People: Myself, Bruce Vaughan and Sean Finnerty
Duration: 3 hours. 12 pm to 3 pm
Tide: HW @ 11 am, 3.9 metres
Weather: not that bad, occassional short squall, strong westerly wind
Bait: Nil
Rigs: Spinners mostly sand eel patterns
Results: Sean did not fish. 5 pollack, all bar one around 1-1.5 lbs, best fish 4 lbs
Report: Drove down to meet Sean but our plans to fish for rays on beach marks on Gorumna Island were driven ashore by a big swell, heavy weed and strong near gale force westerly / south westerly winds. Retreated to eastern shore and spun fished whilst pioneering new marks - I have fished here before down at Tra Bawn but dear God the ground I have missed by driving past it! Took the big pollack on a suprisingly shallow inshore mark right at the dead, it must have followed it in a long way. Fat heavily coloured fish, photo to follow.
Other fish came from a remarkably deep hotspot about a mile further inland.
Had to head off at three whilst the others went off and looked at other marks for another day.
Nice to get out, even better to get a few fish...
Gorumna Island, Connemara, Galway 22/10/2008
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Gorumna Island, Connemara, Galway 22/10/2008
Kieran Hanrahan
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2015 targets - a triggerfish, a specimen bass, a three bearded rockling to complete the set and something big and toothy from certain north Mayo deep water marks
Time spent fishing is never time wasted...
2015 targets - a triggerfish, a specimen bass, a three bearded rockling to complete the set and something big and toothy from certain north Mayo deep water marks
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Re: Gorumna Island, Connemara, Galway 22/10/2008
Hi Kieran, well done once again on the pioneering of new marks 
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ihave sent you a PMShore Species 2011 (31) Ballan Wrasse, Bass, Bullhuss, Coalfish, Cod, Conger, Corkwing Wrasse, Cuckoo Ray, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Goldsinny Wrasse, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shanny, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Thornback Ray, Three Bearded Rockling, Tompot Blenny, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Undulate Ray, Whiting
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Re: Gorumna Island, Connemara, Galway 22/10/2008
good to hear your still scouting and actually fishing this time 
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Re: Gorumna Island, Connemara, Galway 22/10/2008
Nice shore pollock Kieran:), i didn't realise you actually did any fishing
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