Fahan beach 20/8/08

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#1 Post by **fishermannum1** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:12 pm

[b]People me/son/dauther

[b]Duration 1.00 to 5.20

[b]Tide L/W at 3.20

[b]Weather some rain, but warm

[b]Bait mac;/squid/sandeel

[b]Rigs 1 hook pulley

[b]Results me; two ray and loads of dogies, son loads of dogies,1 tub gurard

[b]Report seen a brake in the weather so we hit fahan for a few hours, put my first rod out baited up with mackerel and squid, in the middle of setting up my other rod the first rod went, and i was into a nice thorn back ray. then the son was into a dogie, after that it was a dogie on nearly every cast, then the son got a tub gurard, i ended the session with an other ray, at this stage the sky went nearly black with the rain starting again, so we headed for home.

#2 Post by **fishermannum1** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:17 pm

a few more pic's

#3 Post by **eyesreilly** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:29 pm

Well done fishermannum,,,,,some big doggies there :shock: , great pics,,,i'm checking out all your rigs :wink:

#4 Post by **MackDaddy** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:23 pm

Some nice fish there fishermannum1, still looking for my first doggie this year and my first ever ray!
Wont be up that direction for a while but when I am I certainly have the rods with me! :D

#5 Post by **rab 525** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:12 pm

well done fisherman num1 great fishing , i personally find that mark a bit hit and miss :cry:
rab

#6 Post by **mga** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:24 pm

Nice pics. Some grippers on those leads 8)
Did you get a weight on the ray? Look like 5lb+

saltydog · #7 Post by **saltydog** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:32 pm

Well done on the ray and the tub gurnard :) Great pics that beach looks prestine very nice indeed!!

#8 Post by **round_ourway** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:31 pm

cracking days fishing fella. What kind of rig was that you were using? Fahan can be a horrible place to be if the wind and weed pick up!

#9 Post by **gearoid mc s.** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:36 pm

nice fish

#10 Post by **fishermannum1** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:06 pm

rab 525 wrote:well done fisherman num1 great fishing , i personally find that mark a bit hit and miss :cry:
rab

what i know about this beach is if your not catching anything, a move of 40 or 50 yards can make a big differance. in the past i have seen anglers fishing about 60 yards up to the right of me and not even getting a bite, were as i was getting ray on every cast, and they were useing the same bait as me.
on this beach there can be a very strong current at times, so i like good long grip wires to get the hold.
the rig is a standard pulley with one 4.0 hook, but i have the snood at around 4 1/2 foot to give it a bit more distance away from the grip wires, snood is loaded with beads and tubeing

#11 Post by **shamoo0804** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:03 pm

Nice fishing lads :D :D :D

#12 Post by **corbyeire** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:51 pm

its amazing how the bit of bling can bring them on alright

good fishing, report and pics as ever

dgp140 · #13 Post by **dgp140** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:04 pm

Nice fish guys.I keep promising myself a return trip.

#14 Post by **RockHunter** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:09 am

Nice looking ray - well done.

I will have to have a go at targeting them myself soon - I must make up a couple of rigs like yours.

marshpike · #15 Post by **marshpike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:18 pm

Know that swim............ :lol:

Looking forward to hitting again next year :wink: .

Here's my latest achievement a 56lb Tope on my wee 13ft Dory.

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