Swillly and Leenan. Co.Donegal. Friday 11 May

[chuckaroo]

People: me + 2

Duration: all day

Tide: HW 10am (ish)

Weather: sunny, chilly, WINDY

Bait: rag, mac, sandeel, squid

Rigs: flappers

Results: not much

hadnt met my Derry mate in a few years so we planned a session for the Swilly. met at Buncrana pier at 11am hoping for maybe a few flatties, a thornie or 2, or even an early mack, but we didnt catch anything there the whole day, only crabs.
moved to Leenan too for a while in-between times and first off Stevie got a decent dab - that i'll be having for my breakfast.. - which got the spirits and hopes up. but it ended up as being the best fish of the day as the only other things caught were a small flounder, a wrasse and a spider crab by Stevie. Richard managed a dab and i blanked the whole day
finished up at 10pm and hit the road back home contemplating the planned boat trip back in the Swilly come July.. to make amends!
bit of craic despite the poor fishing

[Monty156a]

Shame about the results mate but it looks like you got a decent day weatherwise. Nice photos.

That looks like a great daytime view from Leenan.

Monty

[fagan]

unlucky chuck, shame u didnt catch more for the miles but atleast u didnt blank. love that spider crab too.

[tight lines]

atleast u didnt blank..

but he did unlucky mate better look on the boat

[anthony byrne]

Shame it's not the result you wanted nice to be getting out though !!! Heading up around Dunaff and the swilly next weekend on the kayak hoping for a Tope I've heard a few were landed today

[chuckaroo]

Shame about the results mate but it looks like you got a decent day weatherwise. Nice photos.

That looks like a great daytime view from Leenan.

Monty

lovely sunny day Monty but it was just very windy!
must be a bit early in the year yet too tho because the fishing was pretty poor
good luck

atleast u didnt blank..

but he did unlucky mate better look on the boat

indeed tight lines, i blanked alright. pretty unbelievable over a 8hour+ session but thats the way it was..
yip. i'll hopefully do far better come the boat trip
cheers

Shame it's not the result you wanted nice to be getting out though !!! Heading up around Dunaff and the swilly next weekend on the kayak hoping for a Tope I've heard a few were landed today

good luck with that one mate. the mouth of the swilly is defo a place for the tope. im gonna get into the kayak fishing this year. its the way forward.. cheers

[fagan]

Shame about the results mate but it looks like you got a decent day weatherwise. Nice photos.

That looks like a great daytime view from Leenan.

Monty

lovely sunny day Monty, but it was just very windy! must be a bit early in the year yet tho because the fishing was pretty poor..
good luck

but he did unlucky mate better look on the boat[/quote] indeed tight lines, i blanked alright. pretty unbelievable over a 8hour+ session.. but thats the way it was..
yip. i'll hopefully far better on the boat trip!
cheers

Shame it's not the result you wanted nice to be getting out though !!! Heading up around Dunaff and the swilly next weekend on the kayak hoping for a Tope I've heard a few were landed today

good luck with that one mate. the mouth of the swilly is defo a place for the tope. im defo gonna get into the kayak fishing this year! its the way forward.. cheers[/quote] sorry chuck i got mixed up with other reports hope u have abita luck on the boat mate, and thanks tight lines for pointing that out. i must of been half a sleep.lol

[chuckaroo]

sorry chuck i got mixed up with other reports hope u have abita luck on the boat mate, and thanks tight lines for pointing that out. i must of been half a sleep.lol

no worries fagan. not many fish caught at all, think those other guys were fortunate enough to have gotten something alright tho.. cheers

[Drew]

I love that Pier!

[chuckaroo]

I love that Pier!

lovely part of the world Drew!

[the-ghost]

at least ya got afew chuck. that mark will start producin more over the next few weeks. bring it on i hear you say

[dave316]

Unlucky man, i'm sure you'll have a good session on the boat next time.

[chuckaroo]

at least ya got afew chuck. that mark will start producin more over the next few weeks. bring it on i hear you say

bring it on alright ghosty!

Unlucky man, i'm sure you'll have a good session on the boat next time.

cheers Dave. have been promised some decent action come July... hope it lives up to it

[Al and Jordan]

hard luck charlie with the blank
we were across the other side of the swilly the weekend before yourselves and the fish were thin on the ground for us too man. but things can only improve in the coming weeks