clifden area co galway 19th & 20th may 2010

[gfkelly1969]

People:19th myself and martin from England,20th myself

Duration:19th 18:30 to 01:00,20th 19:00 to 00:00

Tide:19th high 22:09 4.5m 20th 23:18 4.3m

Weather:19th misty 20th dry

Bait:mackerel,sand eel,feathers

Rigs:various

Results:19th martin ray,dogfish myself dogfish,coalfish,pollack over 40 fish between us
20th 4 dogfish,13 coalfish,5 pollack



Report:met up with martin on the 19th and went to a local pier
martin was bait fishing with 1 rod and I had a rod set up with bait and another with feathers we were in to fish in a short time,pollack coalfish to the feathers and dogs on the bait we were kept busy all night
at about 22:30 martin go a bite that nearly pulled the rod off the pier and after a good fight martin landed his first ever ray,a ray he wont forget in a long time as you can see from his finger in the photo

martins ray.JPG

it even managed to give me a bit of a squeeze on the thumb while trying to unhook it,I never saw a ray bite as strong as that before
we also spotted strange worm like things about 1 to 2 inch long and swimming around very fast,anyone know what they are?

worm.JPG

you can see some if you look at the left side of the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLxHk0hX-8

pollackcoalfish.JPG

on the 20th i went to the same pier again but the fishing was a bit quieter then other nights,only 22 fish

[Al and Jordan]

that was some ammount of fish gerry i'll bet your mate was chuffed with the ray

[Determined Dan]

great going gerry. thats some catchin. well done.

[d.kane62]

nice fishing gerry wont be long now till im down that way ,damian

[Mick001]

Nice going Gerry, not sure what the worm things are , never saw these before...

[joyster]

nice fishing, the worms are small ragworms . they spawn inshore at this time of year, if hang a light over the water at night you can catch them easily with a small mesh drop net . they are excellent flattie baits , beware of their bites .

[mphigham]

Thanks Gerry, did not think you would show the pic with my blood all over the place....Lol. Yes it was a good week`s fishing, I certainly did not want to come home. I was chuffed with my first ever Ray even though the devil got hold of my finger with a vice like bite. Already planning when we are coming back.
ps. Was good to meet you Gerry.

Martin.

[gfkelly1969]

Thanks Gerry, did not think you would show the pic with my blood all over the place....Lol. Yes it was a good week`s fishing, I certainly did not want to come home. I was chuffed with my first ever Ray even though the devil got hold of my finger with a vice like bite. Already planning when we are coming back.
ps. Was good to meet you Gerry.

Martin.

it was good to meet you too martin,i hope the fishing will be as good the next time you are over,hope the finger will be well healed by then give me a shout when you are over again

[tight lines]

well done ger thats nice haul of fish well done