Malahide Estuary 23.09.2020

[Gonzo]

When: 23/09/2020
Where: Malahide Estuary Donabate Side
Who: Myself
Duration: 09:00-12:00
Low Water: 10:21
Equipment: 9ft spinning rod with 4000 reel.
Bait/Lures: Tacklehouse Feedshallow 128mm Bloodhead, 28g Kilty Catcher Chartreuse, Samson Subsurface Enticer, Pencil Sandeel Lure & an assortment of paddle tail sidewinders.
Conditions: Overcast and very chilly.
Result: Blank

I was told this spot is great for spinning with a Kilty lure over low tide, bit of a long walk down the beach from near the golf club though but I got there! There was a good few people fishing on both sides, some were bait fishing, others on the fly and a handful of people spinning/plugging including myself! I kept rotating lures, casting in all directions and moving around a bit but no joy. The only signs of life were the sprat hopping as I brought my lure in!

[Kevvv]

Putting in the hours, hopefully the fish start biting!

Often planned on heading down there but never just managed it. Have it starred on a map of a few spots I’m gonna try hit over the next couple weeks with lures in north Dublin.

Take it you were wading out a bit?

[Gonzo]

Putting in the hours, hopefully the fish start biting!

Often planned on heading down there but never just managed it. Have it starred on a map of a few spots I’m gonna try hit over the next couple weeks with lures in north Dublin.

Take it you were wading out a bit?

Yeah Malahide is probably the closest place for me to fish now since I had to sell my car and buy a bike.. I've found it's actually a pretty good place to fish! And no I wasn't wading that day, just standing on the edge trying to keep my feet dry most other people there who were fishing were wading though!

[Kevvv]

Based in Swords too so have been finding myself heading to the High Rock side mostly out of laziness but a few weeks ago while there a guy beside caught a decent bass.

He was fishing for mackerel on feathers with his two sons and was using an extremely colourful lure as a weight. On the retrieve the bass took the lure and nearly snapped his rod. He hadn’t even known it was a bass!