People: 6 anglers of Shannon town AC
Duration: 12:00pm until 4:00pm
Tide: 11:49 0.60m 18:07 5.00m
Weather: NW Moderate sunny with cloud
Bait: Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: me: three hook clip ups and three hook golds. All size 2s. 4/0 ledger.
Results:Winner had 2 conger and 2 huss to 3kg I think
Second had 2 dogs
Me: one dog
Report: Two lads fished the Currachs and four of us fished the steps. With the strong flooding tide I went with the steps so I could fish all the way through as the currachs has a massive tide run. In similar conditions earlier in the year I had 13 dogs from the steps. I missed three bites with one of the fish on until it was knocked off going over the ledge. In the end I was just glad not to blank. One of the lads with me had two dogs which was enough to get second.
It turned out the Currachs gave some good fishing but a lot of fish lost to snags leaving one with a dog and the other with 4 fish of conger and huss to over 3 Kilo. The winner only started catching fishing on the heavy flood two hours in with a lob a few yards out as that was all that would hold bottom.
Mackerel were breaking the surface all the way through with herring fry jumping up on to the rocks. The scales were suspended to the clear water like a glitter ball. One of the lads cousins came over to spin for them and had a few Joeys as we were leaving.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Deep water mark, Co. Limerick, 14-August-2011
People: Me
Duration: 11:30am until 3:30pm
Tide: 12:59 0.70m 19:15 5.00m
Weather: NW Strong sunny with Squals
Bait: Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: Clip down penel, pulley penel and two hook golds. All size 2/0 and 3/0s. 4/0 ledger.
Results:
5 ray
Report: The forecast had predicted a westerly but when I arrived there was a strong NW wind causing a wave up the channel. I wasn't hopeful but ended upgetting bites at low water and two hours of the flood with fish at all ranges to sand eel/squid and mack/squid wraps. I did try a golds and had a ray to the top hook. The rays here don't like taking the bait below the lead. . After 2 hours of the flood I tried the ledgers as this is the time the big congers patrol but yet again there was no congers at this time.
Duration: 11:30am until 3:30pm
Tide: 12:59 0.70m 19:15 5.00m
Weather: NW Strong sunny with Squals
Bait: Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: Clip down penel, pulley penel and two hook golds. All size 2/0 and 3/0s. 4/0 ledger.
Results:
5 ray
Report: The forecast had predicted a westerly but when I arrived there was a strong NW wind causing a wave up the channel. I wasn't hopeful but ended upgetting bites at low water and two hours of the flood with fish at all ranges to sand eel/squid and mack/squid wraps. I did try a golds and had a ray to the top hook. The rays here don't like taking the bait below the lead. . After 2 hours of the flood I tried the ledgers as this is the time the big congers patrol but yet again there was no congers at this time.
Estuary Rock mark, Co. Clare, 3-July-2011
People: Me
Duration: 1pm to 5pm
Tide: 13:47 0.60m 20:03 4.90m
Weather: Warm with some cloud
Bait: Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: Pulleys and running ledgers
Results:
Me: 2 dogs and 2 huss largest 2.4 kilo
Report:
First off the competition was an hour late because of a funeral in Carrigaholt. I fished with two others on the right hand side of the rock and more of the lads fished 200 yards to the left. The left hand side of the mark had the better fishing with fish over 3 kilos caught but we all had reasonable size huss on our side. I had fished the left hand mark before when distance gave the best fishing but trying this on the right hand mark lead to tackle losses at the start until I kept my distance low. I found using running ledger single hook rigs that gave me the best good hook ups. With the comp an hour late for the final hour of the comp the flood pushed us off our mark . I tried to fish just at the entrance to our mark beside a beach and got one bite but it was impossible to get any fish back as I was casting over a shallow submerged platform of 70 yards into a drop off . The beach was full on swimmers and weed so was impossible to try.
Duration: 1pm to 5pm
Tide: 13:47 0.60m 20:03 4.90m
Weather: Warm with some cloud
Bait: Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: Pulleys and running ledgers
Results:
Me: 2 dogs and 2 huss largest 2.4 kilo
Report:
First off the competition was an hour late because of a funeral in Carrigaholt. I fished with two others on the right hand side of the rock and more of the lads fished 200 yards to the left. The left hand side of the mark had the better fishing with fish over 3 kilos caught but we all had reasonable size huss on our side. I had fished the left hand mark before when distance gave the best fishing but trying this on the right hand mark lead to tackle losses at the start until I kept my distance low. I found using running ledger single hook rigs that gave me the best good hook ups. With the comp an hour late for the final hour of the comp the flood pushed us off our mark . I tried to fish just at the entrance to our mark beside a beach and got one bite but it was impossible to get any fish back as I was casting over a shallow submerged platform of 70 yards into a drop off . The beach was full on swimmers and weed so was impossible to try.
My 2.4 kilo huss
Ger and Peter who fished the righ hand side mark with me
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Favorite mark, Co. Limerick, 11-September-2011
People: me
Duration: 12:00pm until 4:00pm
Tide: 12:00 0.80m 18:18 4.90m
Weather: SW Gale with squalls but moderated for the last two hours
Bait:Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: 4/0 penel pulley and 4/0 single hook wire trace
Results: one dog, one strap over a pound and a 24cm dab
Report:
Headed out at the last minute after a feeling the effects of a few drinks the night before. So I decided where to go on the way. I thought of a sheltered deep water mark where I got the 5 ray in August but I would of hit it just at low water and to get the best out of there, you need to hit it at least an hour before low water. The other alternative was Ballylongford for the stroing SW wind though that mark could of been though fishing with weed. I was lazy and went to my usual mark which didn't look great as it had a wave which doesn't do much for the fishing. The main advantage over the Ballylongford was I only had a short walk.
I fished at a rocky point on my usual mark that is supposed to be good either side of LW but I don't fish it much because it can be very snaggy. The tide ran hard as is usual here at low water and there was some harsh squalls to contend with. I used a ledger on one rod and a pulley cast out as far. My casting was limited by the cross wind and bait got swepth up stream on the early flood. I got one bite after an hour and a half. I didn't feel much of a weight to start with but snagged up close in and I managed to get going under pressure. After a struggle I landed a mottled battered yellow top impact and ball of nylon fish. The bait had been pulled at away from the hooks but the fish, most likely a dog, avoided the hooks.
With the tide pushing me off here I went the 100 yards down to my usual spot as this is better away from low water. After a bit of a wait in which I contemplated my first blank from here in many years I pulled in a dog to eel/squid. This was followed by a belting bite which gave me a strap over a pound that made shit of my pulley baited with mak/squid. The last fish a plump Dab of 24 cm managed to hook on a 4/0 pulley.
Duration: 12:00pm until 4:00pm
Tide: 12:00 0.80m 18:18 4.90m
Weather: SW Gale with squalls but moderated for the last two hours
Bait:Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs: 4/0 penel pulley and 4/0 single hook wire trace
Results: one dog, one strap over a pound and a 24cm dab
Report:
Headed out at the last minute after a feeling the effects of a few drinks the night before. So I decided where to go on the way. I thought of a sheltered deep water mark where I got the 5 ray in August but I would of hit it just at low water and to get the best out of there, you need to hit it at least an hour before low water. The other alternative was Ballylongford for the stroing SW wind though that mark could of been though fishing with weed. I was lazy and went to my usual mark which didn't look great as it had a wave which doesn't do much for the fishing. The main advantage over the Ballylongford was I only had a short walk.
I fished at a rocky point on my usual mark that is supposed to be good either side of LW but I don't fish it much because it can be very snaggy. The tide ran hard as is usual here at low water and there was some harsh squalls to contend with. I used a ledger on one rod and a pulley cast out as far. My casting was limited by the cross wind and bait got swepth up stream on the early flood. I got one bite after an hour and a half. I didn't feel much of a weight to start with but snagged up close in and I managed to get going under pressure. After a struggle I landed a mottled battered yellow top impact and ball of nylon fish. The bait had been pulled at away from the hooks but the fish, most likely a dog, avoided the hooks.
With the tide pushing me off here I went the 100 yards down to my usual spot as this is better away from low water. After a bit of a wait in which I contemplated my first blank from here in many years I pulled in a dog to eel/squid. This was followed by a belting bite which gave me a strap over a pound that made shit of my pulley baited with mak/squid. The last fish a plump Dab of 24 cm managed to hook on a 4/0 pulley.
The setup at the rocky point
Monday, June 20, 2011
Shannon estuary 19th of June 2011
People: 7 anglers of Shannon Town angling club
Duration: I fished 12:30pm until 4:30pm
Tide: 14:49 0.90m 21:09 4.70m
Weather: NW breeze, Sunshine with the odd cloud
Bait: Me: Mack, Eel, frozen crab and squid
Rigs: 3/02/0 penel pulley, 3 hook golgs size 1 and 2 with some rigs having a 1/0 bottom hook
Results:
I won with 3 dogs
Aiden O'Hallorahan 2nd with a dog and a fresh water eel
Report: I fished to the right which was just as well as this was where the only bites came from. The weed was much worse on the ebb which had me casting close in to start and I was switching between pulleys and paternosters. My first bite around an hour in came from a bait cast with a good over head thump to fresh mack/squid but the fish (most likely a dog) got hold of the bait missing the hooks so I fired that trace into the tackle box. This was followed by a missed bite and then another bite where the line went after a rod pull to pull out of a slight snag. Aiden to my left had a dog and finally I nailed a fish to eel tipped with fresh mack and then things went quiet for me over LW. During which the lad pleasure fishing to my right pulled a couple of dogs.
As the tide flooded I started getting bites further out and I got two dogs to whole sand eel with a sliver of squid sliver wrapped alongside. Very poor fishing here for June but while sunshine didn't help this place has been netted to feck by Bass poachers. We did hear one of them was caught recently.
Donagh
Duration: I fished 12:30pm until 4:30pm
Tide: 14:49 0.90m 21:09 4.70m
Weather: NW breeze, Sunshine with the odd cloud
Bait: Me: Mack, Eel, frozen crab and squid
Rigs: 3/02/0 penel pulley, 3 hook golgs size 1 and 2 with some rigs having a 1/0 bottom hook
Results:
I won with 3 dogs
Aiden O'Hallorahan 2nd with a dog and a fresh water eel
Report: I fished to the right which was just as well as this was where the only bites came from. The weed was much worse on the ebb which had me casting close in to start and I was switching between pulleys and paternosters. My first bite around an hour in came from a bait cast with a good over head thump to fresh mack/squid but the fish (most likely a dog) got hold of the bait missing the hooks so I fired that trace into the tackle box. This was followed by a missed bite and then another bite where the line went after a rod pull to pull out of a slight snag. Aiden to my left had a dog and finally I nailed a fish to eel tipped with fresh mack and then things went quiet for me over LW. During which the lad pleasure fishing to my right pulled a couple of dogs.
As the tide flooded I started getting bites further out and I got two dogs to whole sand eel with a sliver of squid sliver wrapped alongside. Very poor fishing here for June but while sunshine didn't help this place has been netted to feck by Bass poachers. We did hear one of them was caught recently.
Donagh
Shannon estuary 14th of June 2011
People: Me
Duration: I fished 6:20pm until 10:20pm
Tide: 17:29 4.80m 23:36 0.50m
Weather: Southerly breeze, Cloudy with a good helping of rain.
Bait: Mack, Eel and squid
Rigs: 4/0 penel pulleys
Results: 2 ray 3lb and 9lb approx, 8 dogs and a strap
Report: I arrived up with no shoreline due to the spring HW with some good healthy lumps of weed floating down tide in the post high tide rip. I cast out as far as I could and said weed do your worst. Fortunately the weed was being taken from the shoreline to my right and floated on the surface past me. I had dog bites on my first cast but lost one of fish on the way in to a snag but landed the other rod. With no spare trace yet baited up ,as I was fafing around getting a cutting board I'd left in the car, I fell behind on getting rigs out. On casting one of the rods my imp clip on the rig broke off on a rock on the first attempt to swing it. So I had to lob the trace unclipped out. This was fortutous as it resulted in my first ray of around 3lbs to mack squid wrap. My weigh scale is only showing a fraction of the digits so is now useless. Hopefully this is battery related and not sea water
As I had no rig baited up and the bait on the rig that had produced the ray was in still intact and it had only been in the water a few minutes I cast it out again. After reeling in a Dog at distance on my other rod I had a very large bite to the same trace that produced the first ray. I left it as I was preparing another bait which resulted in my rod being launched from it's tripod on to the rocks. I struck into a large ray who seemed to think it was tope as it went mental flying all round the place. But was landed and reckon on 9lbs.
With that, the skies opened up and for the rest of the night I had dog bites (a good few missed) at different distances through out the night. Sometimes I got them further out sometimes nearer and I had to walk 100 yards up to my left three times to get an angle on a fish to pull it out of a snag fish that locked up at distance. In the middle of the session it went dead but it sped up at the end with 4 fish including the strap on the four last casts. With that I headed home.
Duration: I fished 6:20pm until 10:20pm
Tide: 17:29 4.80m 23:36 0.50m
Weather: Southerly breeze, Cloudy with a good helping of rain.
Bait: Mack, Eel and squid
Rigs: 4/0 penel pulleys
Results: 2 ray 3lb and 9lb approx, 8 dogs and a strap
Report: I arrived up with no shoreline due to the spring HW with some good healthy lumps of weed floating down tide in the post high tide rip. I cast out as far as I could and said weed do your worst. Fortunately the weed was being taken from the shoreline to my right and floated on the surface past me. I had dog bites on my first cast but lost one of fish on the way in to a snag but landed the other rod. With no spare trace yet baited up ,as I was fafing around getting a cutting board I'd left in the car, I fell behind on getting rigs out. On casting one of the rods my imp clip on the rig broke off on a rock on the first attempt to swing it. So I had to lob the trace unclipped out. This was fortutous as it resulted in my first ray of around 3lbs to mack squid wrap. My weigh scale is only showing a fraction of the digits so is now useless. Hopefully this is battery related and not sea water
As I had no rig baited up and the bait on the rig that had produced the ray was in still intact and it had only been in the water a few minutes I cast it out again. After reeling in a Dog at distance on my other rod I had a very large bite to the same trace that produced the first ray. I left it as I was preparing another bait which resulted in my rod being launched from it's tripod on to the rocks. I struck into a large ray who seemed to think it was tope as it went mental flying all round the place. But was landed and reckon on 9lbs.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Clare, 5-June-2011
People: Me. Tom and few others arrived later.
Duration: I fished 12.10pm until 12:40pm at first mark and 1:20pm until 4:50pm
Tide: 14:38 0.90m 20:58 4.70m
Weather: Strong NW wind
Bait: Mack, Eel and squid,
Rigs:
3 hook size 1/2 clipped up and golds on one rod
4/0 penel pulley on other rod
Results: 14 dogs and a 26 cm dab all in lobbing distance
Report: As the wind was blowing NW I went to the clare side for shelter opting for a mark that baitdigger and others have had some ray and huss recently from. It is a well know ray mark that we have a comp on in two weeks and I fancied an outside chance of getting my first huss of the year. The wind was blowing but it wasn't to bad so I set up. By the time I'd baited up ready for a cast my tripod was near being blown over. After fighting a big lump of weed on my first casts I decided to give up as likely hood of good fishing here was poor. Unfortunately I didn't have strong line or the leads for a near by marks that could of given huss and I didn't have the time to move further down the estuary so I opted for a comfortable rock mark near Kilrush that is a banker for fish though they do tend to be dogs.
My first cast gave me a dog and with a couple in the bag Tom O'Sullivan a few others arrived along. As the flood came in so did the dogs. I was using 6oz leads which the dogs were triping and bringing up stream. I should of switched to 7 oz and had elastic bands in the bag to get multiple hook up and I only had one double. What I was really hoping for was a bonus huss, ray or strap but none were to be found. All the fish were caught will lobs out mainly to plain sand eel. Except the last cast which was three hooks of mackerel that produced reasonable dab.
My three hook clipped up rig produced more fish as it can tend to here so I switched to that whole time in the end. Though the golds gets me more ray I thought the pulley would keep this option open. Saying that the dogs were also hitting the pulley with 4/0 hooks and 60lb line. Nice to hit a few fish though.
Duration: I fished 12.10pm until 12:40pm at first mark and 1:20pm until 4:50pm
Tide: 14:38 0.90m 20:58 4.70m
Weather: Strong NW wind
Bait: Mack, Eel and squid,
Rigs:
3 hook size 1/2 clipped up and golds on one rod
4/0 penel pulley on other rod
Results: 14 dogs and a 26 cm dab all in lobbing distance
Report: As the wind was blowing NW I went to the clare side for shelter opting for a mark that baitdigger and others have had some ray and huss recently from. It is a well know ray mark that we have a comp on in two weeks and I fancied an outside chance of getting my first huss of the year. The wind was blowing but it wasn't to bad so I set up. By the time I'd baited up ready for a cast my tripod was near being blown over. After fighting a big lump of weed on my first casts I decided to give up as likely hood of good fishing here was poor. Unfortunately I didn't have strong line or the leads for a near by marks that could of given huss and I didn't have the time to move further down the estuary so I opted for a comfortable rock mark near Kilrush that is a banker for fish though they do tend to be dogs.
My first cast gave me a dog and with a couple in the bag Tom O'Sullivan a few others arrived along. As the flood came in so did the dogs. I was using 6oz leads which the dogs were triping and bringing up stream. I should of switched to 7 oz and had elastic bands in the bag to get multiple hook up and I only had one double. What I was really hoping for was a bonus huss, ray or strap but none were to be found. All the fish were caught will lobs out mainly to plain sand eel. Except the last cast which was three hooks of mackerel that produced reasonable dab.
My three hook clipped up rig produced more fish as it can tend to here so I switched to that whole time in the end. Though the golds gets me more ray I thought the pulley would keep this option open. Saying that the dogs were also hitting the pulley with 4/0 hooks and 60lb line. Nice to hit a few fish though.
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