Hillaries Report

Was at hillaries last night. saw a guy using a roosta popper but it got busted off by something. dont know what it was but it wouldve been a keeper!. I started off using a river2sea 25gm searock that i picked up from bcf for $2 and then soon changed to a 14gm river2sea searock (again for $2). ended up downsizing the trebles and had a few hits, one average hookup but no fish. We moved to just in front off the lighthouse facing north. after a while the tailor picked up. caught a baby tailor and then a bigger one spat the hook on me. i soon picked up another and dad got a double hookup of baby tailor on his alvey. the guys next to us got into the same baby tailor and one of the guys pulled up a crayfish tangled in his line. i had a goooood hookup to an average tailor but it spat the hook. just as we were about to pack up, the same guy who caught the cray pulled up a occy that looked about a kilo. overall it was a good night with just enough wind.

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bludgin' since 94'


wicksey's picture

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i was down there on friday

Sun, 2008-02-03 20:35

i was down there on friday night with the small rod, just flicking it around for whiting etc.

 

nothing but blowies, and then a small dolphin arrived. that pretty much signalled the end of my night. 

 

i was fishing relatively close to the beach (the drain side.) is fishing any better as you get towards the restaurant end?  is there a little reef up there that would have housed the cray or was it pure luck?

upg's picture

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was also down at hillarys on

Sun, 2008-02-03 21:35

was also down at hillarys on saturday evening

 

was abut halfway down the north wall casting a 7gm searock around (which i also got from the 2$ bcf sale). hooked a few herring but only managed to land one due to spat hooks.

does anyone know what sort of retrieve works best and how long should i let it sink for after casting?

 

cheers 

Colin Hay's picture

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Sounds good Irish

Mon, 2008-02-04 07:39

Sounds like you had a fun night.
Wicksey, I think there is a bit of a reef between the lighthouse and the disabled fishing platform.
All the best Colin Hay

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