foyle 21/03/2014

[seabass88]

People: me and my mate

Duration: 3 hours tide running off

Tide: running off hard

Weather: 27mph wind / dry / sunny

Bait: smelt

Rigs: wessex rig size 4 long shank aberdeen

Results: flounder/sea trout



headed out for the first session on the foyle of the year, i live about 10 mins walk from this spot so you will see alot of reports from here.

set up with usual method of one rod out far onto a sandbank about 90 yards out and the other close in out of the channel

The first hour was very quiet and the wind was very off putting though the small flounder where starting to bite.
I think we landed about 12/13 flounder and a small plaice of around 1/4lb before my closest fished rod bounced over and as i struck into an unmistakable shake shake fight , i was onto a small sea trout of around 3/4lb , quickly released after a photo.
more flounder followed in quick succession including several double headers including one with a small trout and a flounder.

near the end of the session i picked my smaller rod up and as i was taking it in i hooked another sea trout of around 1 1/2 lb which spat out two full smelt as i was unhooking it ! greedy bugger

all in all a good day out for first day of the season all in the worst wind ive fished in years

[birdseye]

Nice to see a report from the Foyle
Well done on the sea trout.
Good start to the season.

[Deleted User 3488]

Nice Trout, was that up around Quigleys point?

[seabass88]

thanks guys

yeah thats the spot just around there was full of dead ragworm last week aswell they must of got washed up with the bad weather

[chuckaroo]

Nice to see a report from the Foyle
Well done on the sea trout.
Good start to the season.

+2
oh, and good pics too like the balaclava snap

[seabass88]

Lol the ballyclava is a must in strong winds lol

[paul skelly]

Well done lads the trout must have been feeding hard .

[Deleted User 3488]

thanks guys

yeah thats the spot just around there was full of dead ragworm last week aswell they must of got washed up with the bad weather

I am not entirely sure but I think Ragworm die en mass after spawning.

[seabass88]

They normally don't spawn till late august tho ? These ones wernt limp and lifeless like spent worms they were jist all badly damaged and washed up on a grassy bank

[paul skelly]

They normally don't spawn till late august tho ? These ones wernt limp and lifeless like spent worms they were jist all badly damaged and washed up on a grassy bank

They spawn in spring !

[Dave78]

Nice report seabass

[Dave78]

They normally don't spawn till late august tho ? These ones wernt limp and lifeless like spent worms they were jist all badly damaged and washed up on a grassy bank

They spawn in spring !

I went digging rag last sunday, saw thousands of tiny little rag, nearly a dozen in each fork full, i did notice that the larger ones didnt have too much life in them after a few hours, I only took enough for the days fishing, also noticed they were very near the surface, i found a good few by just turning over rock.

[seabass88]

Must be spawning time then ! It's just I rememebr seeing loads washed in at inch pier a few years back and that was late august and as it was calm I jist assumed they were spawned out

[Deleted User 3488]

Must be spawning time then ! It's just I rememebr seeing loads washed in at inch pier a few years back and that was late august and as it was calm I jist assumed they were spawned out

Most likely the worms you saw in August were killed by an Algal bloom (red tide).
But it is possible that storms could wash beds away and throw worms up on the shore.

[johnwest]

Good report and good fishing. Interesting about the smelt in the sea trout, an earlier report mentioned catching one, Corbyeire I think, and there was some discussion about the distribution of smelt around the country including references to the Foyle system.

[seabass88]

The foyle is over run with them shoals of 1000's make it impossible to fish some days

[Al and Jordan]

great report and pics man!
does make you wonder thow why DCAL have decided not to issue tags with the game licences this year. I cornered 2 of their representatives at the angling show in Dublin a lot of weeks ago about it and to say they were very sheepish about the subject was an understatement. they reckon it was because of such poor numbers of trout and salmon retuening, but all the evidence contradicts that notion. I have other mates hammering good numbers of trout and have had a few myself already this year in the north and have heard similar reports to what you have experienced yourselves on the foyle.

[seabass88]

To be honest for the past 4 seasons now everyone had been getting good numbers of trout from the foyle and not just 1/2lb fish I mean good trout 2-3lb