myself,jason and james had a bass session planned for monday, so after digging about a hundred jug we hit a beach mark that has produced a few in the past,but when we got there the weed was horrid,with us all losing rigs to rafts of weed in the first hour,and with the weed problem getting worse, we decided to cut our losses and hit a spot where i had heard we could get a good mix of species we got there inside an hour and got set up,first cast i had a ballen wrasse,second cast i had a ballen and a corkwing,then all hell broke loose, with fish for us all every cast and a fine mixture of fish too,we had too,ballen,corkwing,dabs,dogs,pollock,rockling,big spider crab and big edible crab(yummy)and a lost thornie! a big thanks to dertimined dan who gave us this mark,it was a cracker! none of the fish were huge,but quantity made up for quality. a most enjoyable session was had by all,with jason having his first ever dab,and james(a newcomer to sea angling) having his first ballen and corkwing wrasse and his first spider crab! never seen a lad get so excited about crabs! but then they do taste devine!!
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species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
Dreamtime Fishin there Noel and fair play to Dan right enough
Wrasse are great to cheer you up when other species are playing hard to get, loads along the North Mayo cliffs despite some people netting them for pot bait.....
Hugo wrote:Dreamtime Fishin there Noel and fair play to Dan right enough
Wrasse are great to cheer you up when other species are playing hard to get, loads along the North Mayo cliffs despite some people netting them for pot bait.....
cheers hugo,i love them wrasse,catching them on light gear is great craic,they give a great fight! will be heading down your neck of the woods soon i hope,will give you a shout when we have made plans.
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
Brilliant fishing gents , big ballans fight like carp on light gear, they never seem to give up, and a few juice crab to round it up, super stuff
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Nice one Noel and Lads, great to hear that James got off the mark first time and no doublt has the bug now and Jason with his first Dab.
Good mix of species too..shame about the raymond..
The bonus is the spider and eddiable crabs, eh Noel, as I know how where they were most likely heading - The Pot
Heading down west this weekend so might catch up...PM me if you are around...
Mick
Species 2010: Thornback Ray:Codling: 3 Bearded Rockling: Doggie: Common Smoothhound: Flounder: Ballan Wrasse: Starry Smoothhound:[color=#BF0000]Mayo Bass: [/color]Sea Trout
lucky wrote:ha noel... nice one on the wrasse... good to get a wrasse mark near the nest.... good on ye......
cheers alan,i love catching them!
The Austrian wrote: Brilliant fishing gents , big ballans fight like carp on light gear, they never seem to give up, and a few juice crab to round it up, super stuff
crabcakes with chive and lemongrass,spot on martin!
Mick001 wrote:Nice one Noel and Lads, great to hear that James got off the mark first time and no doublt has the bug now and Jason with his first Dab.
Good mix of species too..shame about the raymond..
The bonus is the spider and eddiable crabs, eh Noel, as I know how where they were most likely heading - The Pot
Heading down west this weekend so might catch up...PM me if you are around...
Mick
give us a shout when you have decided where to go,im on for a session.
FisherKing wrote:fair play to ye lads , ya cant beat a good Wrasse session even the small ones put up a great scrap one of the best fighting fish around our shores!!
they are brilliant fighting fish all right brian!it was lovely to get a spot reasonabally near,fair dues to dan!
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
Well done fella's - that was a bumper of a session. You's were kept busy hauling that lot in, that's a great mixture of species you's caught.
Nice corkwing wrasse.
Congratulations to Jason for getting his first dab and to James for getting a few new species to add to his list – brilliant results for a newcomer to sea angling!
It's a shame the bass mark was full of weed and you's couldn't get fishing it longer, never mind, you'll get one eventually Noel - I know you will
I'm glad that you have found a mark that's abit closer to home for you to go too, anything where that saves you having to travel as far is fantastic never mind one with as of good quality of fishing on offer like this one seems to have - I'm sure you'll be returning back there very soon for more.
Hope you enjoyed your crab, I haven't had any breakfast yet and I’m getting hungry thinking about it
Great report and pictures as always
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KERRY1 wrote:Well done fella's - that was a bumper of a session. You's were kept busy hauling that lot in, that's a great mixture of species you's caught.
Nice corkwing wrasse.
Congratulations to Jason for getting his first dab and to James for getting a few new species to add to his list – brilliant results for a newcomer to sea angling!
It's a shame the Bass mark was full of weed and you's couldn't get fishing it longer, never mind, you'll get one eventually Noel - I know you will
I'm glad that you have found a mark that's abit closer to home for you to go too, anything where that saves you having to travel as far is fantastic never mind one with as of good quality of fishing on offer like this one seems to have - I'm sure you'll be returning back there very soon for more.
Hope you enjoyed your crab, I haven't had any breakfast yet and I’m getting hungry thinking about it
Great report and pictures as always
well when i say closer to home...........its still an hour and a half away but then we are an hour away from any mark..as for the bass....the less said about that the better!
Al and Jordan wrote:not the intended session noel, but by the sounds of it, it was a wise move gotta love those wrasse
no,but it was great craic all the same!james was in his element,catching fish all the time!nice to watch a newbie catching lots of fish.hooked for life!!
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
so after digging about a hundred jug we hit a beach mark that has produced a few in the past,but when we got there the weed was horrid,with us all losing rigs to rafts of weed in the first hour,and with the weed problem getting worse, we decided to cut our losses and hit a spot where i had heard we could get a good mix of species 
we got there inside an hour and got set up,first cast i had a ballen wrasse,second cast i had a ballen and a corkwing,then all hell broke loose, with fish for us all every cast 
never seen a lad get so excited about crabs! but then they do taste devine!!
one of the best fighting fish around our shores!!
