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Ireland spearing 2008

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Nice one thunder, I knew there were scallops in the bay I kept looking in the wrong places. There's no substitute for local knowledge. Just finished dinner...delicious.
 
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i`m so " jealous " lads , that you have so cool places to dive.:head
what ground do you have to look for ,to find scallops. and how deep ? i was thinking go diving in Wexford, there are saying that is good place for scallops .

 
I haven't had much success with scallops in the past Danas. I'd found the odd couple in the same bay, but yesterday we were shown a different spot and they were plentyful. If I hadn't got cold we could've gotten a lot more. They were taken from a sandy bottom between 6 and 8 metres. I've heard there's a lot of scallop dredging off the waterford/wexford coast in deep water so maybe it's a good place to start looking. Good luck
 
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On Monday I left my phone in the dive tub when I rinsed off my dive gear:duh. Because of this I had trouble contacting Donnachad and eventually I headed off to Mizen alone this afternoon.
It was cold, 48 degrees, and there was a bit more wind than on Monday. I got scallops again. (From a little further back East this time Donnachad. Almost to the reefs. It's looking like they're along most of that stretch).
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Happy New Year to all in Ireland and good spearing and foraging in 2009.
 
Happy new year all. Myself, baldy, thunder and thunder's mate went west this morning and got a good haul. A very enjoyable dive on a new years eve.



Pity we missed each other sunfish but we're planning another raid for the weekend.
 

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donnachad said:
Happy new year all. Myself, baldy, thunder and thunder's mate went west this morning and got a good haul. A very enjoyable dive on a new years eve.



Pity we missed each other sunfish but we're planning another raid for the weekend.
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happy new year and good luck, everyone!
 
Someone needs to kick off a new thread for 2009. Donnachad, Baldyfish, Thunder, Abusingelves, Danas? Someone do it. Its time!
 
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