St. John's Point (Donegal) - 20 July 2006

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#1 Post by **JGF** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:38 pm

People: Me and 2 brothers

Duration: 12.30-8.30pm

Tide: H/W 14:00

Weather: V. Warm with hazy sunshine & fresh breeze

Bait: Ragworm

Rigs: Slider float rigs

Results: 120+ Wrasse up to 3lb , 5 small pollack

Report:

Decided to take a spin to St. John's Point for a change of venue and give the brothers a chance of a few fish! Definitely glad I headed here, as from the first bait hitting the water to the last there were plenty of fish on the take.

Having heard there were specimen wrasse here in numbers, i was happy enough to stick with the float rigs all day as the sport was good on light gear and it gave us the chance to explore a fair bit of the area.

Most fish were about 1lb, some a lot smaller and a fair number muh bigger, however we couldnt find the bigger fish unfortunately, but it was a great day's craic enjoyed by all.

The pollack were fairly small biggest no more than 1.5lb.

Had intented dropping a bait for conger but no one else there seemed to be finding any mackeral so didn't bother trying for them.

#2 Post by **Adam S** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:52 pm

Nice fishing

Have you tried crab peeler, soft or hardback. they will sort out the better wrasse and if you fish a stinger rig you will get the small fish too.

i gave up using rag for wrasse getting plagued with small fish. a switch to crab really brought the better fish to over 5lbs. worth some missed bites for the quality fish IMO

Mad Mo · #3 Post by **Mad Mo** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:21 pm

Thats definately true, crab sorts out the better fish, but whats a stinger rig?

#4 Post by **stevecrow74** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:40 pm

so, you caught the odd wrasse or two..... :lol: :lol:

good going lads..

#5 Post by **Ryan** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:51 pm

Hi JGF

were you at St John's Point County Down or Donegal ?? :?

#6 Post by **markj** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:55 pm

With wrasse fishing like that its has to be Donegal! :lol:

#7 Post by **JGF** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:01 pm

Apologies - yes it was St. John's Point - Donegal.

#8 Post by **kissafish** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:38 pm

Forget about catching wrasse at St Johns point - Unless you just want to catch fish just for the sake of it.
There are so many wrasse there all year round (In shoals)
That it is boring after a while, They end up being a pest when you are targeting other fish. I have even caught Wrasse spinning with sandeel aimed at pollack.

Sea Angling Ireland

St. John's Point (Donegal) - 20 July 2006

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