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galway rays

#1 Post by robbiemag »

People: Me and John Tipp

Duration:4.00 til 9.00

Tide:drop

Weather:hazey rain and warm

Bait:mack, squid, sand eel

Rigs:pulley, 2 hook flapper

Results:18 ray, few dogs, mackeral and 1 spider crab


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Headed off to the far west on Thursday afternoon. Got to the mark at about 4.00. Couldnt wait to get a line into the water. After about 10 min or so rod bent over. waited for a minute and struck. Felt a bit of weight and fish pulling back. :D :D Was hoping it was a ray and not a dog. As the fish came up seen the wings flappin. Lovely the first ray of the day. The fishing was fast and furious. We were getting bites every 10 minutes or so. Couldnt believe the amount of fish there. Fished until 9.00 and headed back to the town for some grub and a few creamy guinness. The only complaint about the trip was the poxy midgets eatin me alive. I had a tea towel on me head at one stage to keep them away. Just as well fishing was so good or I would have packed up and gone. Going to bring a bally the next time to cover me head. Will be defo headin back there again in a few weeks time.
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#2 Post by JOHN1 »

well done lads nice bit of action 8)
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#3 Post by tight lines »

nice 1 rob at least someone had a good weekend
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#4 Post by lucky »

well done robbie. always nice to get some fish after travelling a distance to target them... just woundering did you release all of them back alive...
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#5 Post by robbiemag »

How ye. Kept 2 fish each. Put the rest back. Only kept male fish too. Been there lots of times over past few years but only keep a couple. Me granda loves a bit of ray.
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#6 Post by paulmeleady »

should of stead with us we had 32 ray and a hell of a session,
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#7 Post by Al and Jordan »

great fishing robbie and fair play to ya man for only taking a few for the table 8)
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#8 Post by henrykelly10 »

great fishing robbie :wink: them bottoms look familiar i hope mine still on the line :wink:
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#9 Post by Tipp john »

Great trip rob had some laugh,both fishing and drinking, :shock: :shock: cant wait to hit galway again always ave a gud time even if the fishing isnt gud, thankfully it was this weekend, :D its a great spot.
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#10 Post by zeke »

excellent session lads 8) big well done :)
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#11 Post by dave po »

Lovely rays robbie keep it up!! Thats what we like to see :)
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#12 Post by gfkelly1969 »

well done robbie,good to see that ye had plenty of ray to keep ye busy
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#13 Post by paulmeleady »

nice one rob, just to say that iv never heard about ray carcass affecting the ray i think its the biggest load of crap,
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#14 Post by tight lines »

paulmeleady wrote:nice one rob, just to say that iv never heard about ray carcass affecting the ray i think its the biggest load of crap,
it very true bomber they give of a scent that stops others coming near were they have being killed

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