Greystones rocks 5-9-10

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Greystones rocks 5-9-10

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

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Duration:10-30am-2pm

Tide:dropping

Weather:windy, misty

Bait:rag, mack

Rigs:one hook mini rigs and 2 hook flappers

Results:ballan wrasse, pollock, corkwing wrasse, whiting, blenny




Report:Had some rag leftover from last night, so after a quick look at the weather forecast and the tide tables I decided to head out to my perch at Greystones rocks . Father and 2 sons fishing when I arrived and we could fish away in the knowledge that the rescue services werent too far away, about 20 yards to be exact, as they were doing a drill. First 2 drops resulted in 2 small pollock so I had a job putting the small rod down to set up the Penn Guvnor 12'6''. As it turned out I neednt have bothered setting it up as all I got on it was a tiny whiting, but you have to try. On the small rod , I had a steady stream of fish,,,,,,,,,,pollock,ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, codling, blennies ,all enjoyable to catch as I scoured around the rocks below. Theres a price to be paid unfortunately and I lost a few rigs,,,,,,,,,but on a positive note I have loads of simple mini rigs made up so loosing two isnt too bad :lol: As the tide went out the sea below me became more violent , with the waves crashing in on the rocks below. The father and sons outfit left and it had gotten a bit quiet when I decided to throw caution to the wind and try a 2 hooks flapper with some beads attached. I lobbed it in between the rocks and left it awhile. I felt a small tug but wasnt sure whether it was just the lead bobbing against the rocks or a fish but when I lifted into it there were two wrasse on the other end, a ballan and a corkwing, both around the 20 cm mark. This kept me there another while and I was glad I stayed cos a few minutes later I got the best wrasse of the session, a ballan of 30 cms :lol: . When I lost another rig I decided to call it a day and head home.

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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: Greystones rocks 5-9-10

#2 Post by bigbadtom »

Some nice wrasse there Eyes. Well done mate. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Greystones rocks 5-9-10

#3 Post by Al and Jordan »

ahhh, back to your old stomping grounds then dave :D . some nice fish man and that ballan in the pic before last is pretty decent by greystones standards 8) 8) nice one

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