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west coast session.

#1 Post by Determined Dan »

People me, sean , firblog, GF kelly and polarais.

Duration 2pm-6.30

Tide low to high.

Weather great only one shower all day.

Bait loads, mack sandeel squid black lug and more.

Rigs 2 hook and 3 hook flapper

Results : whiting , 3bearded rockling, ray , dogs.




Report: We all decided on a session and made our way to the venue. got off to a great start first cast for all of us we land fish. ray and dogs were the first to come in and the blank was saved. thank god. :) .it was full on fishing for the day not even time for tea. :P . the ray were good sizes to start with the best of the day going to Sean who's fish came in at 6.5lb.i got a few good dubble hook ups with ray and dogs and ray and whiting. nice to put a bend in the rod when it was my flattie rod i got the ray and dog on :shock: . the dogs were all good big fish that fought all the way in. and the crack was flying all day and it was a great session. the end result was ; me . 10 dogs 6 ray and 2 whiting. Sean 4 ray 8 dogs. firblog 6 dogs 1 ray . GF Kelly 3 ray and 8 dogs. and polarais 8 dogs 1 ray and a 3 beard rock ling. so a good day out and roll on the next one :D . { the lads can add some pics cause my camera died.}
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 .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
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Re: west coast session.

#2 Post by darknight »

Nice session lads.....
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Re: west coast session.

#3 Post by Mick001 »

Well done Dan and Lads, great session, sounds like a great day with plenty of fish and banter.

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Re: west coast session.

#4 Post by fishy1987 »

:D excellent what are the odds all landing fish on your first cast.sounds like a hectic session 8) wouldnt mind a few of them myself.nice one and 6.5lb :shock: ray
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Re: west coast session.

#5 Post by grady »

sound it was great session lads, plenty of fish, well done
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Re: west coast session.

#6 Post by Determined Dan »

cheers for the reply dark night. the crack was flying all day so the time flew by mick a good day out. thanks for the reply fish1987 it was great we all bet the blank and the 6.5lb ray was the iceing on the cake for sean, it was one of his first ray ever. if your coming down west let me know and we will sort out a session. there was loads of fish grady it didnt really slow down all day .
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 .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
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Re: west coast session.

#7 Post by FisherKing »

Great session lads 8) well done, plenty of fish & good craic, happy days
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#8 Post by polaris »

great bit of craic with us all pulling in fish,,,good to meet the two lads sean n firblog, good to see the rod twitching every few minits,and sean with his grin from ear to ear after getting his skate,,fine fish,,,he has the bug now !! roll on the next one,,i,ll put a few pics up
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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
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#9 Post by zud25 »

Well done lads 8) Nice result on the nice place :D
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#10 Post by fagan »

nice session the lads, well done!!! :D :D :D :D
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#11 Post by Firbolg »

Great to meet up with the lads, thanks to Dan for the seat out and the lads for a brilliant day fishing. Cant wait to get out again
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#12 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Excellent results lads, great fishing 8)
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#13 Post by Conger »

Sounds like theres was some craic had on that session, well done lads and plenty of fish as well :D
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Re: west coast session.

#14 Post by kaylemf »

well done lads! glad to see the ray coming back :)
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#15 Post by gfkelly1969 »

I enjoyed that session Dan,the crack was good,it was good to meet yourself and Jamie again and to meet Sean and firblog for the first time,it was great to see the lads getting a few fish when they are new to the sea fishing
nice dance Sean did when he got the ray :lol:
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#16 Post by Bassmania »

Well done lads, it looks like a great venue. Nice doggie in one of those photos...
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#17 Post by corbyeire »

great results there lads - nice to see it fishing well again

is that one of your own tags on the last ray there gerry?
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#18 Post by doggie3131 »

well done lads,looks like ye had a great session...
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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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#19 Post by gfkelly1969 »

corbyeire wrote:great results there lads - nice to see it fishing well again

is that one of your own tags on the last ray there gerry?
yes Brian that was one I put on,a few more sessions like that and i will be out of tags
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