamrock** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:21 pm

Nearly got stung by a wee weever myself in Galway at the weekend - it was the 1st I'd ever caught and it was a fat little so-and-so and all covered in sand - I thought it was a small pouting with the shape of it (and the fact that it was getting dark! :P )

#6 Post by **kinsebr** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:17 pm

Figs wrote:Good picture of the weever, its helpfull to know what to look out for. Pity the fishing wasnt a bit better, water looks a bit calm for the bass.....

I have to agree, i little prick off that fella would end a trip fairly lively!! :)

#7 Post by **eyesreilly** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:53 pm

another pic, you can see that nasty barb, might help someone sometime :idea: