holly joe, reen pier, 3/7/2010

[jw]

People: john, pat, alby, boycie, the austrian and jw

Duration: 0830-1900

Tide: neap

Weather: light wind, 1 meter swell, nothing like the forecast

Bait: mackerel

Rigs: flowing traces shads muppets pirks

Results: pollack cod ling haddock pout ballan cuckoo

Report: it is believed that the wrecks in this area have been
overfished commercially due to the calm weather this winter and now
hold large shoals of small whiting with the attendant blue sharks
snapping at their heels so it was decided to fish some reefs in shallower
water on the day

[jw]

the nearest i got to a specimen was this pout 2lb 13oz
the biggest fish was won by Pat with a 7lb ling

[jw]

our booking of the 4/7 had to be rescheduled to sunday 12th sept
due to the wind, please post in the thread below if you are interested

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... 10&t=29125

[hugo]

Some fine codling there What weight was the biggest?

[MikeQ]

Good fishing guys, you made the best of it! I have spaces with our group on the 18th of july if anyone is interested pm me

[Tomaszek]

hold large shoals of small whiting with the attendant blue sharks

Hi jw,
I'm very interested in what you stated above. Did anyone actually encountered some sharks there?

[The Austrian]

hold large shoals of small whiting with the attendant blue sharks

Hi jw,
I'm very interested in what you stated above. Did anyone actually encountered some sharks there?

Yes Tommy, I was hauling up a decent Pollock and in about 20m depth the downward fighting fish must have tempted a (possible Blue) Shark, 2 sharp thumps then bang, nothing, no weight, everything, the full trace apart from the first hook and the fish were missing. John tried immediately with a full Mackerel but with a mouthful of tackle he must have lost the appetite for more of these adventures

[Tomaszek]

Great stuff Martin! You almost got it!