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North Wicklow Surprise

#1 Post by dac69696969 »

People:Myself and Mickm

Duration:11.30pm-5.30am

Tide:Up and down

Weather:blustery with a couple of showers

Bait:lug,rag,mac

Rigs:all sorts but biggest hook size was a size 2

Results:plenty of small flounder and whiting,couple of rockling,couple of doggies and .................a spotted ray of about 3lbs!!!!! :D :D :D




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It was decided on Friday that we could both get out for a cast on Saturday night but as I was working until 1am Mick had the head Start on me.Arrived at the mark only for mick to announce that things had gone quiet for about 45mins now.......typical :roll: I set up 2 rods anyway as Mick gave me the run down on how he had got on so far.From fishing here a bit He was a bit tired of the baits being stripped without hooking up so this time he set up with size 6 hooks on all his rigs and he hooked into a lot more of the bites,majority being undersized flounder, Personally I was expecting small whiting if anything....it was good to learn !
Anyway, there was plenty of weed in the surf which became a real problem on the dropping tide :evil: , and no takes for about an hour Mick got a phone call and had to depart.I rebaited a 3hook flapper with lug, rag and mac......because nothing seemed to be doing the business and contemplated packing up
Myself but mick donated his flask of coffee so I said I would give one more hour,cheers mick :D . He had Only left a few mins when I noticed a few twitches on the rod out a bit and started to haul it in......felt a bit different to the previous few stone of weed from my other retrievals but I didn't get my hopes up Too high.I finally beached my first double of the night,a pin whiting and,and,and totally unexpected ,my first ever spotted ray. :P :P :P . Admired it for a minute and then rang himself to gloat.He turned the car around and came back to the beach for a look. Lol. took a couple of snaps and returned both fish......so chuffed that I forgot to measure or weigh him :roll: Got another few fish after that falling to rag and mac but nothing to outshine the ray :wink: It became unfishable due to weed about 1.5 hours into the drop, with some rigs lost with the line lost At the leader knot :roll: So I packed up and went home with a big smile on my face. By the way I brought in the ray on a size 2 hook baited with a small 1" mac bait !
Ps. Pics to follow.....can't seem to add a pic when I access the site from my phone


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Re: North Wicklow Surprise

#2 Post by paul skelly »

Nice one man the joys of fishing you never know what's about to take your bait
Fair play it paid off sticking it out
Look forward to the pick's
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Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,

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Re: North Wicklow Surprise

#3 Post by Al »

Fair play on the Ray 8)
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#4 Post by roger de dodger »

guess where al is going :lol:
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#5 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Well done mate. That's a great reward for your persistence :D
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#6 Post by mickm »

heres some pics
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#7 Post by stevo74 »

well done on the Ray
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Re: North Wicklow Surprise

#8 Post by boycie89 »

no al you mean guess where we are going ;)
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specimens 09 - twait shad 1.22kg , 3 beard rockling 2lb 6oz , whiting 3lb .
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#9 Post by Al »

boycie89 wrote:no al you mean guess where we are going ;)
Too right :D

Although, I have fished it a few times on the rare occasion the wind has settled down and haven't had any luck...just doggies :(
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#10 Post by darknight »

Great lookin ray well done
Species 2011_pollock,doggie

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