Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

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Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

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Duration:2pm-8pm

Tide:high 4-30pm approx

Weather:calm, sunny

Bait:rag,mack

Rigs:mini rigs, 2 hook flappers

Results:corkwing wrasse, ballen wrasse, codling, whiting, pollock, coalie, scorpion fish, tompot blenny.

Report:Went to Wicklow Harbour on Monday afternoon as I hadnt been able to get out at the weekend. Calm and sunny conditions all afternoon with quite a few fish being caught on my small rod , a Grauvell Teknos Travel 3000 M, great bite detection, which I bought recently on the site. I blanked on the other rod at distance , unless you count Killoughter dogs :roll: and weedfish. I got fed up hauling in undersea jungle and soon packed that rod away :shock: . The Minis were a dream on the Grauvell Teknos, especially the wrasse ,which are always fun. Even the little ones (which were the ones I was catching :oops: ) can give a decent scrap. The action came in spurts , then died away for a while, but it was enough to keep the interest. Fishface came by to say hello and luckily enough I happened to be catching pollock at the time :wink: . There was hardly anyone else there all afternoon and it was a pleasure to be out (I usually only use that one when I blank :? ). Some Trawlers came into harbour and others passed by. I was amazed at the vast areas they can cover,,,,,,,every inch covered away off into the horizon :shock: . I left just after eight pm as I had run out of bait, unfortunately I missed out on dusk as thats when the bigger pollock are about :roll:

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Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#2 Post by evan699 »

Nice range of species you got there. I've a soft spot for the wrasse myself. Big or small, i love catchin. I'm gonna have to go after the mini species soon, bulk up the species list before the year ends. :D
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#3 Post by FisherKing »

Great pics & session Dave 8) them little Wrasse are mighty wee scrapers for the size of them
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#4 Post by tight lines »

nice session well done
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#5 Post by clownfish »

Well done Dave,nice micro session and as always them tea towels are whiter than white.
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#6 Post by seanie35 »

clownfish wrote:Well done Dave,nice micro session and as always them tea towels are whiter than white.
i wish my missus used daz instead of lidl stuff :lol: 8) , nice pics as always dave 8)
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#7 Post by spindlefist »

well done there. Is that little scorpion not even hooked, jsut being the little glutton they are?! :)
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#8 Post by mitch »

great mini session dave :P and good fun on light tackle
havn't done that this year myself [ yet ]
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#9 Post by Tommy B »

Thats some amount of species eyes well done!!!
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#10 Post by roger de dodger »

5 hours aquarium fishing 8) no thats chillin out 8)
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#11 Post by fishermannum1 »

great mini session Dave, it always good to use the light gear for a change, and have a bit of crack with the mini species, and you got a nice mixture there, well done :P
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#12 Post by dangler »

well done dave!! im happy to see the rod got a good christening :) :)
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#13 Post by eyesreilly »

Thanks for the kind comments lads :oops: ,its almost embarassing posting with all the decent fish on the site lately but i'm an addict and just cant help posting., as much as I try not to!! Funny enough,, for Wicklow Harbour it was a quietish session,even with 20+ fish,,,,,,,,,but whos complaining :lol: :lol: Padraig the rod did get a good christening and i'm well pleased with it,,,great bite detection,thanks again,great value :wink:
Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#14 Post by marshpike »

Nice mix, the Top pots are cool looking fish...
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#15 Post by KERRY1 »

Well done Dave mate 8) Great report and pictures. It's amazing the number of different species that are present and can be caught in our piers and harbours, you caught a great variety while out on your session to keep you busy and out of mischeif for a while :lol: good work.
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Re: Wicklow Harbour, 30-08-10

#16 Post by Larry 90 »

Well done. Great Pics too!! :)
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