Rush - Co Dublin 5 - 8 pm

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#1 Post by **Aido** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:02 pm

People: Just me

Duration: 5 to 8 pm

Tide: High tide at six pm

Weather: Glorious, sunny and warm

Bait: Spinning - rapalas, poppers, tobys, kosters, tasmanian devils, flying Cs etc

Rigs: tried a fly behind a bubble float as well
11' Bass spinning rod, 20 lb braid, various lures...

Results: one sea trout about 4 lb

Report: Beautiful evening, warm & sunny, walked out the estuary past the boat club spinning all the while. Nothing for the first few hours but did see a few fish jumping. Between 7 & 7.30 I got 3 tentative bites on a toby but the fish immediately let go (or I was too slow to strike). Changed to a flying C at 7.45, saw a good fish swirl about 40 yards out, cast 10 yards past it and started a slow retrieve - BANG - good take, nice fight - all over in 4 minutes. I had crushed the barbs on all the trebles so the hook came out fairly easy, off he (she) went - seemed to be OK.

#2 Post by **col** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:05 pm

Nice sea trout and sounds like an enjoyable day. Well done! :D

#3 Post by **Aido** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:31 pm

Thanks Col, I've been out with the beachcasters a few times since Christmas - and blanked at Killoughter, Newcastle, and Greystones (a couple of times) - so it was a relief to catch something !

I actually thought I was covering a bass but as soon as it took I knew it wasn't - pleasant surprise though.

#4 Post by **WaveChopper** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:29 pm

Good to hear there's fish out there. I was spinning few times there last year and blanked always lost few lures as well :(. Started to think there's nothing out there.
There was couple of sea trout caught in malahide last week ( Ive heard from people spinning there) 3-4lb mark as well.