People: 6 anglers of Shannon town AC
Duration: 12:00pm until 4:00pm
Tide: 10:39 0.90m 17:00 4.80m
Weather: Moderate SW, Kilbaha was unfishable due to swell so fished here instead
Bait: Mack, Eel, squid
Rigs:
me: three hook clipped rigs such as golds but can't remember.
Results:
3 fish caught in all including a painted ray
Report:
Conditions looked perfect with muddied water and a slight wave but absolutely desperate fishing
which had me blanking
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Co. Clare, 28-August-2011
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.
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.
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
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