Duration:9am-4pm
Tide:high at 12-18pm
Weather:dd beautiful mild bright day
Bait:rag, squid,mussel and 2 lug
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Rigs:flappers and mini rigs
Results:3 whiting, 1 small bass, 3 pollock,1 coalie, 2 plaice, 1 dab, 2 flounder,2 blennys,
Report: Decided to hit greystones early and was able to pick my spot when i arrived as there was nobody elae there
. Got set up with 2 rods, one at moderate distance ,about 80 yds out and the other rod in close at the base of the rocks with a mini rig, light line and 1 small hook. Weather was great and very mild but i took no chances and had my hi vis yellow waterproof trousers, which are particularly good at showing off guts and bloodstains etc 
. First cast and i had a small whiting, followed by another on the distance rod. I wasnt getting any bites in close, which was unusual . I had some wrasse here last week but i guess its getting too late in the year now. With no bites in close, i cast out a bit further with the small rod, about 20 yds, and when reeling in a few mins later i got a good knock which turned out to be a small bass who took mussel, tipped with a squid tenticle( nearly wrote testicle 
) . He was my 4th bass this year and smallest but he gave me the best scrap believe it or not 
,,,tearing around like a mad thing on the light line . I was delighted and it was great to see him go back ok. Next up was a 20 cm coalie(i think 
)on the distance rod and he gave a good account of himself also. After this i had 3 hermit crabs in a row, the last one i used as bait to no account .I was very surprised that there werent more people fishing . A couple more whiting and pollock followed all at distance, then the biggest pollock, at a chunky 32cms on the small rod in close. Dont know what i'll do when that rod finally falls apart, its on its last legs at the minute, but its given me my best fish this year. I bought a rod to replace it and broke it first time out and had to go back to it 
. Some guys arrived and i changed direction to give them some room and was rewarded with a nice dab 22cms, and 2 plaice 28cms and 24cms. In close i picked up a blenny ,the guys asked could you eat it Not the prettiest fish in the sea but i liked him . Thought i came across small blennys while i was digging ragworms in Sutton, tiny little fish under the mud,maybe someone could confirm if theyre the same fish 
. Got another blenny in close and then pulled in a rig i lost earlier which had a whiting attached to it, theres luck . Was running out of bait at this stage and used bits of cast off tails and testicles,oops !!, tenticles, and my last catch was a double of a flounder and a whiting . I packed up then and headed home to watch ireland get hammered by the all blacks, but after such a good day fishing it didnt bother me too much (sorry ).
