Chasing congor

[Dave78]

myself:

3 hrs roughly 9pm to midnight:

on the drop:

small bit of wind,no rain:

mackerel :

pulley,:

no bites other then crabs and small fish tearing at the baits:




I finished work at 6pm, headed home grabbed a few rods and some mackerel from the freezer and went through my rig wallet and picked out some 6/0 and 8/0 Aberdeen and o shaunessy rigs crimped to a mixture of 50lb , 60lb and 100lb wire trace and decided to go chasing a congor eel. I headed to the breakwater in ballycotton with 2 rod I fished near the end of the breakwater one rod with half a mackerel on the sheltered side and the other ocean side with the other Half of the mackerel, 3 hrs no joy, saw a dogfish, a whiting and a codling landed on the light of the pier opposite, I will be going back in the next few days and will keep returning untill I land my first one :

[John cork]

Good report shame bout the blank ur luck will change if u keep at it who know I mite go on a conger hunt with when the weather calms down

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[Dave78]

No bother John, I didn't expect to catch last night it was more about getting out after a tough week at work, I will be making a mid week trip to monkstown straight after work for a few hours on Wednesday night.
I will be heading out at least 2 nights a week until hook into one

[roooster]

your trying the right place anyway,surprized you didnt catch any conger where you were fishing,maybe around the middle of the breakwater might be more produtive

[Dave78]

Cheers rooster, my mate had a 9.3kg congor from the main pier in october, i was with him that night , i will try the middle of the breakwater next week, thanks for the tip

[thecatcher]

Try the very start of the breakwater on the corner part use a lumi muppet and mackeral head best of luck.

[Dave78]

Thanks for the tip catcher

[Deise boy]

We went out the other night for congor also everything looked good.

Give us out the bait lads yeah there it is in that bad there.

Mackerel fillets he got.

End of congor hunting.




Kind regards

[Dave78]

We went out the other night for congor also everything looked good.

Give us out the bait lads yeah there it is in that bad there.

Mackerel fillets he got.

End of congor hunting.




Kind regards

I was using whole mackerel with a nice bloody groundbait, Fillets mackerel maybe for whiting or dogfish

[Deleted User 3488]

Plenty of Congor weather for the week, nice calm nights should bring them out of their lairs.

[Dave78]

If todays weather keeps up the next few nights will be great, heading out Tues Wed and Thurs

[lad123]

Keep trying You will get a few from ballycotton ..... i got one from there before on a little piece of mackerel when i was fishing for codling , whiting etc on a size 2/0 hook

[Dave78]

Getting ready to hit the road for another session, fingers crossed

[lucky13]

Getting ready to hit the road for another session, fingers crossed

hey dave,they are there lad,some heavyweights too,not so long ago a lad hauled out a hefty conger with 11 hooks in his mouth!
ive had plenty of conger there but have lost more than i managed to pier.the spot rooster has mentioned i have never tried,but he knows the crack there.
i usually cast of the end of the pier from the wall where the platform is behind the pier,towards the lighthouse.usually has a bite for me.be wary tho just in front of the pier where the ladder is,there seems to be a deep void where they seem to run to,once there in there thats it you wont get them out.sometimes its hard to notice the bite too as the take is very gentle for such a beast.
can be fun trying to steer them to the steps too when they are barreling,plenty of swivels on ur trace helps alot.
good luck lad

[Al and Jordan]

unlucky dave. I have had 2 conger rods out on my last few rock sessions as with pretty much the same success as yourself man

[Dave78]

Cheers lucky 13, Ive tried over the wall towards the lighthouse it was full of snags I lost 3 rigs just beyond that ledge, Last year my mate lost two into that void you were talking about, I held the rod for him for a few minutes for one of them you could feel the tension but there was no budging the eel from ever hole it went into he had no choice but to cut his line , that might explain a conger being caught with 11 hooks in his mouth, tough tough fish.

[Dave78]

I going to keep trying AL, I will step up the efforts over the next few weeks