Belfast lough/harbour

has anybody ever fished down in and around the harbour im working at the minute in titanic quarter at the back of the odyessy and have noticed some cormants swimming about and diving so there must be fish about and maybe the possibility of congers as there is a lot of old structures at the waters edge

are you talking about just past the security hut?

only ever had mackerel from around airport road end I know that a wee river runs into the lough just past the tillysburn security gate and I have seen kids with fishing rods but dont know what they were catching..

I'd say your Main Problem will be Crabs, But if you can get by them I'd hedge my bets on Flounders, Whiting and Coalies. Does the Lagan have a Run of Eels? Has anyone ever had one from the Lagan Estuary (Say Holywood up)???

Most rivers around the lough have eels i even seen them once at a small stream at the Gobbins, i have seen them caught in the smolt trap down at Stranmillis weir.

Therefore they should fall to Sea Angling Tactics at some point.

at kinnegar in holwood there is a stretch the locals call 'the butts'. used to catch countless silver eels and flounder from here, also literally hundreds of mullet rising and jumping all round u.

And how does it look now mate? Shadow of Former Glories? :?

completely different now drew, although i bet on a good day u would still catch a lot of flounder. the place was always teaming with them. have to say i haven't fished it for a few years now.

Maybe one for an exploritory recon trip? 8)

i have already decided i'm gonna have one or two trips here this year. i remember things didn't pick up here till may or so.

Dead on.... always nice to know...

i'll post all the reports on the forum mate. fingers crossed it still holds a big amount of flats.

Damn straight, there's no reason (Except the Pollution, and ever declining fish stocks), that there shouldn't be a few fish about it. 8)

Good Luck Mate. :D

well drew the whole of my life holywood beach has been polluted and i reckon the situation has improved if anything. but fish decline because of commercial fishing is hitting us all hard. now that i catch and release my fish, why not fish the likes of kinnegar. definately threw up the odd suprise for me starting out in fishing.

Ahhh I'll ask HC if he's interested at some point, Bookmarking Thread.

We done a fish species survey a couple of years ago between the weir in belfast up to stranmillis weir 4km stretch produced 12 species but flounder ,eels,sea trout ,brown trout, salmon ,mullet ,were the most catchable size .herring fry ,sprats ,sand gobies ,sand smelt,bream and a stray perch all turned up .

There is a spot beside the M2 on the North Foreshore which I reckon holds some flatties.

I pass it every morning on the way to work (just to your left when you come onto the M2 at Greencastle). There are always guys digging bait at low tide and it is really clean ground.

I'm hoping to give it a bash this year...

Anyone ever tried it?

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I`ve fished Holywood a few times lately and had about 6 flounder to just over 1lb.I`ll try it again at different times of the year to see when it fishes best.

[quote="rab01"]at kinnegar in holwood there is a stretch the locals call 'the butts'.

is that the place just under the railway bridge and turn to the left it looked like an old wooden harbour :?: :?: