Duration:5pm-10pm
Tide:hw at 8pm approx
Weather:calm, dry and chilly
Bait:frozen peeler and lug
Rigs:2 hook flappers and pulley rig
Results:2 x doggies, coalie, codling and 2 x shore rockling
Report:Didnt get out last week unfortunately as I was working over the Bank holiday weekend scaring kids and ruining their bonfires (say no more
) so I was raring to go fishing. With Fishface holidaying in sunnier climes I decided to try the great tackle graveyard known as the North beach, Greystones . Checking my diary for results this time last year didnt inspire me with confidence, but I was in one of those "You never know your luck" moods so I set off armed with lug and frozen peeler. It was a night for the survival suit and wooly hat as I set off down the lane, crossed the railway tracks (looking right and left 
) and down the ramp onto the beach, all the while dodging large lumps of unpickedup doggie doo 
I turned towards the harbour at the bottom of the ramp and set up where I spied a couple of well respected anglers off this site last year fishing for cod . The conditions were against me but I hoped this particular spot would produce the goods, especially as i'd spent the morning looking at pictures of cod uploaded on Facebook by certain individuals 
I set up two rods, one with crab at distance and the other , a 2 hook flapper loaded with lug mid distance. The ground is foul here and it took me a while ,,,,,,,,,,,,,well 4 rigs actually 
,,,to get to grips with it. I was 20oz of lead lighter going back, lets put it that way . I hooked into a couple of fish, but gave them the chance to dig in, thats how I think I lost the rigs. I put two new leaders on , one after the other at one stage . After about 2 hours of losing rigs, I had a good tug on the crab rod, and lifted into it. This time I reeled in for all I was worth , not giving the fish a chance to dive, and I was rewarded with a nice fat coalie, blank saved(and I was starting to worry 
). 
I then had 2 doggies , one after the other,also on crab. I changed the 2 hook flapper on the other rod to a single hook and also used crab on this , mid distance and I got a thumper of a bite, which turned out to be a fat codling, 35cms, happy days
.
I got another two fish, both shore rockling, one a decent 30cms and the other a tiddler. All in all it was not a bad night, a few half decent fish ensuring that I might return again to the tackle graveyard. I didnt get a bite on the lug, strangely enough
I left at 10pm and set off up the hill back to the van. Despite being lighter by at least 20oz of lead, 6 crab, 20 lug, I was still cream crackered by the time I arrived
On a positive note it has to be said that its easier negotiating the doggie doo's in the dark as they stand out more in the beam of a headlight.
pity about the rigs
nice to see I was right about the fishy being close into shore though well done mate!
