Mayo Sea Trout

[peterw]

I was relieved to open the blinds this morning and see the sun shining and not a ripple on the Killary outside the house, had a couple of rewarding sessions the past couple of weeks but then the weather decided to play puck and put us back to square one. So I had a good feeling about today.
So after a 45 min drive I met Doug who had a few guests too, Eugene and his son and nephew ,Callum and Dylan . We threw out the usual mix of flappers and pulleys loaded with bluey , sandeel and squid and waited . The young lads were first off the mark with a nice 30ish cm flounder , I decided to change my bait and was delighted and surprised to find I had hooked into a double of sea trout and flounder ( my first sea trout in 2 years ). The young lads to the right of me kept up the good work being rewarded with a 4 fish total for their days work (3 flounder and 1 turbot ) . Dougie was next in with a borderline keeper turbot but he decided to return it , .
Paddylav joined us and after a wee while with nothing he had a repeat performance with a turbot like Doug's (also returned ).
The craic was flying all day and the weather was great so another wee sea trout for me and another flounder for the pot ( and a turbot the size of a jaffa cake ) my day was made .
But Doug wasn't finished yet , he pulled a lovely flounder out of the hat (40cm). We fished for another hour or so with nothing else to show , but everybody left the beach happy and smiling.

[Determined Dan]

great fishing looks like a smashing day a nice few fish caught.good pictures.

[roger de dodger]

holy smoke thats some flounder doggie double in the second pic! i thought our ones where big

[chrisfeeney30]

well done lads, great fishing

[lucky]

nice one peter, sounds like you had a ball of a day.. ita a pitty they dont make JAFFA CAKES big.. like the turbot....

[doggie3131]

sweet fishing lads,that beach really produces

[polaris]

fair play lads,great days fishing,,,,,,,,,,things are looking up,,,well done,,

[Al and Jordan]

lovely sea trout and a big lump of a flounder. it dose'nt get much better than that guys and all caught during the day too . i wish this end of the world would fish during the day. starting to feel like a vampire
well done lads.

[zeke]

great result mate,very nice flatfish you got there well done

[fishermannum1]

thats a thumper of a flounder mate, good result and well done

[nifisher]

Nice fishing good results

[seank]

what is the best way to fish the mouth of the river there? all i was getting the last day were tiny flounders http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... =3&t=27015# nothing like your lump of a fish there man fair play

[peterw]

what is the best way to fish the mouth of the river there? all i was getting the last day were tiny flounders http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... =3&t=27015# nothing like your lump of a fish there man fair play

Hi Sean , I can't give a straight answer to that only to tell you that I personally don't often fish straight into the river but a good few yards to the side , and to have patience my man because on somedays we'll see nothing but small ones.

[seank]

thanks peter, that should help me a bit anyway. Going to try it again in 2 weeks time, not breakin my back digging lug again, sandeel seems to be really working for flounder these days had 2 around the lb 1lb 1/2 mark at the pier in old head few weeks back so no lug for a while.