Greystones 16 August

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Moody Marlin
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Greystones 16 August

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People:Myself & Smack

Duration:11am till 8pm

Tide:ebb & flood

Weather:light SW mainly overcast

Bait:Fresh Mackerel

Rigs:Sabiki & Flowing trace

Results:Mackerel, Tope, Dogs, Grey Gurnard, Tub Gurnard

Report:After hearing reports of a few Tope being caught of Greystones, myself and Smack decided to launch the boat dis morning and headed to Bray Head to get our Mackerel for the day. Then headed down to the Breaches bouy, and started our drift back north. 30 minutes in and bang, Smack's reel started to sing that sweet sound of a screaming reel. Short while later we had a beaut of a female Tope in the boat. Unfortunately I forgot to bring tags with me, we measured her and got a few pics. (Dont know how to upload pics) Then released to watch her swim away strongly. She measured in at 1550 x 607mm. That's just 50mm short of specimen length :( the lenght based formula put her at apprx 44lb. Fine fish. :) We did the drift another two times only picking up the odd dog. Then decided to head in close to the coast to try for a few species and managed a few Tubs & Grey Gurnards. All in all an enjoyable day cant wait to get out again. :)
Species 2015: Long Spined Sea Scorpion, LSD, Poor Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Corkwing Wrasse, Tompot Blenny, Thornie, Tope, Dab, Ballan Wrasse, Pollack, Pouting, Herring, Coalie, Rock Goby, Mackerel, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ling, Cod, Conger, Smoothie, Common Blenny, Goldshinny Wrasse, Grey Gurnard, Bass, Bull Huss, Tub Gurnard, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Launce, Homelyn Ray, Sandeel, Blue Shark

Species 2014: (40) Flounder PB 37cm, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Three Bearded Rockling, Pouting, Pollack, Whiting, Five Bearded Rockling, Codling, LSD, Dab, Smooth Hound, Tope PB 55lb, Bull Huss PB 13LB, Thornback Ray, Common Blenny, Ballan Wrasse, Black Goby, Grey Gurnard, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Launce, Cuckoo Wrasse, Coalie, Tub Gurnard, Poor Cod, Tompot Blenny, Rock Goby, Small Mouth Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldshinny Wrasse, Red Gurnard, Ling, Scad, Turbot, Sandeel, Haddock, Blue Shark PB 92LB, Mullet, Weever & an Octopus

Species 2013: (34)
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Rob Millard
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Re: Greystones 16 August

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Hopefully this link works MM!
Species 2019: Common Skate, Pollack, Whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bull Huss, Lsd, Porbeagle Shark, Mackerel, Grey Gurnard, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Turbot, Ballan Wrasse, Dab, Smoothound, herring, haddock, Blonde Ray, Tope, bass

Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna

Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim

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Richie07
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Favourite Fish: Bass, Pollock, Mack
Location: SCR, Dublin 8.

Re: Greystones 16 August

#3 Post by Richie07 »

Nice fish, just wondering how far off Brayhead were you getting Mackerel?, I fish from the shore there but only managed a few in 1 session a few weeks back, I pick up some nice Pollock though but always nice to get a few Macs for the pan.
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Re: Greystones 16 August

#4 Post by Moody Marlin »

Richie07 wrote:Nice fish, just wondering how far off Brayhead were you getting Mackerel?, I fish from the shore there but only managed a few in 1 session a few weeks back, I pick up some nice Pollock though but always nice to get a few Macs for the pan.
To be honest we searched all around Brayhead (in close and out far)and only got one string of four all the rest came in ones. Bit scarce on the ground.
Species 2015: Long Spined Sea Scorpion, LSD, Poor Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Corkwing Wrasse, Tompot Blenny, Thornie, Tope, Dab, Ballan Wrasse, Pollack, Pouting, Herring, Coalie, Rock Goby, Mackerel, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ling, Cod, Conger, Smoothie, Common Blenny, Goldshinny Wrasse, Grey Gurnard, Bass, Bull Huss, Tub Gurnard, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Launce, Homelyn Ray, Sandeel, Blue Shark

Species 2014: (40) Flounder PB 37cm, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Three Bearded Rockling, Pouting, Pollack, Whiting, Five Bearded Rockling, Codling, LSD, Dab, Smooth Hound, Tope PB 55lb, Bull Huss PB 13LB, Thornback Ray, Common Blenny, Ballan Wrasse, Black Goby, Grey Gurnard, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Launce, Cuckoo Wrasse, Coalie, Tub Gurnard, Poor Cod, Tompot Blenny, Rock Goby, Small Mouth Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldshinny Wrasse, Red Gurnard, Ling, Scad, Turbot, Sandeel, Haddock, Blue Shark PB 92LB, Mullet, Weever & an Octopus

Species 2013: (34)
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