wicklow Harbour 16th March

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wicklow Harbour 16th March

#1 Post by eyesreilly »

People:Me and Fishface

Duration:6pm-11pm

Tide:rising

Weather:slight breeze where I was,,,,dead calm where Fishface was around the corner :roll:

Bait:lug, rag, mack, wraps, sandeel

Rigs:2 and 3 hook flappers

Results:Coalies, codling, Doggies, Whiting, Dabs




Report:It was my first time out in weeks and as much as I love Greystones, I decided on a change of venue,,,,so it was off to Wicklow Harbour this time. With the "stretch" in the evenings now upgraded to a "Grand stretch", we had to wait a little longer for the fish to start coming in numbers,,,but the small jellyworms tipped with mack still did the business in daylight on the light rod,,,starting me off with a couple of coalies . Neil had some chunky little codling in the mid twenties , with the fish getting slightly bigger as darkness fell. We had set up on the corner, with Neil kindly letting me set up in the breeze, while he nestled in comfortably behind the sheltering wall :wink: . The fish were hammering the bait on most casts, with doubles and even a treble coming in. We could hear the crowd cheering as Ireland's Strongest Men battled it out in the Murrough car park but myselfe and Fishface had our own battle to fight as usual,,,but we couldnt keep count of the fish :shock: . As soon as I said "You'd think there'd be a few doggies about!",,,,Fishface landed one and made sure everyone on the Pier saw it :roll: . I got my own back later on, getting 4 doggies and adding another species to this years list :wink: . All the baits were landing fish,,,I was trying different baits on the flappers but they all worked. Enjoyable session,just what the doctor ordered,,,,now to hit the beaches and hopefully not have a crap session that will drive me back to the Harbours :roll:

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Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: wicklow Harbour 16th March

#2 Post by John cork »

Great nights fishing nice few species and a busy nite well done ;)

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#3 Post by fishface »

well done :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#4 Post by eyesreilly »

Thanks, it was a nice to be out,,,,I forgot to say that :oops:
Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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Re: wicklow Harbour 16th March

#5 Post by anthony byrne »

Fine mix of species well done !
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#6 Post by mackfish »

Nice fishing and nice towel!..:)
sure, its not raining between the showers!
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Re: wicklow Harbour 16th March

#7 Post by Moody Marlin »

Nice evenings fishing. Fair play :)
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

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Re: wicklow Harbour 16th March

#8 Post by donal domeney »

Welcome back and well done.

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#9 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Well done lads, busy session, nice to see the codling still there.
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#10 Post by lucky13 »

nice aul session lads...
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#11 Post by thelegend »

good session lads, welldone to you :)
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Re: wicklow Harbour 16th March

#12 Post by paul skelly »

Good stuff lads ;) great harbour for the species count :)
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#13 Post by lad123 »

Some good fish there , sounds like fun
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#14 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice one lads 8)
good to see the dynamic duo back at their work :P
so,,,,, who caught the most fish then :?: :wink: :wink: :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#15 Post by fishface »

do you really have to ask?we lost count after thirthy each,anyway we are not like that .neither of us looks on our fishing trips as a competition,we just enjoy each others company, and no we are not gay.o and I say mass every sunday :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#16 Post by eyesreilly »

fishface wrote:do you really have to ask?we lost count after thirthy each,anyway we are not like that .neither of us looks on our fishing trips as a competition,we just enjoy each others company, and no we are not gay.o and I say mass every sunday :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Where do I start on the above :roll:
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