Greystones pier, 28 Nov 2012

[JPA]

People: Me

Duration: 20 h 30 - 21 h 30

Tide: high at 23 h 00

Weather: freezing cold and windy, but dry and clear

Bait: frozen lugworms

Rigs: 2 hooks flapper (size 2)

Results: 1 flounder




Report: It was difficult to find fresh bait midweek, so I decided to give frozen lugs a go. I went to what I believed to be my "old faithful" : Greystones pier. I knew the temperature was near zero, but the wind made it much worse. The bright side is that I had the whole pier just for myself. I could try all the spots I wanted : near the wall, or at distance, inside the harbor, in its mouth, or sea side, where the sea was a bit rough... I only caught a flounder at distance on the sea side. It looks like that pier isn't as reliable as it was last month. Did somebody had more success down there recently ? I wanted to try harder, but I couldn't feel my hands anymore and I gave up (I have to find some decent gloves...). It is always nice to fish under the moonlight and these polished stones made a great background for the picture of my flounder, so I went home frozen but happy

[chuckaroo]

well done on giving it a go, a well deserved wee flounder..
i'll be braving the cold tomorrow myself. hopefully i'll produce something too!

[hurler01]

Well done, its very cold of late.

[Sweetwrasse]

Well done on braving the elements. Glad you got your reward with a nice flounder

[joebhoy]

Well done on the flounder JPA. Heading out tomorrow night in dun laoghaire for a wee session as the weather looks fairly decent....

[fishface]

nice flounder id say wrong choice of bait, rag and mack do the trick down there, im sure eyes would agree

[JPA]

Thanks everybody for the kind comments.

nice flounder id say wrong choice of bait, rag and mack do the trick down there, im sure eyes would agree

I think you're right fishface, rag worked well for me there, but I couldn't find fresh bait for this last minute session