north connemara co galway 18th april 2011

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north connemara co galway 18th april 2011

#1 Post by gfkelly1969 »

People:myself

Duration:19:30 to 21:00

Tide:high 18:10 5.5m

Weather:dry

Bait:sandeel,white rag,mackerel,squid

Rigs:3 hook flapper

Results:13 fish




Report:after the session yesterday I said I would head back to the same pier with the young lad to see if I could show him how to fish
I dropped a line down the edge and shortly after landed this lad
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next fish was this lad
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never caught one at the pier before so was delighted to see it
the rod a distance started to go next and I landed this lad
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I put on a small set of feathers and got a good few of these lads
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headed home after that because the young lad was getting tired
2 more species added to the list and its great to see the pier pick up so fast,I fished it Friday last and only landed 1 fish
I was talking to a local man who said he he saw a load of mullet there as well,happy days the summer is here :D
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1 dogfish,2 whiting,3 flounder,4 two spot goby,5 mackerel,6 pollack,7 common blenny,8 European eel,9 butterfish,10 Deep-snouted pipefish,11 rock goby,12 poor cod,13 corkwing wrasse,14 coalfish,15 turbot,16 tompot blenny,17 dab,18 dragonet,19 shorerockling,20 thornback ray,21 three bearded rockling,22 sandeel,23 grey gurnard,24 sea scorpion,25 scad,26 plaice,27 ballen wrasse,28 bullhuss,29 conger eel,30 blue shark,31 blonde ray,32 cod,33 pouting,34 topknot,35 Fifteen-spine Stickleback,36 mullet,37 Sand Goby,38 Montagu's Blenny,39 Three-spined Stickleback,40 goldshinny wrasse,41 painted goby,42 five bearded rockling,43 Sand-Smelt,44 Small-headed Clingfish ,45 sole

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Re: north connemara co galway 18th april 2011

#2 Post by Mick001 »

Good stuff Gerry, the species list is growing all the time... great to hear things are starting to pick up..

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Species 2010: Thornback Ray:Codling: 3 Bearded Rockling: Doggie: Common Smoothhound: Flounder: Ballan Wrasse: Starry Smoothhound:[color=#BF0000]Mayo Bass: [/color]Sea Trout

Species 2011: Whiting: LSD: 3 Bearded Rockling: Codling: Flounder: Plaice: Turbot: Ballen Wrasse: Bass (EC): Dab: Silver Eel:

Species 2012: Turbot: LSD: Brill: Flounder: Whiting:
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#3 Post by fishy1987 »

:) nice one on the 2 new species fairplay cant wait to add a wrasse to my own 8)
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Species 2011 (25) :Cod 80 , Whiting 50 , Coalfish 42 , Sea Scorpion 6(3shortspined/3longspined) , (3b)Rockling 2 , Dogfish 72 , Flounder 32 , Bass 2 , Poor Cod 16 , Dab 16 , Ballen Wrasse 2 , Turbot 1 , Tompot Blenny 3 , Smoothhound 1 , Tub Gurnard 1 , Mackeral 78 , Pollock 10 , Corkwing wrasse 2 , Black Goby 5 , Pouting 4 , Cuckoo Wrasse 1 , Ling 1 , Conger eel 6 , Silver eel 1 , ( Year End 31st October )
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#4 Post by CIANDOWNEY »

Great days fishing there buddy
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#5 Post by polmac »

thats a cracking days fishing there
2011 species (16) - Flounder, Coalies, Pollock, sand eel, Wrasse, Sea Trout, dogfish, thornback ray, Whiting, Red Gurnard, Codling, Grey gurnard, pouting, Mackeral, Turbot, Plaice

targets for 2011 - Bass, sea trout and big cod! - Scratch one! Sea Trout Down!
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20 FISH IN 2 SESSIONS NOTING WRONG WITH THAT GER KEEP IT UP NICE TO SEE THE POLLOCK STARTING TO SHOW
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#7 Post by FisherKing »

Nice session gerry 8) still no wrasse back around my marks yet, but hopefully in the next few weeks they wil be back
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#8 Post by polaris »

nice going gerry,,nice few species ther,,that first pic,looks like a shanny,,,well done
2010 species----flounder,dab,whiting,doggies,coalfish,pollock,siver eel,sea trout,bass,ballen wrasse, thornback ray,mackerel,pouting,red gurnard,grey gurnard,conger eel,launce,mullet,ling,cod,tub gurnard,octopus,bull huss,3 bearded rockling,poor cod
2011 species----turbot,seatrout,flounder,whiting,coalfish,L s doggies,3 beard r
rockling,mackeral,thornback ray,pollock,ballan wrasse,

2012 species---flounder,coalfish,ballan wrasse,cuckoo wrasse,conger eel,,Ls dogfish,,Turbot,bull huss ,
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#9 Post by doggie3131 »

nice one gerry,nice to see you getting the fish for the young lad!
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard

species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.

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#10 Post by bigsod »

Love to see wrasse and pollock, it means summer is here 8)
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#11 Post by Determined Dan »

nice one gerry.the young man will have all the tricks soon. you will have to watch out, it wont be long till he will be putting up his own reports. :) . well done on the species.
20107xthornback ray. {PB 14.5LB TB RAY} 1xpouting. 1xcodling.11xdogfish. 25xflounder.1xshore rock ling. 177xmac 4xturbot.1 bull huss.1sea trout. 1 MAYO BASS.2011. WHITING X9. COALIE X3. FLOUNDER X7. DOGGIE X8. THORNIEX3. CODLINGX1. SEA SCORPIONX1. 5 BEARDED ROCKLINGX4. SEATROUT X1. TURBOT X1. POLLACK X7. 3 BEARD ROCKLING .2012 SEATROUT X3. TURBOT X5. FLOUNDER X7. 3B,ROCKLINGX1.DOG .
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#12 Post by gitsea M »

nice session gerry well done did the lad get anyting
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#13 Post by gfkelly1969 »

Mick001 wrote:Good stuff Gerry, the species list is growing all the time... great to hear things are starting to pick up..

Mick
thanks mick,its amazing what difference 2 days made,i fished there on friday and had very few bites,great to see it picking up,hopefully the mackerel will be here soon as well
fishy1987 wrote::) nice one on the 2 new species fairplay cant wait to add a wrasse to my own 8)
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thanks fergal,best of luck with the wrasse hunt,the white rag did the job for me :D
CIANDOWNEY wrote:Great days fishing there buddy
thanks cian
polmac wrote:thats a cracking days fishing there
thanks polmac
tight lines wrote:20 FISH IN 2 SESSIONS NOTING WRONG WITH THAT GER KEEP IT UP NICE TO SEE THE POLLOCK STARTING TO SHOW
cheers alan,when you are down give the pier where you met myself and the wife and young lad at a go near darkness and it should be pretty good
FisherKing wrote:Nice session gerry 8) still no wrasse back around my marks yet, but hopefully in the next few weeks they wil be back
thanks Brian,I would say it wont be long until we see reports of some nice wrasse from you :D
polaris wrote:nice going gerry,,nice few species ther,,that first pic,looks like a shanny,,,well done
thanks jamie I think it was a shanny as well,caught 2 of them that night
doggie3131 wrote:nice one gerry,nice to see you getting the fish for the young lad!
thanks Noel,he enjoyed going out and seeing some fish
bigsod wrote:Love to see wrasse and pollock, it means summer is here 8)
usually I know it summer when I nearly crash the car from watching short skirts :lol: :lol:
Determined Dan wrote:nice one gerry.the young man will have all the tricks soon. you will have to watch out, it wont be long till he will be putting up his own reports. :) . well done on the species.
thanks dan,it will be awhile before he puts up a report,he has to learn the abc first,he is only 16 months :lol:
gitsea M wrote:nice session gerry well done did the lad get anyting
thanks gitsea ,he didn't get any he is a bit small yet but he had great fun holding on to the rod while a small pollack was tugging on the other end
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1 dogfish,2 whiting,3 flounder,4 two spot goby,5 mackerel,6 pollack,7 common blenny,8 European eel,9 butterfish,10 Deep-snouted pipefish,11 rock goby,12 poor cod,13 corkwing wrasse,14 coalfish,15 turbot,16 tompot blenny,17 dab,18 dragonet,19 shorerockling,20 thornback ray,21 three bearded rockling,22 sandeel,23 grey gurnard,24 sea scorpion,25 scad,26 plaice,27 ballen wrasse,28 bullhuss,29 conger eel,30 blue shark,31 blonde ray,32 cod,33 pouting,34 topknot,35 Fifteen-spine Stickleback,36 mullet,37 Sand Goby,38 Montagu's Blenny,39 Three-spined Stickleback,40 goldshinny wrasse,41 painted goby,42 five bearded rockling,43 Sand-Smelt,44 Small-headed Clingfish ,45 sole

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Re: north connemara co galway 18th april 2011

#14 Post by mphigham »

Nice on Gerry. The fishing over here is awful at the mo. Had a weekend in Wales, Dinas couple of weeks ago and blanked all weekend. Hope you`re well pal.
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mphigham wrote:Nice on Gerry. The fishing over here is awful at the mo. Had a weekend in Wales, Dinas couple of weeks ago and blanked all weekend. Hope you`re well pal.
Martin.
thanks martin,hope you are well too,the fishing was bad here too,it has just picked in the last 2 weeks,the pier is producing a good few species now,you will have to take a trip over again soon :D
lifetime species fishing and rock pool
1 dogfish,2 whiting,3 flounder,4 two spot goby,5 mackerel,6 pollack,7 common blenny,8 European eel,9 butterfish,10 Deep-snouted pipefish,11 rock goby,12 poor cod,13 corkwing wrasse,14 coalfish,15 turbot,16 tompot blenny,17 dab,18 dragonet,19 shorerockling,20 thornback ray,21 three bearded rockling,22 sandeel,23 grey gurnard,24 sea scorpion,25 scad,26 plaice,27 ballen wrasse,28 bullhuss,29 conger eel,30 blue shark,31 blonde ray,32 cod,33 pouting,34 topknot,35 Fifteen-spine Stickleback,36 mullet,37 Sand Goby,38 Montagu's Blenny,39 Three-spined Stickleback,40 goldshinny wrasse,41 painted goby,42 five bearded rockling,43 Sand-Smelt,44 Small-headed Clingfish ,45 sole

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#16 Post by eyesreilly »

Good to see the wrasse about Gerry, I tried for some yesterday evening at a local mark but none around here yet,wont be long hopefully :wink:
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