Dalkey Rock Mark 10/6/09

[Cormdogg]

Me, Eric and Roger de Dodger

7-10.30

Tide right out at 7, huge sea bound rip

Rag, mack, sand eel, peeler, squid

All sorts off rigs, two hook flappers, minis, clip downs, floats

Dead flat, little wind, the occasional drizzle

Me: 1 dog, 1 corkwing wrasse, 1 shore rockling, 1 whiting. Eric: A bunch of small wrasse and one big fellah, dogs, couple of whiting and dabs. Roger: Dogs, whitings, dabs

Eric had tales of multiple species, so I jumped at chance of a new mark. I didn't like the sound of "only accessible at low tide" also Eric turned up in Waders!, but it was a great spot, a lot of rocks to hopped. We all set up with rods at distance and had smaller rods for various.

I think Eric and Roger both started with a whiting dog double each, I was still futering around setting up my float. I got a wrasse on the float just at my feet feet. Eric was on a wrasse hunt in the kelp and caught a beauty that gave him a great wrestle on a light spinning rod.

You can lead a horse to water but Cormdogg cannot catch a dab! Both Eric and Roger had one at little effort. Dogs were coming in steady, it was battle to get them over the kelp beds and over the rocks, I lost three but sure thats fishing.

I put out a mini rig hoping for a good wrasse but got a rockling shortly before the tide consumed us.

We decided to head to Colliemore in the hope of conger but the three of us had all forgotten our headlamps so that was abandoned. I hung on to cast a few feathers but nothing about, I got a whiting on my mini rig so that signalled home time.

Always enjoyable to fish a new mark, thanks to Eric and Roger and Erics Tripod for finely balancing 3 beach casters!

[nicefish]

I feel sorry for that poor Wrasse,its bad enough been pulled up out of the sea,but to find yourself face to face with that mush, im sure he preferred to be hit on the head and take a quick death. Nice session .

[Tony Fella]

Nice session there that photo of eric looks like Kanye West in southpark

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/224099

[alby]

That wrasse could do alot better....

[eric]

i am the wrasse whiiisperer, i merely sending the fish into a calm and submisive state, its about being a calm and assertive leader!!! tsssst!

[roger de dodger]

at least the wrasse escape the tongue imagine three anglers no headlight and me with three aaa batteries in my pocket and i thought eric said he was travelling LIGHT

[Senor Feeshy]

Good session. Thats a great spot. Have had big wrasse and pollock from there.

[roger de dodger]

goat territory not a spot for kids or old people, not sure what me and eric where doing their oh and i didnt get a dab ,my 4/0 hooks dont get many plenty of wow wows good crack on a telescopic rod wrenching them through the kelp

[youngrod]

i am the wrasse whiiisperer, i merely sending the fish into a calm and submisive state, its about being a calm and assertive leader!!! tsssst!

id love it if he bit you

[eyesreilly]

mouth to mouth.jpg

Down with that sort of thing!!! This is a family site!!

[tight lines]

well done lads if he had a beard he would be like rex hunt the ozzie guy on the telly

[roger de dodger]

if rex hunt had kept to kissing fish he might still be on the telly

[Al and Jordan]

nice fishing lads. how much therapy do you reckon the wrasse will need to get over his ordeal hope you did'nt slip the tounge eric excellent stuff lads

[gfkelly1969]

well done lads great selection of fish

[Stephen8wood]

now that's fishing porn!

[vamper]

Good session lads