Shore fishing rigs mixed pack
RigMixed pre-tied sea rigs including paternoster patterns for pier sessions. Good backup when you do not want to tie.
Tonight's plan · SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER · Wicklow · Good, 80
Can I fish Wicklow today? Lead mark: Bray Harbour, eleven till midnight
Fishable and steady. Bray Harbour is the pick. Targets: Coalfish, cod and dab. Everything below is timed to low water at 23:25.
Watch out Watch for bright sunlight pushing fish deeper - focus on shaded gullies and deeper channels rather than shallow flats
Field mode on the beach
The session
Arrive
Free parking on Bray seafront; harbour fully accessible on foot.
Rig up
Fishing the drop at Bray Harbour, so the paternoster holds baits at set heights for pollack and coalfish.
Low water · 0.8 m
First two hours of the fill is the most-cited productive window.
Flood running
Two-hook flapper with size 6 hooks (LRF-style).
Window closes
Wrap
Why this mark, tonight
WindWind fit 80
14 km/h SW wind suits the top mark today.
TideTide fit 87
Tide fits the 23:00 – 00:00 session window.
SeasonSeason fit 90
Coalfish is peaking on this mark in October.
Conditions fit, not a catch probability. It rates the day against the mark, not the fish.
Bring
If it changes
All 20 Wicklow marksWhere to go
01 · Lead mark
Bray Harbour
Strongest score-band window 23:00 – 00:00.
These 2 sit within 2 points. Pick on ground, parking and shelter.
Verify tides, swell and regulations on your exact mark.
Directions / Maps →Conditions right now
S wind, 6 km/h
Side wind, mixed sea state. Match your mark to shelter and tidal run; watch swell even if wind feels moderate.
Sea state
Around 0.3m wave height, generally manageable from shore with normal care.
What to take today
Simple paternoster
Bring these two
Phoxinus Aberdeen hooks 2/0
HooksSlightly larger Aberdeen for mackerel strip and sandeel on pier paternosters.
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Starting from nothing? The rod, reel and the rest sit in one kit. Buy once, then only bait.
Bait: Feathers · Sandeel · Mackerel strip
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Handy when signal is patchy at the mark. Arrive time, tide steps, rig and bait, in one message.
Fishing Dublin Bay instead? Bay marks worth checking. Live now: Bay weather with Dublin Port tide, scored separately from this Wicklow call.