Poolbeg
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Poolbeg
People: Me
Duration: 8 - 11pm
Tide: Rising
Weather: Windy..ish
Bait: Unfortunetly only mack and squid
Rigs: Pulley + Scratching Rig
Results: pin whiting and crabs..lots of them
Report:
Duration: 8 - 11pm
Tide: Rising
Weather: Windy..ish
Bait: Unfortunetly only mack and squid
Rigs: Pulley + Scratching Rig
Results: pin whiting and crabs..lots of them
Report:
Frank
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Re: Poolbeg
Still mack in dublin bay are they from last season or are they the new seasons early birds ?
mickser
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I have not fished in two years hoping to change that this year with anything ?
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Re: Poolbeg
i think your looking at the bait he used and not what he caughtmickser wrote:Still mack in dublin bay are they from last season or are they the new seasons early birds ?
mickser

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Re: Poolbeg
My friend just moved to sandymount so we'll be giving pool ed a few sessions this year. Any idea when smoothies run . May or June?
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Re: Poolbeg
late may they should start to show but only on tides 3.8 m and above also evening tides are bestkenf41 wrote:My friend just moved to sandymount so we'll be giving pool ed a few sessions this year. Any idea when smoothies run . May or June?
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Re: Poolbeg
+1 and a calm sea
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)
Species 2013: Coalie, East Coast Codling, Smoothounds, And hopefully a back opp to get back fishing soon...
Species 2013: Coalie, East Coast Codling, Smoothounds, And hopefully a back opp to get back fishing soon...
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Re: Poolbeg
had some of the best fishing last year when there was a big chop on the water also better chance of a bass with a bit of a chopsparkey+1 wrote:+1 and a calm sea
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Re: Poolbeg
myself and shane h went to poobeg on the 17 of may last year and hammered smoothies all night 14 of 15 between us ,and as is always the way in fishing i got an 8 lb bass on my first cast lol,bass must have calenders too




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Re: Poolbeg
roger de dodger wrote:myself and shane h went to poobeg on the 17 of may last year and hammered smoothies all night 14 of 15 between us ,and as is always the way in fishing i got an 8 lb Bass on my first cast lol,Bass must have calenders too![]()
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that bass was a cracker for poolbeg rodger
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Re: Poolbeg
Jasus. That was nice going. Is there still flounder there in April. Used to catch good big ones there in spring many moons ago
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Re: Poolbeg
couldn't even have a smoke in peace with all them houndsroger de dodger wrote:myself and shane h went to poobeg on the 17 of may last year and hammered smoothies all night 14 of 15 between us ,and as is always the way in fishing i got an 8 lb Bass on my first cast lol,Bass must have calenders too![]()
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Re: Poolbeg
there are still flounder around but not as many or as big as years agokenf41 wrote:Jasus. That was nice going. Is there still flounder there in April. Used to catch good big ones there in spring many moons ago