Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow, 7-10-08

[shamoo0804]

People: Myself & Corbyeire

Duration: 19.30 - 23.30

Tide: Ebb

Weather:A few showers on the drive down, then fine & clear

Bait: Rag, frozen mack/lug/sandeel
Rigs: 3 hook flappers, single hook rigs

Results: Myself - 8 dogs, 1 flounder, 1 Turbot Corbyeire - 1 (albino) rockling, 1 flounder




Report: This was only my 2nd trip out in nearly a month, and with the showers on the way down from Dublin I began to question my logic !!! However (as usual), when we got into Wicklow the rain seemed to ease. We had planned to go down to Arcklow, but due to traffic etc we decided on somewhere a little closer. Neither myself of Brian had fished Brittas before and we didnt have a clue where along that stretch to fish. We settled on a small cove towards the south side of the bay.

We both fished one rod at distance and one in close. I was first into the fish with a dog at distance taken on sandeel. Brian was next in with the whitest looking rockling you'll ever see Should have got a photo I suppose, but aint hindsight wonderful.

I was slowly bringing in the dogs with my 2nd coming to rag in close on the flapper. Brian was then into a lovely flounder pushing (but not quite) 40cm, I have to say I though it looked bigger, but the measuring tape doesnt lie

The fishing was quite slow, but as usual the hours soon fly by, we entertained ourselfs with watching the numerous shooting stars, great craic Makes you apopreciate how insignificant we all are.

We also saw a very strange shooting star/comet type of thing, it was a little orange in colour, with a reallly vivid tail to it, and a good glow around it. We couldnt decide what it was But it sure was strange.

Any way, back to the purpose of the trip.........fishing....still slow, and after a few more dogs and a flounder for me, we decided to pack up one rod each and give it ONE LAST CAST.......

We were both reeling in and I made a comment to Brian, "Ah well, no fish on the last cast".......as I got the rig into the shallows, I could see a fish....then realised by its shape it was a Turbot...WHoo Haa...a new species, and one of those fish I would have loved to catch just given how different they are to the other flattie species.

Mission accomplished

[Al]

Fair play to ya's lads! Nice little session on a new beach
Fair play on the Flounder and turbot!

[corbyeire]

congrats on the turbot

that rockling was weird alright - pale white bit of pink - with a shiny finish!

that comet orange thing was quiet slow it took maybe 7 seconds to burn with a lingering orange hue after it and then vanish

much slower and broader than the streak of a shooting star

lovely little cove very shallow for the first 60

didnt have a gripper on the long rod so i reckon the current just kept pushing it up on the sands further south

more organised tonight

[Al]

Yeah thats weird about the Rockling all right, nice to catch something unusual though
Are ya's gonna head back to the same spot or down to Arklow?

[shamoo0804]

pale white bit of pink - with a shiny finish!

You've spent to much time at the cosmetics counter in Boots

more organised tonight

Should be, but under pressure timewise.....but, you know you've only gotta ask to borrow a lead Brian

Nice to get a turbot, Al, we'll try get out this sunday if your free ?!

edit ** think were gonna try arcklow tonight, I'd invite you, but we need to be hitting the road early doors.

[round_ourway]

well done lads sounded like a very romantic night with the lovely shooting stars and stuff seriously nice turbot and great result for not having fished it before

[seanie35]

hey that shooting star sounds exactly like the weird yoke i seen about 2 weeks ago, it didnt burn out, was faster than a plane and orangey/red and traveled the whole way across the sky..............................the international space station me thinks............or et

[roger de dodger]

probably dennis in his boat he does hit the water sometimes mind you and its normally got green lumpy stuff flying out the back from his latest victim

[saltydog]

Nice going lads You gotta love them turbot deadly looking fish

[shamoo0804]

hey that shooting star sounds exactly like the weird yoke i seen about 2 weeks ago, it didnt burn out, was faster than a plane and orangey/red and traveled the whole way across the sky..............................the international space station me thinks............or et

Mad thing is, we were fishing down in Arklow last night and Brian saw exactly the same thing ( I was busy catching fish myself), but we reckon it was a little earlier in the night than the first time we had seen it.........wierd

[corbyeire]

( I was busy catching fish myself) - cheeky bugger!