Co. Limerick, 24th-may-2009

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Donagh
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Co. Limerick, 24th-may-2009

#1 Post by Donagh »

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Duration:9:30am till 1:30pm

Tide:ebb to LW

Weather:SW breeze turning west for last hour. Strong SW winds the night before had made the water silty

Bait:Mack, squid sand eel

Rigs:Pulley penels 2/0 to 4/0

Results: 4 dogs, a 9lb 5oz thornback and a 21cm dab

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Fished down from where I usually fish. Had a doggy on my first cast to sand eel just as I was going to pull in at 20 yards out. Got 4 bites after that resulted in one more dog at close distance. Missed a few bites from dogs to sand eel/squid through the session that I put down to longer snoods of my pulleys and larger hooks aimed at ray and some of my home made grips could be releasing to easily.

Things quitened down so brought mack/squid combos out with the 4/0s and had the ray close in around quarter to 11 around 30 yards out. Quite enough until Gearoid and weirdfish popped by to say hello. I had two bites with 1 dog landed while they were there. The missed bite was a slack liner that the lead didn't do it's job on hooking the fish. I got couple more bites around 1pm with another dog to show for it. Another bite locked up and would not move at any angle. I left it slack and after a few minutes it came back with a simple pull but with no fish just a twisted snood signifying a strap. Had the dab on a 3/0 penel of squid mack near the end. Was out of bait and hungry for my dinner so went home but I'd say my usual spot here would of produced a few ray on the early flood as silted weedy water with a strong pull is great here.

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Re: Co. Limerick, 24th-may-2009

#2 Post by simplywabs »

Great session Donagh. Just the same time that I wanted to go out as well. Just got held up due to the opening round of the French Open! Where in Limerick is this spot?
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[b][color=#4000BF]'2011 Species: Bass, Mackerel, Coal Fish, Whiting, Dab, Pollock, Silver eel, Sandeel, pouting, Strap Conger, LSD, Bull Huss, Weever Fish, Plaice, Tub Gurnard, Cod [/color][/b]: Current count (16) Season target (15) WooHoo Target hit for the season... more to come...

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Re: Co. Limerick, 24th-may-2009

#3 Post by saltydog »

That's a fine Thornie Donagh well done 8)
Shore 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

Shore Species 2010 (26) - Bass, Black Goby, Bull Huss, Coalfish, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Grey Gurnard, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Mullet, Plaice, Pollack, Poor cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shore Rockling, Silver eel, Starry Smooth Hound, Thornback Ray, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Whiting

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