Fish galore at killybegs, Donegal.

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Kayak(s): prowler trident 13.

Duration:9am till 4.00pm
Tide:

Weather: breezy and some swell

Bait: squid, mackerel, and brown shrimp.

Rigs: herne bay spreader, orange muppets and a glow worm rig

Results: 21 doggies, 10 nice whiting, 15 macks, 3 cuckoo wrasse, 1 ballen wrasse, 1 codling, 1 pout, 1 poor cod, 1 ling, 6 Pollack and 35 herring .

                           

Report:
With the kayak was coming to an end soon and our second position as second place seems set in stone as an individual I am in the lead but only by 150points .
So it was a good excuse to head to Killybegs for some serious fishing,
Well Kilybegs lived up to its name and my old favourite for this venue the cuckoo wrasse appeared and he was a cracker, It was something from a tropical fish tank.

                        

In this spot there isn't normally much else but wrasse and since I had not rag I carried on to a more mixed species ground.
2 rods in orange muppets on one and the euro champ on the other.
I didn't have to wait long and the doggies started, there where loads of them. but not a lot else, I bashed them for a while and while I was at that I got another 2 cuckoo wrasse and a ballen wrasse, I had the ballen on brown shrimp, a shore angler told me they where deadly at times down there. I just had the one on them but I will try them more in futher.
With the fishing starting to quiten down I headed out to the deep look for the whiting. Killbegs is great for good whiting but it has to be the hardest place in the country to catch them, I was given a herne bay spreader by shamrock tackle to try and I was raring to try it on this venue as it seemed to be the job. 

 

 

                                
I changed the hooks to the cox and rawle octopus hooks as they seem better for self hooking.

 

They didn't disappoint, they where deadly with the spreader, I was getting good whiting on every drop and one drop I had a full house of nice whiting. And the doggies where coming thick and fast also.

                             

 

With that the swell was getting up and the 8ft swell forecast seemed to be wright once I drifted past the shelter of the point. So I beat a hasty re-treat back to the shore line for more doggie and herring hunting,
In I went and the doggies where still about and I went on to catch, codling, a small ling, pout, poor cod some mackerel. But by now it was getting cold and there was no sign of the herring. I upped anchor and headed for home only to see a lovely big black shape on the fish finder. I soon warmed up and down wen the herring rigs and with a bit of very gentle jigging I was onto the herring it was great craic and managed 35 in the end and some more mackerel.

                      

                        This was my kayak at the end of an hours jigging.
 

                          

Well until the next time heres a short vid of the day and tight lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kwfzBqVwU7I