tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981226054960438052024-03-05T11:19:58.412+00:00South East Lure AnglingJay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-66617789607546381242014-07-14T00:36:00.001+01:002014-07-14T00:36:54.988+01:00Some weekend lrfing........Got out over my days off this weekend.....<br />
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Lovely conditions beautiful pristine clear water albeit with a touch<br />
of North in the air....<br />
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Had originally planned for a bass or two but I was surprised to blank......<br />
the less said about that the better. One thing I will say is that fishing is surprisingly<br />
tough.<br />
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Any way back to my LRFing my first target was flounder and I was trying out<br />
a rig that most guys use for thin lip mullet or golden grey.....a mepps type spinner with a small trace with a single hook and piece of gulp/isome.<br />
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First or second cast result......fish on a lovely flounder of about 25cm....<br />
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I saw this fish coming out the water bright orange spots.....I have to say I thought</div>
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it might have been a plave but the orange spots quickly faded and it was clearly</div>
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a flounder ah well maybe next time........ I kept fishing like this for another 20 mins</div>
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but that was to be the only flounder.</div>
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So I switched over to a jighead and gulp.....amd immediately it was blenny after blenny after blenny......</div>
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I didnt take any photos of these as they mostly just tail gripped the lure and were easily shook off or I just unhooked quickly and went straight back.</div>
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I did however manage a gorgeous corkwing wrasse one of our most beautifully coloured species of fish...</div>
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That was all for that for that session I hope you enjoyed reading<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-90511872505073410742014-07-08T23:27:00.000+01:002014-07-08T23:39:48.873+01:00Its been a while.......Havent done a post in a long time and firstly let me apologose to<br />
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I have obviously been fishing and fishing alot....<br />
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So without boring you instead of rambling on and on<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-81604969323287747812013-05-18T23:17:00.000+01:002013-05-18T23:17:24.118+01:00Todays fishing...............I woke up this morning to quite an unusual thing ..........<br />
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clear blue skies , blazing sunshine and little or no wind!!!!<br />
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My first thoughts would have been bass but seeing as the ban is in force<br />
from 15th may through to 15th june<br />
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So my thoughts turned to wrasse but unfortunatly even with stunning clear water with little<br />
or no swell all i could manage was a few small tentative taps in the morning so I decided to head<br />
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Expecting coalies and pollock , I went down to my local quay but the just werent playing ball<br />
very strange conditions looked perfect but the fish just didnt seem to be there or if they were<br />
they were not feeding.<br />
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So I moved on to different species another little favourite of mine the rock goby.....<br />
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had a fair amount of these obliging little critters most were nicely coloured in breeding colours i suppose<br />
with the bright yellow stripe on the front dorsal and a nice white stripe on the second dorsal<br />
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I moved on after a while to try for some other species<br />
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So I tried for some blennies a species I havent had this year so far .......<br />
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No shortage of these around with plenty taking my lure including one massive fat blennie<br />
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this was properly big blenny certainly the biggest I've caught with a huge head and very fat stomach prob<br />
full of spawn<br />
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I also got a nice spider crab which is a first for me......lol<br />
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A really unusual looking creature very ungainly on land but still quick enough to give me a nip as I<br />
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I picked up a few little scorpion fish too...<br />
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And finally I managed one lone Ballan wrasse<br />
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Not exactly what I was expecting from the day but it ended up being a good session after all<br />
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I hope you enjoyed the read<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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Jay<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-10081130193111764392013-05-14T21:03:00.000+01:002013-05-14T21:03:07.992+01:00Shadtastic!!A plan was hatched a few months back to meet up with some mates<br />
Marty, Austin and Cliff and go and try for some Twaite Shad.<br />
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The Twaite is a sea living fish which returns each year to spawn and are incredibly<br />
good fighting and acrobatic fish and have been likened to an Irish version of the<br />
almighty Tarpon<br />
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This is a species of fish that I had tried but failed to get before a good few years back<br />
but I put it down to simply not knowing enough about how to best target them and a lack<br />
of expierience on my part this year however was different.<br />
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The date was set and last Thursday, I finished work and headed down to meet the three guys<br />
who had the camp already set and had very kindly given me space in the tent.<br />
Plenty of banter and fair amount of beer was consumed that night and with an early start my<br />
anticipation was rising with the possibility of getting to wet a line and maybe pick up a few of<br />
these Shad.<br />
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Friday morning we arose to a decent enough morning albeit a bit windy so we headed down to the river<br />
and Marty was first into the fish with a cracking specimen sized fish of 2lb 14oz<br />
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we fished on and I was next with my first ever shad not a big one by any means and a while<br />
later I was into my first proper shad of 2lb 9oz......my first ever specimen sized fish<br />
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We had a few other fish that day but I didnt spend too much time taking photos<br />
as these are an incredibly fragile and delicate fish that really should be handled with<br />
great care and returned almost immediately.<br />
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The next day we fished again and we all had more fish.......<br />
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I did manage to get a nice sequence of shots of Austin bent into and landing a nice specimen sized<br />
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That was Saturday and after a very tough days fishing it was time for a few pints and banter<br />
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Sunday morning it was early to rise and conditions were looking lovely with little or no breeze<br />
to make a change and with some other mates coming down David ,Tomek, Kuba, and Dave<br />
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We all met up and fished on<br />
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A truly fantastic day with everybody getting in amongst the fish and some really nice fish too with<br />
our average size over the weekend being 2lb in weight<br />
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I also am led to believe that the majority of our fish were hybrids of the Allis and Twaite shad<br />
with the only true Twaite I saw being caught without the need for a scale sample was from<br />
David.....<br />
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A stunning looking fish with the characteristic black dots and rainbow colouration clearly visible<br />
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I did also manage some of the gorgeous albeit very ambitious wild Brown Trout that also live<br />
in the river...<br />
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I feel I have to say that although the fishing looked like it was fantastic , we really put in some hard work<br />
in some very tough and challenging conditions with very high winds and some very heavy rain and hail<br />
making the fishing far from easy.<br />
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A truly cracking weekend and a massive thanks has to go out to the Marty , Austin and Cliff for showing<br />
me the ropes, giving me some tips and tricks and also putting me up in the tent ......Thanks Guys<br />
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I enjoyed every minute of the weekend and I already cant wait for next year<br />
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Anyway thanks for reading I really could go on and on about this particular fishing trip but<br />
as they say a picture says a thousand words.........<br />
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I really hope you enjoyed reading this blog as much as I've enjoyed writing it<br />
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Roll on next year..........<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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Jay<br />
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Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-35467087712192338212013-04-29T01:02:00.000+01:002013-04-29T01:02:09.223+01:00About f***king time.............<div>
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It's been along time since I've had a decent lrf session on the salt what with the ridiculously</div>
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I began rigged up a jighead with an isome a lure which i would expect to be able to winkle out</div>
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the most stubborn of species but not a touch not even a sign of a fish.</div>
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So I changed over to a few different lures no touches .....so I moved onto gulp sandworm</div>
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but nothing it was gone so I fished on and felt this same tap....tap......tap.......</div>
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A lovely little long spined sea scorpion was next in between an incessant and never stopping run of</div>
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A lovely Rock Goby which I'm guessing was male as it looked to be displaying breeding colours</div>
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we wil all be able to get out and enjoy some proper fishing at long last.</div>
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Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-17944111567324508452013-04-06T14:23:00.000+01:002013-04-06T14:23:59.214+01:00Brownies zero and a broken tiro......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I met up with Dawid yesterday to do a spot of<br />
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So we set out along the river and began to fish<br />
with small plugs and spinners on our lrf setups<br />
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About an 2hrs or so in and I heard a shout from<br />
Dawid......a big salmon had taken his lure and<br />
was leading him on a right merry dance around the<br />
river going on run after run and man was his drag<br />
singing. He landed the fish and what a magnificent fish<br />
it was too especially on a LRF setup!!<br />
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A properly awesome bonus fish of 90 or so centimeters in length<br />
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After a bit of resuscitation the fish swam away lovely and strong , great to see.<br />
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So back to the fishing it was a bright day and the fish were far and few between<br />
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rainbow trout another bonus!!!<br />
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We kept on working along the river and then disaster , crack there goes the tip<br />
of my much loved Tiro!!!!<br />
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Absolute nightmare and with no spare rod and being on the bank of a river in the<br />
middle of nowhere I was not a happy chappy.<br />
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Anyway we continued to fish with the one rod taking turns fishing but apart from dropping another<br />
salmon which I watched engulf my lure and I still dont understand how I didnt hook it there was<br />
nothing else to report.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed the read and hopefully I should have a new tip for my Tiro next time<br />
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Tight lines,<br />
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Jay.<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-56543047575953677322013-03-02T20:24:00.000+00:002013-03-02T20:24:37.222+00:00Out again today.....I got out again today for a couple of hours in the afternoon aiming for a few<br />
scorpion fish.<br />
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I got to my mark at dead low tide and was amazed to see the difference 2 days<br />
can make to a mark the swell that was there previous had all but disappeared leaving<br />
the sea almost flat calm and looked perfect for wrasse on the lrf gear<br />
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I rigged up initially with a small 1.5g jighead and berkley fish fry in natural . I love the action of this lure<br />
in the water it has a great tail which really vibrates with the slightest of twitches<br />
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I fished for around an hour before I managed to find my first Long Spined scorpion<br />
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A nice little fish with a coloration almost identical to the rock it was lying on before it took the lure<br />
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I fished on with this and continued to look for another fish but with no luck so I changed lure and head<br />
to a pink isome section with a rockfish jighead.<br />
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It wasnt long until I picked up another beautifully red coloured fish<br />
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I continued fishing and spotted a small corkwing wrasse<br />
sitting in a gap in the rocks. I must have spent a<br />
good half hour chopping and changing lures to see if I could entice the fish<br />
but no matter what I done it had absolutely no interest in any lure I had.<br />
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So on I moved and managed to pick up another nice Scorpion from another hole<br />
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This was the only fish of the day that had the red markings and beginnings of a yellow underside<br />
like the fish I had in my previous post. It also got really defensive with the skin retracting on its two<br />
main spines exposing the sharp tips which I wouldn't like to get a mouthful of if I was a predator.<br />
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I had one other scorpion fish today which was my biggest one of the session<br />
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A really nicely coloured fish with a nice mottled wine/brown colour.<br />
The variety in the colours of these fish and there sheer tenacity/attitude are what make them<br />
my favourite of all the mini species we have around our coastline.<br />
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On another note I also picked up some new lures recently with one of them being the new 15cm<br />
Real Eels from Savage Gear and I have to say I'm very impressed with them.<br />
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I'll have more to say on them during the coming months once I've had a chance to fish with<br />
them properly but my initial reaction is they certainly look the part and are very nicely detailed<br />
with nice build quality. One thing I will say against them is the smell of cheap rubber from them<br />
I would prefer a scented version maybe anise or squid but that's just me and I know its not about<br />
the smell and alot more about the action which from what I've seen looks superb.The packaging is<br />
a bit bulky and went straight into the bin as soon as I got them. A simple ziplock type bag would<br />
make much more sense.<br />
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Anyway thats my two cents for now , I hope you enjoyed the read<br />
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Tight lines,<br />
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Jay<br />
<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-36766296846802663752013-02-28T21:05:00.001+00:002013-02-28T21:05:53.190+00:00A quick update.....I've not been out a whole lot lately with work unfortunately taking priority<br />
over fishing.<br />
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I did get out for a quick cast the other day which resulted in a nice little scorpion<br />
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I also had a plan for some wrasse today. I spent 5hrs searching every gully , nook and<br />
hole I could think of along the coastline, I've come to the conclusion that its just that little<br />
bit too early in the year for them yet as I never even got so much as a touch from a wrasse all<br />
day. I did however pick up one very colourful scorpion fish<br />
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This must be one of the most colourful Long Spined Sea Scorpion I have ever caught. As you can see from<br />
the photos it has lovely pinkish red markings on its fins along with a bright yellow underside with vivid white markings.<br />
The markings got me thinking do these fish brighten up their colouration for breeding , if so is this a male<br />
fish trying to impress a female?? In the same way some male birds grow lavish plumes during the breeding season.<br />
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That was it for the daytime fish a very poor day but I still enjoyed being out none the less.<br />
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I moved on in the evening to a local pier and began to fish a dropshot rig and was instantly rewarded<br />
with a nice little rock goby<br />
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A few casts later resulted in another<br />
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I continued fishing and moving along the pier and noticed a large shoal of small fish<br />
patrolling the shadow line on the water so I rigged up a size12, 1g jighead and small piece<br />
of gulp rag in white and cast in front of the shoal which resulted in a mini herring<br />
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Must have had another 15 or 20 of these little fish in the space of 45mins or so. I kept moving to see<br />
if I could pick up any other species but apart from a couple of small coalies that was it for the evening.<br />
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I hope to get updating a bit more than of late now that the weather is picking up slightly and becoming<br />
a little more settled.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed the read<br />
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Tight lines,<br />
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Jay.Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-44592394926259723652013-02-07T20:02:00.001+00:002013-02-07T20:02:32.440+00:00Irish Bass Festival 2013 Just a quick post to let everyone know that entries are now being taken<br />
for the 2nd Irish Bass Festival ran by the guys at <a href="http://absolutefishingireland.blogspot.ie/2013/01/irish-bass-festival-2013.html"> Absolute Fishing</a> .<br />
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The festival itself will run the 5th , 6th and 7th of July.<br />
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Full information can be found on the website:<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">http://www.irishbassfestival.com/</span><br />
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details of last years festival can be found here<br />
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<a href="http://absolutefishingireland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/irish-bass-festival.html">Irish Bass Festival 2012</a><br />
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Last years winning fish was a cracking 80cm<br />
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and remember the entire Irish Bass Festival is ran with a catch and release ethos<br />
and all fish entered must returned unharmed<br />
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That all for now guys,<br />
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Tight Lines,<br />
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JayJay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-78342233353136304972013-02-01T00:36:00.000+00:002013-02-01T13:34:28.209+00:00A blustery day in January......With what seems like an unending barrage of terrible weather<br />
battering the whole country, turning the sea to what can only be<br />
described as 'coffee soup' and every river around in full flood.<br />
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My mate Phil suggested that we could try the canals for Perch and maybe the odd<br />
rogue Pike.<br />
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So we made a plan to hit the canals today which meant an early start and a two hour drive<br />
I met up with Phil this morning and we hit the water , He fished a dropshot rig and I was fishing<br />
a jig head we moved up and down the canal fishing all around the various boats and other bits of<br />
structure but no Perch so we moved on to another mark.<br />
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We arrived at the mark and split up with me fishing one side and Phil fishing the other side of<br />
the canal. I saw that he had a nice little perch and another so I decided to move over and swop<br />
from jighead to dropshot rig with a HTO mini stick in pearl blue and second cast I was also into a little perch<br />
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This particular lure seemed to work really well with another few perch falling to it<br />
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Philip was also catching fish but he no sooner had the fish in and it was back in the water so no time for<br />
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I then got hit by a better fish ....<br />
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a new PB of about 1lb not big but I was very happy. After that the fish soon went off the feed and we<br />
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It continued like this with the fish coming on and off the feed until I got hit by a real train of a fish<br />
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A new PB fish of over 1.5lb ....with which I was thrilled<br />
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A super days fishing one which I thouroughly enjoyed especially considering the conditons<br />
which were at times almost gale force winds with a good mix of hail , showers and thunder all thrown in for<br />
good measure<br />
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I have to also say a big thank you to Philip Fox who invited me up and very kindly showed me around his various perch marks.<br />
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Philip looking extremely pleased with his new enormous PB pike in the only photo I got<br />
of him for the day........<br />
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Anyway I hope you enjoyed the read as much as I enjoyed my day<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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Jay<br />
<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-69571986913689575052013-01-27T19:15:00.001+00:002013-01-27T19:15:27.601+00:00Modern Soft Plastic Rigging Techniques<br />
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I came across this article on <a href="http://www.bassdozer.com/">bassdozer.com</a> the other day and thought it would be worth sharing although it is primarily aimed at the American freshwater bass scene, I think that the majority of it is very applicable to the majority of the H.R.F. and Seabass fishing that we do...........</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Weightless Rig</span></b> The purest form of rigging, and most deadly with the Senko. No sinker is used and the hook can be tied directly to the main line. Optionally, tie the hook to a 12" to 24" inch leader tied to a swivel to reduce any line twist that may occur with weightless rigs.<br />
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The 6" 9L Senko (color 187) rigged weightless produced an amazing 10.27 lbs. world record spotted bass for California angler Bryan Shishido.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Unpegged Texas Rig</b></span> A bullet sinker is allowed to slide freely on the main line, with the hook tied directly to the main line. One issue is the sinker can slide far up the line away from the bait. This makes for inaccurate casts and imprecise presentations. For more control over an unpegged sinker, you can contain it on a short 12 to 18" leader tied to a swivel. This gives you the freedom of unpegged lure movement and you gain better control over the cast and presentation.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Shakin' Rig</b></span> Use a bead on an unpegged Texas rig. The sinker will hit against the bead and make a clicking noise that can attract fish at times.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Pegged Texas Rig</span></b> Jam a wooden toothpick in the end of a bullet sinker and break it off. Don't jam it in so tightly that you risk weakening the line. Slide it down the line, and the toothpick will hold the sinker securely against the nose of a soft bait used in heavy cover. The sinker and bait will act like one unit that slips through weeds and resists snagging in cover.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Screw-In Rig</span></b> An advancement over the toothpick-pegging method, screw-in sinkers are molded around a thin Teflon tube and a corkscrew wire that screws in to the nose of a soft bait. Slip the sinker on the main line, tie the hook directly to the main line, and screw the sinker into the nose of the bait. This provides the ultimate in weedless and snagless presentation for big bass in heavy cover.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Note</span></b> With a pegged bullet or screw-in sinker, it can be important to thread the hook eye up to an inch or more into the bait. This leaves room so the hook eye is not jammed immovably against the sinker. Otherwise, if the eye is pressed against the sinker, gripped inside the fish's tightly-clamped mouth, then you only move the entire bass/weight/hook forward without penetrating on the hookset. Leaving up to an inch or more of slack ensures enough room to move the hook and have it start to set before it jams up behind the sinker.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Mojo Rig</b></span> Mojo sinkers are long and thin. The sinker shape allows a Mojo rig to slide easily through rocks, weeds, and brush better than most other sinker types. Mojo rigs also work for vertical fishing in deep water where baits are suspended for bass lurking in or under the tops of flooded trees or brush. They are part of a complete system that includes rubber strands that thread through the sinker to peg it from 12" to 24" inches up the main line above the bait. The rubber strands cushion the line from any potential damage that can occur with wooden toothpicks or crimping splitshots on the line.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Carolina Rig</b></span> Most often used on open, relatively unobstructed bottom. Thread a 1/2 to 1 oz sinker onto your main line, followed by a bead that clicks when the sinker hammers against it. Then tie on a swivel, an 18"-24" inch leader line (but can be longer), and your hook. As with all the rigs we describe here, use lighter weights of Carolina rigs with light tackle, and heavier weights of Carolina rigs with heavier rods, reels and lines, a simple principle.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Rockhopper Rig</b></span> An advancement over the Carolina rig for rock-strewn bottoms. The Rockhopper sinker can come through snags that stop most other sinker types.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Splitshot or Slipshot Rig</b></span> Knot a hook to the end of your line and pinch one or more split shot 18" to 24" inches above the hook. Keep in mind, don't pinch the splitshot shut so tightly that you risk damaging the line. The Mojo Slipshot is an advancement that uses rubber threads to cushion the line. If not used in snaggy areas, simply nose-hook the bait with a hook like Yamamoto's series 53 Crooked Hook.</div>
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A splitshot rig is most often used with light line. Since splitshot sinkers are typically smaller and lighter than any other sinker types, you can slowly drift a splitshot rig down past bass suspended in mid-depths above deep water. A splitshot can be used for a delicate lightweight presentation in shallow water, or to sweep a bait down with the current flow in a stream or shallow river. The bait will swirl and sway as it is buffeted around by the water flow while the splitshots keep it hunkered down near bottom!</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dropshot Rig </span></b>Tie a hook like a Yamamoto series 53 Crooked Hook onto the main line with a Palomar knot. The loose tag end of the knot is left anywhere from 12" to 24" inches long. After the knot is tied, the tag end is threaded through the hook eye in the direction that keeps the hook point positioned up. A swiveling style of sinker is then clipped onto the dangling tag end of the line anywhere from 6" to 24" below the hook. The bait is then nose-hooked. Optionally, the bait can be wacky-rigged in the middle to reduce any line twist that may occur with dropshot rigs.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Wacky Rig</span></b> Tie a hook like Yamamoto's series 53 Crooked Hook to your main line. Use a long thin bait such as a Senko. Bend the bait in the middle so both tips touch. Then poke the hook straight through the bend in the middle.</div>
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Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-75878430998904436872013-01-10T12:21:00.001+00:002013-01-10T17:29:28.016+00:00A night on the pier.....I got out last night fopr a few hours LRF and decided to use my<br />
Solpara, a rod which I have much neglected lately.<br />
I arrived shortly after dark and condition were lovely the only thing<br />
that I thought was against me was the falling tide which had about<br />
midway out.<br />
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There were some other anglers fishing bait in my usual spot nice bunch of<br />
lads but I decided to move as the space on the pier was taken up by their<br />
gear.<br />
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So I tried a different spot and rigged up a jig head with a new lure that<br />
I recently got. I could feel the bites but couldnt get a hook up so I decided<br />
to change tactic to a drop-shot rig with a size 12 hook and one AAA splitshot<br />
as a weight. Instead of dropping down the wall, I cast and allowed the lure<br />
to slowly fall throught the water coloumn. It made a big difference and it wasnt long<br />
until I got my frst fish of the session.<br />
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A nice little herring a steady stream of these followed all of them were in and around the<br />
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I decided to try down the walls of the pier using the same rig and started to pick up pollock<br />
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I had loads of these small they may be but on the solpara they can put up a great account of<br />
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I moved around the harbour to another dark little corner and I had left my head torch on.<br />
I was scanning along the waters edge looking at prawns flitting around in the shallow water<br />
having a smoke, when I spotted a little fish darting in and out from under a rock everytime a prawn<br />
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I re-rigged this time to a splitshot rig , size 12 and a little piece of gulp rag in white. I cast down to the<br />
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a little poor cod, which was the first time I had picked up this species from this particular pier.<br />
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Feeling very pleased with myself about this I continued to fish in around the rocks hoping<br />
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It wasnt long until I felt a sharp tug on the line and then nothing. It was like the hook was snagged<br />
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I began to reel in the fish and it went on a few little runs with plenty of head shakes, I presumed it was<br />
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A very welcome surprise on a very cold night. It was probably this time last year when I had my<br />
last lrf codling so I'm very happy about getting another.<br />
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There were other fish swimming about in good numbers just cruising under the surface I think that they were smelt but not a hundred percent certain they made plenty of goes at the lure. I just couldnt manage to get one on the hook. I'll try again another day.<br />
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A thoroughly enjoyable session with a couple of surprises thrown in.<br />
It was also my first night session in a while with most of my LRFing done during the day and my first<br />
proper lrf session of 2013.<br />
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The gear that I used was<br />
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Major craft Solpara 0.5-5g solid tip<br />
Daiwa Caldia 2506<br />
Mikado 'Dino Dynamic' monofilament 0.08mm 1.9kg<br />
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Tight lines all and welcome to 2013<br />
Hope you enjoyed the read,<br />
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Jay<br />
<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-10671553365430097912013-01-04T16:48:00.000+00:002013-01-10T17:24:44.038+00:00First post of 2013Let me start by wishing all the readers of this blog a very happy new year and thank you<br />
all so much for reading and commenting during the last year.<br />
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I havent been out in a few weeks now a combination of Christmas and some very poor weather<br />
conditions, really put pay to any plans I had to fish.<br />
Today however I managed to get out and fish for a few hours on a local rainbow trout fishery.<br />
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I started out rigging a curltail grub on a standard jighead of 2g and slowly retrieving with some pauses and twitches but nothing. I changed colour several times and varied the jighead weight, the retrieve and the depth<br />
the lure was working at, but still nothing. I tried various different soft plastics and techniques, dropshot, texas, carolina and splitshot rigs all without a sniff of a fish.<br />
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So after an hour or so of trying with soft plastics I decided to move onto metals, I tried a couple of vibration<br />
baits with a little interest in the form of a couple of follows but no takes. I then rigged up a 4g metal wobbler with a barbless single and after a few casts I had my first fish on the bank.<br />
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A small rainbow to start but at least it was a start and my first fish of 2013.<br />
I continued to fish with a slow lift and draw technique and continued to pick up fish on the drop with<br />
the stamp of fish improving with some nice fat fish landed.<br />
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I went for a quick bite to eat and then back to the trout with more taking the lure<br />
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The last trout was the biggest of the day and it sure was a fat one<br />
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It was a slow start but it turned out to be a very enjoyable day with almost 40 trout landed.<br />
A great way to kick off 2013 and a very enjoyable session<br />
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hope you enjoyed the read<br />
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tight lines<br />
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Jay<br />
<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-81720495257523984412012-12-25T08:18:00.001+00:002012-12-25T08:18:46.246+00:00Merry Christmas!!!<div style="text-align: left;">
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A very quick post to say Happy Christmas to all the readers and followers of this blog. I hope<br />
you all have a great time over this festive period.<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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JayJay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-76170203986214836162012-12-15T10:16:00.001+00:002013-01-10T17:25:21.371+00:00A trip to the aquariumI havent done a whole lot of fishing lately mainly due to the weather<br />
and other commitments.<br />
I did however get to spend a fews days over in the west with my<br />
girlfriend and get to visit the ''Galway Atlantiquaria'' a fantastic<br />
aquarium with lots of the different species that are found around the coast of<br />
Ireland two of the species I was very interested in seeing were the European<br />
Seabass and the Ballan Wrasse both of which I really enjoy lure angling for<br />
but never really get a chance to see them actually swimming around.<br />
So I made a few videos of both of these and some other species that I saw<br />
which I hope you enjoy.<br />
The videos dont do justice to the size of the Seabass at all almost all of which<br />
were double figure fish with the biggest almost 18lb.<br />
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The Ballan Wrasse there were up to 9lb I could see them but not get a decent shot of<br />
them so I just made a couple of videos of those that were closer which were still good<br />
size fish from 2lb to around 5lb one thing I noticed was just<br />
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I hoped you enjoyed those few short litttle videos. If any of you are ever in the west of<br />
Ireland with some spare time a trip to the aquarium is worth if only to see the Seabass<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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JayJay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-1270328153010342392012-11-18T00:34:00.001+00:002012-11-18T15:43:14.851+00:00A Dab Hand.....I got out today and headed up to a pier a couple of hours<br />
from where I live. I had heard there was whiting and herring<br />
going with a possibility of a dab.<br />
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I arrived at the mark and rigged up a new rig that I hadnt used before<br />
but had been shown by my mate David and he had been having some success<br />
with dab and other bottom living species anyway more about that another time.<br />
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So I fished on and began to get small taps with the lure and then when I retrieved<br />
the lure was gone so what began as a size 6 hook eventually ended up all the way<br />
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My first ever lure caught dab I was delighted this one had a small chunk out of its side. A coulpe of pics<br />
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Another dab happy days it continued like this for another while with another 8 or 9 small dabs all falling<br />
to the lure. The wind then picked up and I got pushed off the pier so I decided to try the inside of the<br />
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decided to head back out to the pier again where the fishing was much better but by now the tide was<br />
really flowing hard out of the harbour. I decided to try for some more Dab and still continue my search for a whiting and or herring....<br />
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It wasnt long until I felt a small tap tap and sure enough another dab followed by another few fish all the dab were small<br />
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I was really thrilled with the way the day went overall and to top it off I managed to sneak out a lone<br />
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Mission accomplished both my intended targets were caught although i cut it close with the whiting<br />
I thoroughly enjoyed my day and to get 19 dab in total was just fantastic.<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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JayJay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-71928093846917657672012-11-14T14:34:00.000+00:002012-11-18T15:41:40.697+00:00A few photos from my lasts days lrf.....I met up with my mate David once again the plan this time was to fish up to and into darkness to<br />
see if I could possibly winkle out a Rockling but unfortunately it wasnt to be.<br />
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I fished various rigs dropshot, texas and standard jighead but i'm finding lately the dropshot is a fantastic<br />
but sometimes overlooked rig. I know I for one favoured texas rigging lures over it for a long while but its<br />
quickly becoming my go to rig<br />
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A nice variety of fish and I was happy enough with the session even if I didnt manage my intended<br />
target. I really cant get over the teeth on the goldsinney wrasse such a vicious set for such a small<br />
fish, I wouldnt fancy being it intended target....<br />
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On another note I recently had been on the hunt for some flourocrbon to fish straight through as<br />
opposed to braid and after much deliberation I picked up some<br />
Sunline super FC sniper in 4lb that is 0.165mm in diameter perfect for what I want not so thin so<br />
it will ping off rocks straight away but still thin enough to allow it to be nice and supple<br />
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I'll be sure to write up my thoughts on this line in the coming months<br />
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Tight lines,<br />
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JayJay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-28547255071142874612012-11-05T17:28:00.000+00:002012-11-18T15:41:58.077+00:00The times they are a changing.....I decide to take another trip up my mate David last Saturday since things<br />
had clearly started to slow down this way I wanted to see what the fishing<br />
was like up with him after my last trip up a few weeks ago the weather had<br />
changed alot and the cold has really set in coupled with a big drop in air<br />
pressure of late fishing conditions have been less than perfect<br />
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I arrived up in the morning and we decided to try the local pier for a bit<br />
David picked up a poorcod but apart from that the water was very coloured<br />
and the fishing was poor<br />
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We went back to his place then and David decided he was going to try for conger and<br />
I would continue fishing lrf.<br />
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We headed back out a few hours later and I began to fish a dropshotted red gulp sandworm<br />
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I continued fishing this way picking up a few little poorcod but not much else<br />
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David met up with his mate and headed off a little bit up from me to try for Conger but I'll let you read about<br />
that on his blog ... <a href="http://ecoastfishing.blogspot.ie/">East Coast Fishing</a><br />
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I continued fishing dropshot trying various lures but the fishing had gone really quiet which I put down to a big seal which was patrolling the water about 10 yards out from me.<br />
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As soon as the seal went I stuck on a gulp sandworm again on a dropshot rig but this time in the natural colour and managed a lovely long spined sea scorpion<br />
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I continued along the edge and got the unmistakeable tap of a wrasse which I missed reeled in and bang another much more solid hit and fish on ...<br />
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a lovely goldsinney wrasse a welcome surprise on a very cold and slow day. I recast a few yards up and got another few small taps from some tiny fish which turned out to be poorcod<br />
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I kept fishing and the poorcod kept coming they were fast becoming a staple at this mark but all were around<br />
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Another nice goldsinney showed it face a few minutes later<br />
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which was followed in another few casts by a nice rock goby<br />
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A few casts later and I got another really solid thump which I knew was a wrasse but failed to connnect<br />
so I left the lure and gave a few twitches and smack fish on!!<br />
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I knew straight away this was a much better fish than any of the previous fish of the day<br />
and after a few good runs and dives much too my surprise up popped this lovely ballan wrasse<br />
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I finished the days fishing with some more poorcod and another little rock goby<br />
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and that was that time to head home.<br />
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What I noticed from the days fishing that much the same as home the fishing has slowed considerably in the<br />
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Right well thanks for reading<br />
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Tight lines<br />
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Jay<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-48094756990314871552012-10-29T16:37:00.000+00:002012-11-18T15:38:54.786+00:00First impressions.....I had been toying with the idea of getting a new light/medium rod for quite some time.<br />
While I am more than happy with the solpara which is an outstanding rod for the price<br />
and has never let me down the only thing was its range which is 0.5-5g and recently I found myself<br />
wanting something capable of 6g or sometimes 8g.<br />
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So I set about looking at what was out there in midrange rods and there is quite alot with more<br />
appearing online and in various shops almost weekly.<br />
After a bit of looking and picking a few brains I eventually settled on a Graphiteleader Tiro GOTS762L<br />
1-12g<br />
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I contacted Cian in <a href="http://absolutefishingireland.blogspot.ie/">Absolute Fishing</a> and he said that it would be no problem to get me the rod and after a<br />
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My first impressions of the rod are very good it has a very high quality of finish coupled with what appeared to be a very nice blank.<br />
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I couldnt wait to get out and fish with it but unfortunately I had to wait until the next day.<br />
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So I decided to go and try for some wrasse and I arrived at the mark glorious sunshine and blue skies<br />
I rigged up a 2g cone with a size4 weedless hook texas style and began to search the various gullies around<br />
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A lively little ballan of about a pound it put a nice bend in the rod which handled it no problem.<br />
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I went back to trying to find a better stamp of wrasse but the pollock had come on the feed and<br />
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Average sized fish for the gullies in this area annoying when I wanted a wrasse but a welcome change all<br />
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I fished a much deeper gully and felt a tap and missed the fish then recast and in the same place another<br />
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A very nice fish with plenty of spirit which put a good bend in the Tiro but again I never once felt in any danger of loosing the fish.<br />
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My initial thoughts of the rod are that it has a superb through action which cushions the line much<br />
better than any other rod I've used meaning that I can give the fish a little bit more stick than I was<br />
previously able. The finish as I have already said is superb. It's bite transmission is awesome with the<br />
slightest tap registering as a shock throughout the length of the blank something that I think will come in handy in the coming months when fish tend to be a little bit more subdued.<br />
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I'm really looking forward to fishing with this rod alot more in the future and a big thanks to Cian in <a href="http://absolutefishingireland.blogspot.ie/">Absolute Fishing</a> for getting the rod for me and to John at <a href="http://www.lureheaven.co.uk/">Lure Heaven</a> for his advice and help in choosing the rod.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed the read,<br />
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Tight Lines,<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-48826449480655502602012-10-19T11:49:00.000+01:002012-11-18T15:38:54.787+00:00A quick update..After my session on the saltwater in my last post I decided to head to<br />
the freshwater for a change and the species I had in mind were Dace<br />
and Perch.<br />
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I arrived at where I intended to fish and I could see shoals of smallish<br />
dace with some bigger fish a bit deeper down swimming up and down<br />
the canal. Having never caught a dace I initially tried a small float setup with<br />
a small hook size18 or 20 and a small section of power isome. I fished this way<br />
for a good two hours with a few small taps here and there just to get my hopes<br />
up.<br />
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I was then approached by a pair of fisheries officers asking a few questions like<br />
what are you fishing for? etc... Which was good to see them out and about doing their<br />
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A change of tactics then stil trying for a dace a 0.5g jighead with a small section<br />
of isome slowly retrieved at various depths but again nothing.<br />
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So I then decided to go after perch and these little guys were more than willing to take<br />
whatever they could get their mouths around in the hour that I fished for them I must<br />
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One thing i did notice however was that the weight of the jighead made a massive difference to<br />
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know switched back and fish on. I suppose the lure fell through the water column at too fast a rate and wasnt in the strike zone long enough, I've had the same with Pollock and Bass but this was the first time I had seen it make a difference to Perch which are normally very obliging.<br />
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Anyway I headed home and called it a day. The next day on my break from work I decided to head to my local pier for a quick half hour session.<br />
I rigged up my gear dropshot style and began to fish down the sides of the walls I managed a few small<br />
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All quite then for a little while and I moved spot dropped the rig to the bottom and almost immediately<br />
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A tiny Scad(horse mackeral) or ''Aji'' as they are known in Japan this is another first for me and I have<br />
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I hoped you enjoyed reading,<br />
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Tight lines,<br />
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Jay<br />
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So by now we reckoned that we had fished enough on this mark and decided to move on to some rocks<br />
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A truly epic day with the evening fast approaching we decided that yet another change was in order but this time a move to fresh water.<br />
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By now it was almost time for my train home and what better way to end the day than a nice cold beer<br />
and a good chat about the days fishing and what a day it was with over 70 fish between the two of<br />
us 8 species including new ones for both of us. It was truly a memorable days fishing and one that I wont<br />
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So great craic was had by both of us and an epic days angling and plans were made for the future watch<br />
this space.....<br />
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You can see Davids take on the day on his blog <a href="http://ecoastfishing.blogspot.ie/">East Coast Fishing</a><br />
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Tight lines,<br />
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Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-1002579218377391022012-09-22T19:30:00.000+01:002012-10-19T11:59:21.658+01:00Lure Heaven UK species competition....For anyone who doesnt know Lure Heaven UK are running a neat little<br />
lure only species competition that started on the 1st of September and is running<br />
up until the 1st of December.<br />
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The competiton itself is very simple and its open to anyone in Ireland or the UK<br />
All species must be caught on a lure and from the shore with a point for each species<br />
and an extra point for the overall longest of each seperate species.<br />
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Entry is simple all you have to do is 'like' <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lure-Heaven-UK-Modern-lure-fishing-distributors/223860414337598">Lure Heaven UK</a> facebook page and email<br />
your address to <a href="mailto:info@lureheaven-uk.com" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">info@lureheaven-uk.com</a> and they will send you out a neat liitle card<br />
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So come on give it ago plenty of time left to rack up a few species and you never know you could even win!!<br />
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<br />Jay La Rochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734118597383763530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198122605496043805.post-6901606018690824812012-09-07T18:21:00.002+01:002012-09-07T18:21:51.170+01:00A little bit of LRF......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finally managed to get on Wednesday last for a couple of hours in the atternoon<br />
I didnt expect much as the tide was falling and was pretty small but i went out anyway<br />
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First up was the ever hungry pollock<br />
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These were followed a short time after by a nice little ballan<br />
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Then I managed to pick up one of my favurite rockfish the ever stunning corkwing<br />
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A nice enjoyable session on my break from work.<br />
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So I was off today and my card for the Lure Heaven species comp arrived this morning<br />
full details of this competition can be found on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=412261162164188&set=a.223935777663395.56515.223860414337598&type=1&theater">Lure Heavens facebook page </a>.<br />
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I decided first up would be the fish that had eluded me up until a couple of weeks ago the flounder<br />
I headed up and arrived at the mark to be greeted with glorious sunshine and crystal clear water.<br />
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I rigged up a little Big Hammer perch grub in rootbeer and began to fish nice and slowly with plenty<br />
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A nice flounder just over 29cm back she went and i fished on another few cast and another bite these flounder bites are so subtle ....<br />
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The fish were really game today with another few bites and a couple of dropped fish<br />
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A new personal best flounder at 33cm which I am very pleased about<br />
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Another few flounder landed and a cracking little 2hour session with over a dozen fish landed and almost the<br />
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I woke on friday to what has become the norm.... torrential rain!!<br />
but a quick text to David and he said to come up anyway it was<br />
still nice and clear that the rain hadn't made it up that far yet.<br />
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So I met up with him and after a bit of a chat and going over the<br />
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After about 15 mins he got the first fish only for it to spit the hook<br />
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my first ever flounder on a lure<br />
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After some debate i decided to change the reel I was using with my Tiro<br />
the 3000 Theory is a great reel and I didnt have any problem with it but<br />
after continuous use I found that it was just not balancing the rod as well<br />
as I wanted it to so I decided to change.<br />
I took a spin to Absolute fishing and got myself a nice shiny Daiwa Ballistic<br />
3000SH which is a 2500 size with the spool capacity of a 3000 it balances the<br />
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While I was there Cian told me there was a new supply of Costa's in and I had to take a look<br />
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and what a great piece of kit they are. Up until now I had mostly been using other polarised lense<br />
sunglasses but the difference these make is incredible. I can see into the water more clearly and sharply<br />
than I have ever been able to before. They really are superb.<br />
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I also recently recieved some <a href="http://ecogearfishing.co.uk/">Ecogear</a> lures in the post and since I hadnt seen these lures<br />
before now dont ask me why...I have to say they just look fantastic but its all very well looking<br />
good I had to see how they fish.....<br />
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First up the <a href="http://www.ecogear.jp/eng/ecogear/ecogear_worm/mebaru_shokunin.html">Mebaru Shokunin in </a>the strawtail version which are specifically designed for the Japanese<br />
rockfish called ''Mebaru''<br />
I had a few different colours in this range and also some of the ecogearaqua range of strawtails<br />
So I decided on a mark and went there armed only with the Shokunin and strawtails<br />
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These lures have really odd smell kind of like a burned smell strange...anyhow I rigged one colour after<br />
another texas style and nothing not a touch.<br />
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It wasnt until I rigged up the light smoke gold colour that I was into my first fish a nice feisty little ballan<br />
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I moved to another little gully and cast in and slowly retrieved tight to the bottom or at least as best I<br />
conditions were far from perfect with a steady easterly picking up and a good size swell making life difficult<br />
to keep in touch with the lure but even so it wasnt long until i picked up another nice wrasse<br />
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Had another few fish on this lure which stood up to the teeth on these guys I only used 2 for the session<br />
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A short but sweet 3hr session but enjoyable all the same great to get to use and catch on something that I had never used before.<br />
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Tight Lines<br />
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