north connemara 18th and 19th june 2012

[gfkelly1969]

People:marcin,chris and myself

Duration:day 1 18:00 to 03:00 day 2 marcin,chris 08:00 to 20:30 myself 18:30 to 20:30

Tide:all stages

Weather:dry with a light breeze

Bait:ragworm,lugworm,mackerel,squid,sandeel

Rigs:various

Results:dab,flounder,ballen wrasse,corkwing wrasse,dogfish,rock goby,butterfish,blenny,poor cod,coalfish,pollack,conger eel,thornback ray,mackerel

Report:i have not put up a shore report in over a year,i will have to try post more
i headed to the mark first and set up one rod with a float rig for mini species and the second rod with lug and rag worm on a 2 hook flapper,the first bite of the session came shortly after on the float rod i reeled in and landed my first ever rock goby

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followed soon after by a blenny

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and a butterfish

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the 2 lads arrived soon after and as we were chatting while the lads setup i saw a bite on the beach caster,it looked like a dog fish bite so i gave it awhile to hook it self and after 5 mins i went to reel in and to my surprise i landed the biggest flounder that i ever caught,42cm long

he was the fattest one i ever seen as well

the session started well for me and it also went very well for the lads too

soon after setting up Chris had a great bite and had to run for the rod as it was nearly pulled in to the sea,after a great fight he landed his first ever ballen wrasse

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we had loads of dogfish after that and the float rod kept me very busy with poor cod

and my first corkwing wrasse of the year

the lads had some more ballen wrasse and then marcin caught his first ever dab

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i headed home soon after because i had to work in the morning,i was tempted to pull a sickie and stay fishing through the night and the next day with the lads as the fishing was so good

after work i headed off to meet the lads at a new mark,when i arrived the lads had loads of dog fish caught and i set up to try for a thornback ray but was into dogfish soon after i had mackerel at the mark as well
chris landed the first and only ray of the evening
marcin was trying for conger and lost a few good fish and then landed a 6lb conger after a great fight

we finished fishing at 20:30 and headed home,every one was happy after 2 sessions.every one caught a new species and plenty of fish,happy days

thanks to marcin for all the grippers
thanks to tightlines for the rag and lug

[Deleted User 3488]

Thats some haul of different species Gerry; about 10 reports worth .
You lads in the west are blessed with the coastline ya have.

[saving private brian]

well done gerry,,,great report

[myworldfishing]

We on the east coast can only dream about catching so many species in one session......

[Firbolg]

NIce fishing, lots of species there

[tight lines]

great to read a report form you again ger glad the bait caught you a few fish a bit of a surprise you did not get any bull huss

[gitsea M]

excellent array of species gerry well done

[Mahoney]

Great report Gerry, it was pleasure to fish with you, hopefully we'll meet again soon
THX, Marcin

[robbiemag]

Fair play to ye Gerry. Nice fishin. Plenty of different fish. Good to see your post again

[gfkelly1969]

Thats some haul of different species Gerry; about 10 reports worth .
You lads in the west are blessed with the coastline ya have.

thanks MONKEYwrasse we are lucky along the west coast,there are a lot of bays and beaches and rock marks we can fish from but i think a lot of the coast line has never been fished as most lads fish the more poplar marks

well done gerry,,,great report

thanks Brian

We on the east coast can only dream about catching so many species in one session......

your always welcome to hear over this way,i will give you a few marks

NIce fishing, lots of species there

thanks Richie

great to read a report form you again ger glad the bait caught you a few fish a bit of a surprise you did not get any bull huss

thanks for the bait alan,i never catch any bull huss anymore only dogfish,had a nice 10lb dogfish last week

excellent array of species gerry well done

thanks gitsea M

Great report Gerry, it was pleasure to fish with you, hopefully we'll meet again soon
THX, Marcin

thanks Marcin it was good to fish with you and i enjoyed the craic,looking forward to the next session

Fair play to ye Gerry. Nice fishin. Plenty of different fish. Good to see your post again

thanks robbie,good to hear ye had plenty of fish the last time ye were over