People:Myself
Duration:15.00-21.30
Tide:LW19.45
Weather:Sunny spells
Bait:Lug, Mackeral, Sandeel
Rigs:Pennel pulley
Results:Thorneback Ray
Report:Nice dry day and good sea conditions so expected a few fish!! First mark not even a bite so decided to move to a second and got the blank saved with a thorneback on my last cast!! Made it worthwhile!!
			
			
						West Connemara 23/04
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				Tornado8
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West Connemara 23/04
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				doggie3131
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
nice thornie,there really in,in galway bay now! 
			
			
									
						species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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						species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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				The German Pratt
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				FisherKing
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
Fine thornie  
  nice way to beat a blank well done
			
			
									
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				chrisfeeney30
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
they seem to be alright, just avoiding salthill like there is no water there at the moment!doggie3131 wrote:nice thornie,there really in,in galway bay now!
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				doggie3131
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
saltydog is catching them fauther in than that!chrisfeeney30 wrote:they seem to be alright, just avoiding salthill like there is no water there at the moment!doggie3131 wrote:nice thornie,there really in,in galway bay now!
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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						species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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				lucky
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
nice one mike.... good size ray... sorry i could not meet up as i am in wexford looking for the silver lads...... back saturday night if you want to fish on sunday im free.......
			
			
									
						SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
			
						boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
i know he is!! thats what i mean, they seem to say...o..no lets not feed here and move on, this is salthill hahadoggie3131 wrote:saltydog is catching them fauther in than that!chrisfeeney30 wrote:they seem to be alright, just avoiding salthill like there is no water there at the moment!doggie3131 wrote:nice thornie,there really in,in galway bay now!![]()
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
You having any luck with the silver ones??
Got a game in Wales on Sunday and won't be back until late on, will get a session in next week sometime!!
			
			
									
						Got a game in Wales on Sunday and won't be back until late on, will get a session in next week sometime!!
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Re: West Connemara 23/04
Nice ray, well done. The decision to move to the second mark sure paid off for you, well done.
			
			
									
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