Peter, Mark and Scarb from www.boat-angling-ireland.com made a quick run to the Maidens in what started off as a beautiful day but became unbearably cold. They managed a couple of fish before returning to land. Given that the first one took nearly two hours to bring to the boat it was not a bad result…
We went out to the hole for the last hour or so of the ebb, then hopefully fish the whole flood tide up to 8pm. We all stuck down a skate bait and it wasn’t long before my rod nearly got pulled from the holder. The fish just took off, never had one run so quickly from the off. The fish was giving a very good account of itself, and the longer the fight went on the wind started to pick up from the SE making it very cold
After nearly 2 hours it finally appeared at the side of the boat and was safely gaffed and brought aboard measured and tagged it turned out to be a 115lb male .
By this time the wind had got quite strong blowing from the SE,against the tide which prevented the boat from getting round the anchor. It was getting very cold and we thought about lifting but Mark was determined to break his duck for 2013 and tried a doggy trace for a few mins and managed his first fish since Nov 2012 and what a cracker it was (!).
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Mark's first fish of 2013
It was a fairly rough trip back in but it wasn’t long till we were safely tucked up in the golf club.
Report courtesy of www.boat-angling-ireland.com
