Skerries, Co. Dublin 30/10

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Rumblefish · #1 Post by **Rumblefish** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:16 pm

People: Myself and Johny

Duration: 2pm-5pm

Tide: Rising

Weather: very windy and overcast

Bait: mackerel and squid

Rigs: 3 hook flappers and cliped down patn

Results: about 40 whiting, 15 coalies, poor-cod, pouting, 2 mackerel, 3 mega crabs and 3 seals.

Catch and Release:: Yes/No Yes, all but the 2 mackies.

Report: Got to skerries to do a spot of rockfishing but it was too windy so we headed for the pier for shelter. We had caught fish from the very first cast and the action got faster as the day went on. All the fish were quite small with the biggest in the 3/4 Ib range. All caught on mackerel strip tiped with squid. It was great fun apart from the lack of bigger stamp of fish. we lost track of the exact qty of fish.
The seals were really annoying and we had 3 seals take fish on the way in, the rod doubled over and we had a fight on for 20 seconds which was an experience.

All in all, a fun day was had.

#2 Post by KK » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:35 pm

Hey, fished red island in Skerries on sun for an hour got a few whitening
nothing major but it looks quite a ood spot. have yous ever fished it before??

Rumblefish · #3 Post by **Rumblefish** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:56 pm

Hi KK,

Yeah, fished it a few times, I found it quite snaggy. You would need good distance to get to clean ground, otherwise I would use a float over the kelp beds which can work well for the pollock and wrasse in season. Fished it to good sucess 2 months ago for mackerel and pollock. I find low water is the best, but you need to be carefull on those rocks, they can be very slippy at times.

What you catch the whiting on?

#4 Post by KK » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:43 am

Mackeral and squid, mind you the mackeral i had was a bit gone off looked yellow, gona give loughshinny a try tomo evening had a few codling there a few years ago, but its one of those spots that could blank very easly

Rumblefish · #5 Post by **Rumblefish** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:45 am

Hi KK,

Yeah it looks a hit or miss place alright. Never fished it but was digging lug on the Loughshinny strand during the summer. Theres an big kelp bed close to the peir which is teeming with crabs which could attract some fish I thought. Id be interested in hearing how you got on fishing this mark. Around to the left of the peir is very rough ground which looks good for bass or codling. Might give it a try next time I get out.

#6 Post by KK » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:35 pm

Well im gona give it a go later on, prob try the cliffs the other side of Loughshinny fished it a few times and it can turn up fish but only at night time for some reason. seen packs of dogfish in 6 inchs of water around that harbour one day, could be full of fish

Rumblefish · #7 Post by **Rumblefish** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:59 pm

Sound good, best of luck tonight. Looks like its going to a cold one.

#8 Post by **nialler** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:57 pm

Was down in skerries pier last night, caught 3/4 small coalies and 3/4 very small whiting... + plus a stupid amount of crabs... chilli night but was clear and calm, full of seals tho