Dublin/ East Coast fish and meet....

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#1 Post by **m.b3** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:19 am

anyone in the region up for another fish'n'meet soon?? nice to leave the last one behind us!! any ideas for a venue, etc. would be good. fishin is gonna start getting scratchy enough soon so it would be nice to get out beforehand....cheers and happy new year to all....

#2 Post by **DAMIEN** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:20 pm

ah yes mb3 nothing like a bit of fishing on a cold winters day :lol: .well anyway fished balscabben high rocks with george and jhon65 32 fish between 3 of us not bad i say sandeel mackerel and muscle the baits.oh yea killiney is fishing vell had a comp here on sunday george and me in the junior end of things.george had 2whiting i had 2whiting and a good coalie of 31..not bad at all.all fish caught on muscle?

dom · #3 Post by **dom** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:41 pm

4 whiting and a coalie - good fishing - if thats youre idea of good fishing god love you lads you should take up chess.

Dom
Dalkey.

#4 Post by **IDPearl** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:35 pm

Dom,

Unfortunately, the Dublin area is not blessed with good stocks of fish. A fish over 2lb is considered to be a good catch. Many a session here ends in a blank unless you resort to scratching.

Good fishing does not necessarily mean good catches. Sometimes the pleasure of fishing with friends or even meeting new people off the forum can make for a good session.

Some of the lads here have to get out on the bus or train to get to the fishing grounds and this is followed by a long walk to get to a good spot. In no way are you guaranteed of a catch, but something is better than a blank!!

After fishing virtually every weekend, digging or buying the best baits, spending hours making rigs, buying new gear, looking for new spots in all sorts of horrendous weather, the biggest cod i've been able to muster is 2.25lb, the biggest pollack about the same, with the biggest fish being a 3.5lb wrasse. Believe me, I've tried for bigger!!

Last weekend I blanked, the weekend before I only caught a 1.5lb codling which was only lightly hooked and swam away merrily to join the dolphins which were swimming nearby. Still good to be fishing though!!!

Ian

#5 Post by **DAMIEN** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:46 pm

yes id peral there is bigger codling at the good and dangerous mark you fish regurly.the biggist i caught off there was a 3.75lb one taking on a king rag tipped with lug no joke...

#6 Post by **IDPearl** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:03 pm

So YOU had it! :lol:

#7 Post by **jfkireland** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:42 pm

Hi Mark,
I'd be up for a fish n meet if its around the northside. I'm free on the weekends. Any where in mind?
John

PS DOM, If you're aware of bigger stuff around, please feel free to share...... :wink:

#8 Post by **George** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:12 pm

That was a nice coalie too , he won €12 for the big fish pool so it was an enjoyable session for him. Dont abuse someones fishing report when you dont make any reports yourself. It is Dublin after all.

Woudn't mind a game of chess dom : http://www.chesscorner.com/phpBB/index.php check it out.

#9 Post by **m.b3** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:44 am

it was a competition Dom!!!! lots of anglers fishing the same beach. i have been told that under these circumstances that catches will not be as good as pleasure catches. well done lads, keep it up.

#10 Post by **Brenballs** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:34 am

In competition circumstances you should try one of m.b3's old tricks and bring a bucket of frozen whiting and when no-one is looking, hook one on and lob it out, and then pretend you have found exactly the right spot where all the whiting are feeding and everyone will be really impressed. :D

Guest · #11 Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:40 pm

Like the style m.b3 , keep it up :lol:

Guest · #12 Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:39 pm

m.b3 wrote:it was a competition Dom!!!! lots of anglers fishing the same beach. i have been told that under these circumstances that catches will not be as good as pleasure catches. well done lads, keep it up.

I want what your taking. Would you not think catches are better in comps, as anglers would be trying harder to win...therefore catch more fish?? Dont know where you got that crazy idea from.

And lads if ye knew how to fish you would probably have better catches. Get a few casting lessons!!!!?? The gannons is fishing really well with some super cod.

#13 Post by **m.b3** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:15 am

the only thing i'm takin is stick from you!!!! i got the 'crazy' idea from a successful matchfisherman. he reckons the numbers of fish are spread between the the numbers of anglers fishing,in theory meaning less fish for each individual angler.

if you want to settle this with a 'cast off', be my guest!

Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:30 am

Nice bit of banter boys!! So is there a fish off coming up/ cast off coming up? Dom maybe you will come out with us and show us how its done . A game of chess would go down well too.

Sea Angling Ireland

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