G's mark, Co limerick, 21st of may 2012 #fishirl

People: Me
Duration: 6:20pm until 9:50pm

Tide: 19:07 4.7m 01:05 0.8m

Weather: Westerly wind and pleasant conditions#

Bait: Mack, Eel, squid, black wrap

Rigs: one rod with 3 hook scratching flappers size 4 hooks fluoro etc
one rod at distance with an up and over eel wrapped in squid

Results:
  1 ray and 3 dabs
Report:

As usual here I fished close in for dabs and small fish while I waited for ray at distance. I sometimes can have 20 or 30 dabs here which is great fun as they bite hard for small fish and fish to eating size can be caught here. They have a preference for wrap tipped with mack but tonight it was a quiet with a few missed bites and only a whiting and a flounder caught close in.

Around 9pm I had a slack line bite and it produced the ray below. This was followed shortly after to a fish with a bigger struggle that locked up and was lost on a snag. After that a another bite at distance that produced a dog. Disappointing in some ways as this is a double figure fish mark but a pleasant enough evening.

Deep water mark, Co. limerick, #fishirl 7-May-2012

People: Me

Duration: 9.40am until 2:00pm

Tide: 11:41 0.20m 18:03 5.20m

Weather: westerly wind. Mild.

Bait: Mack, Eel, squid

Rigs: Pulley penels

Results:
 2 ray.

Report:

This time Fishing took a while to get going with the fish coming at low water. Dead after that with a lost fish on the snags close in. Here's one of the fish.

Deep water mark, Co. Limerick # fishirl, 22-april-2004

People: Me

Duration: 11.10am until 3.20pm

Tide: 12:09 0.80m 19:25 4.80m

Weather: NW wind.

Bait: Mack, Eel, squid

Rigs: Pulley penel rigs.

Results:
8 ray and dog mainly to mackerel squid wraps but some to sand eel squid wrap.

Report:

The ray came in on the first cast and it was tough to keep a baited trace in the water with 6 rays and couple of lost fish on snags close in early on.The fish were caught at distance and mid range mainly to pulleys with mack/squid. After low water the flood was quiet. I still managed 2 more ray and my first dog from this mark after a few years fishing here. It was also only the second dog I've seen caught here. In past years I had very poor fishing here on the ebb but this time all the fish came on the ebb. I have no working scale but took a pictures of some of the ray.

Lovely markings on this ray

Largest and by far the smallest ray

 

Ferry pt, Co. Clare, #fishirl , 01-April-2012

People: Me and 5 others at a Shannon AC comp

Duration: 12:00pm until 4:00pm

Tide: 14:15 3.70m 20:09 1.90m

Weather: Sun with showers

Bait: Mack, Eel, squid

Rigs: I used 3 hook golds rigs with size 2s

Results:
I won with 4 dogs
Second had a 2.2Kg ray
No other fish were caught

Report:

I hot one dog on the flood and missed a couple of bites. At low water the fishing went dead but on the flood I had 3 more dogs. The dogfish were caught further out and the biggest fish was caught at medium range and is below.

The biggest fish on the day

The Strand, North Kerry, #fishirl, 8th-January-2012

People: Me

Duration: 9.10am until 1.20pm

Tide: 11:06 1.00m 17:18 4.50m

Weather: Sunny but a cool breeze.

Bait: Mack, Eel, squid

Rigs: Pulleys with 2/0 penel on one rod, 3 hook golds and cascade size 2 on other

Results:
1 ray and 3 dabs

Report:

I had a few Dabs but the fishing was quiet until half 12 I had a ray to a size pulley wishbone rig where it chose mackerel over sand eel.

January ray caught on a size 2 wishbone pulley to mackerel. 

Cappagh pier, Co. Clare #fishirl, 4th-December-2011

People: Me and around 5 others for xmas comp

Duration: 13.00pm until 4.00pm

Tide: 12:58 3.90m 19:03 1.50m

Weather: Strong Westerly with rain.

Bait: Mack, Eel, squid, black wrap

Rigs: I used 3 hook size 4 flappers

Results:
Plenty of dabs and whiting caught along with a couple of dogs.

Report:

Originally supposed to fish Kilkee but it was unfishable. Went to white strand and the weed made that unfishable. Ended up on the pier and got fish all through the session.

A wet and rough day had us running for the cover of Cappagh pier

Kilkee Beach,Co. Clare, #fishirl,13th-November-2011

People: Me and another 5 from Shannon ac.

Duration: 11.00am until 3.00pm

Tide: 12:50 0.90m 19:06 4.60m

Weather: Heavy rain at times. Surf

Bait: Mack, Eel, Black wrap

Rigs: size 4 3 hook scratching flappers

Results:
I think I had 4 flats up to 35cm.

Report:

Most caught a few flats.