Had some lug dug, to use when the surf died down a bit here in kerry..Lug were nearing the end of its life so today was the day.. Went to a local storm beach.. Conditions not great, Strong offshore southern wind flattening the surf,, Water very brown from recent heavy rain.. Set up two rods. One with lug moderate cast, One with sandeel long cast.. Both rods picked up a ton of weed so was thinking of calling it a day but ended up moving further along the beach..Got both rods fishing with out anymore weed.. With the stong off shore wind it was very hard to see if there were any bites on the rods but after about an hour and a few casts noticed slack line on rod baited with sandeel. Wound down and struck into what I was hoping was a bass.. Fish faught very hard and took a fair bit of coaxing and bulling to get in, Turned out to be a Thorn back Ray of a about 6lbs.. Not what I hoping for but still a good fish..Fished for another hour without out any action. Baited up with my last two lugs and casted,put second rod back in car and removed my waders.. After 10 minutes another slack line bite, wound down and struck another decent fish which turned out to be 3lb Bass. My first of the year and a very welcome fish on a day then conditions were so bad..
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nice going ,a painted ray is a good catch anyday ,a thornback is like trying to pick up a frisbee made of brambles very sharp brambles!
both in daylight too nice
well done boilermaker.ya theres defo no thorns on that fella .u done very well considering the conditions.i fing=d that browny water useless normally and also gettin a ray on a storm beach is unusual as they normally like flat calm beaches.great report for them conditions
The only problem with the report is it will start giving me ideas that shouldn't be there this time of year and it will lead to a very horrible unsuccessful hunt
saving private brian wrote:well done boilermaker.ya theres defo no thorns on that fella .u done very well considering the conditions.i fing=d that browny water useless normally and also gettin a ray on a storm beach is unusual as they normally like flat calm beaches.great report for them conditions
The painted Ray in Tralee can be caught behind the waves on surf beaches (according to Eugene Farrelly)
i know that now al and handy to know aswell cause theres a few of us heading down soon
Al wrote:
saving private brian wrote:well done boilermaker.ya theres defo no thorns on that fella .u done very well considering the conditions.i fing=d that browny water useless normally and also gettin a ray on a storm beach is unusual as they normally like flat calm beaches.great report for them conditions
The painted Ray in Tralee can be caught behind the waves on surf beaches (according to Eugene Farrelly)
saving private brian wrote:i know that now al and handy to know aswell cause theres a few of us heading down soon
Al wrote:
saving private brian wrote:well done boilermaker.ya theres defo no thorns on that fella .u done very well considering the conditions.i fing=d that browny water useless normally and also gettin a ray on a storm beach is unusual as they normally like flat calm beaches.great report for them conditions
The painted Ray in Tralee can be caught behind the waves on surf beaches (according to Eugene Farrelly)
Jealous, I usually head down May bank holiday..but might go a bit later this year not sure yet!
If your on facebook check out this page, one of the lads I know is a Gillie down there and can put ya onto good fish
Based around Tralee/Fenit.
