Wednesday, May 18, 2011

g's-mark, Shannon Estuary, 17th May-2011

People: Me and Martin




Duration: 6pm till 10pm



Tide: 18:33 5.20m 00:36 0.20m



Weather: West to SW moderate calming to breeze, cloudy with hsowers



Bait: Sand eel, squid, mack, wrap razor



Rigs:

Me: 2 and 3 hook golds 1/0 and 1 bottom hook and 2s on top on the distance rod

Scratching rigs and booms with size 2s with the odd large pulley on the close in rod



Martin : Pulleys



Results:

Me: 5 ray in order 9.5 lb, 6.25 lb, 3.75 lb, 12.5lb and 1.5 lb, a dog and couple of Dabs.

Austrian: Had his first ray a 2.25lb ray and a 5.5 lb





Report: I had my first fish after 7pm the 9.5lb to straight sand eel on the bottom hook of the golds all the rest of the ray and the dog were to the the bottom hook sand eel squid. We caught fish all through the savage tide run after HW with fishing calming at the end when the tide slakened off giving me the smaller ray and the dog at this stage.



I didn't fish the close in rod hard as I was getting the better fish farther out but I did manage a double of Dabs with the rod flicked out a bit further than usual to wrap and mack. I had a large pulley baited so tried that and may missed out on more smallies. I also tried the razor but no fish but the flatties weren't biting.



Magic session made all the better by the Austrian getting his first ray.



 
Martin's secound ever ray 5.5lb



The largest ray of the night 12 lb 10oz though Martin Snapped the Camera when the scale bounced down to 12lb 7 oz I'll take the bigger number


 

My first ray of the evening 9.5lbs

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