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August 18th, 2008
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You guys must have been pretty hungry to spear that many.
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August 19th, 2008
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looks like your ganna have a freezer full for the winter lads. looks like you had a competition going on out there......
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#605
August 20th, 2008
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Got out on Monday evening for a training session but the water was choppy and the vis poor so we started doing outdoor dynamic in the harbour area. Maybe sept will be better.
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August 23rd, 2008
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Yesterday was the first and only good diving day in a while. Due to family commitments I couldn't spare much time, so I dropped into a good bass spot for an hour or so. I was looking for a "biggun" and as I saw only fish to 4lb or so, I didn't shoot anything. Both Dennis and myself know of big bass caught from here by anglers (and returned) in the last two weeks.
As it was such a calm day it was better not to disturb the water by shooting small fish. Dennis and Richie arrived just before I left and they didn't catch any either, though Dennis saw a big tail disappear into the weed at one point. This morning I wanted to catch the "calm before the storm" so I got up at five o'clock and drove to a spot near the head of Kinsale. By six it was light enough but the sea was already beginning to look shaggy and vis was down from yesterday. Lots of baitfish were in this area and I swam two miles in total, taking a decent pollack, a small bass and two mackeral. The bass was a snap shot in the gloom, and although legal, was much smaller than I'd normally take. The mackeral were coming so close that it was possible to track and hit them. Today and yesterday were both a bit dissapointing as I should have seen more and better bass in both spots.
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August 24th, 2008
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Sunfish and others. I know that Ireland is THE place for pollack and here in Guernsey we don't get them like you do. However up in the neighbouring Island of Alderney they got some good fishing. How about a 15lb pollack caught on a rod from a kayak and in only 20ft of water.
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August 24th, 2008
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Hi Dave, that's a fine big pollack. Where I was yesterday I was fishing shallow water for bass, so the pollack I saw were in 20ft or less. There were plenty in the 4lb to 5lb range and when big shoals of baitfish are present, often even bigger fish will drlve right up into shallow water. The 4.5lb fish I took yesterday had it's stomach crammed with more sprats than I could hold in both hands!
Having said that, that's still a magnificent fish to catch in 20ft from a kayak. There's a small boat angling competition near here and they haven't had a fish like that for a few years. Most years I spear much better fish than they get.
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August 24th, 2008
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try to get out three times. water was like milk. imposible to see anythink. why is that? becouse of lot of rain or what? got very upset...rrrrr. try next weeek maybe vis get better. any body knows good places near dublin (1hour drive) . share Please, please , please........
i dive in Dalkey, but lot of wrase and mullet, pollack very small, haven`t see any bass at all.
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August 25th, 2008
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Well done Themos and Nik!
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August 25th, 2008
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Well done Dave,great fish on the rod.And very nice kayak too!!!!!
Hey Themos, time to go home i suppose..... It was great to meet you and see you next year for sure!!!!!!! P.S:  FOR THE BEARD. SEE U SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NIK
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August 25th, 2008
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Hi Lads,
I am new here in Ireland, I have a few questions about weather conditions here. I don’t have much experience in ocean diving so please let me know what is important for choosing good day for diving, conditions like wind direction and strength, tides or swell. First thing is probably the right spot, I already experienced myself that calm water and no wind don’t guarantee the clear water, Would you recommend any good spots on the west cast, I live in Limerick at the moment, Cheers Mazi
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August 26th, 2008
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Hi mazi, welcome. I'm from cork myself and dont know any spots in limerick. they are spearos in cork, kerry, galway and i think i remember someone from clare joined in a few months ago, you'll have to look back on this thread, they would be the nearest to you.
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August 26th, 2008
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