county antrim beach bass frenzy sat 6th dec

People: me, jordan and mark

Duration: 3pm - 1am

Tide: all states

Weather: dry, 7mph winds and freezing

Bait: just rag

Rigs: 3 hook flapper flounder rigs (tied by jordan)

Results: BASS!!!!!!! ME: 2 bass 1lb 5oz and 3lb. 2 coalfish and 2 pollock. JORDAN: 3 bass 2lb 4oz, 2lb 15oz and 3lb 2oz. 3 coalfish 2 pollock and 1 flounder. MARK: 1 bass 2lb 6oz 1 coalfish




Report: we were ment to fish portrush today from 1pm but my central locking in the car decided that it was'nt gonna let us into the motor . luckily a mate of mine who is a mechanic came round and sorted it for me. so 2 hours later and £40 lighter we hit the road and opted to go back to our antrim beach, so as not to waste any more fishing time we decided we would just have another bash at the flatties instead. so we set up camp and got our rods baited up and cast out for 3pm. i did'nt hold much hope as there were good sized waves crashing into the shore with the wind blowing directly at us after an hour and a half none of the rods were touched so we broke out the frying pan and got the hot dogs on the go. jordan only got one bite out of his hot dog and his wee spinning rod almost lept out of the rest . the hot dog was duely dropped and he ran across the beach and struck into something substantial. i was thinking it was mabey a big pollock or coaley, but was in total disbeliefe when he landed a bloody big bass at 3lb 2oz we all started screaming and jumping about like a bunch of loons when his other rod did the same in blind panic he dropped his first rod in the sand and hit the second, and landed another bass at 2lb 15oz. what the hell was going on????????????? we were here to fish for flatties on flattie rigs, tiny size 4 hooks useing small single ragworm on each hook this sort of thing is'nt ment to happen after a while we all calmed down and tried to take in what had just happened. me and mark quickly rebaited and recasted desprately trying to get in on the action, with no luck it all went quiet again and we returned to our hot dogs. in the next couple of hours i had a couple of small coalies and pollock and jordan did the same and got the only flattie of the night, a wee flounder. then just after 10pm mark got a serious rattle and landed his first ever bass t 2lb 6oz. this was crazy. bass on an antrim beach then my rod went and i landed my first ever bass at 1lb 5 oz and not to be outdone jordan landed another at 2lb 4oz. by now it was almost midnight and to be honest we were all frozen and considering wrapping it up. as i walked towards my rod to wind in and pack away it near bounced towards me and i landed another bass, my biggest so far at 3lb on the button . we were all made up that we all got bass, something we never expected on an antrim beach at 4 below zero in december!!!! for the first time in my life i was left speechless, it was like winning the lotto. we were all left shivering uncontrolably not only because of the fishing but because of the onset of hypothermia, and decided now was the time to head for home. all the fish apart from jordans biggest one were returned to fatten up and grace us again some time in the future. what more can i say, carlsberg don't do fishing.................. but we do

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you gotta love it when stuff like that happens. well done indeed.

Alex

well done lads for braving the cold great suprise on the bass, excellent report

[cortaz]

great result lads .. bet ye thought ye had died, and gone to Waterford ...remember the onshore wind

Last edited by cortaz on Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Congrats Al , Jordan, and Mark Delighted for you all. Great that you all got in on the act Teriffic report, those hotdogs must smell real good ,, to be attracting Bass like that Thats the beauty of the sport,,,you just never know ,,,do you??? Well done

Great fishing lads well done on your Bass the first of many i hope. Made up for ye that's why we all go fishing for times like that when it all just goes right

Oh My Very God Alan! I'm sure the wee man is chuffed to bits! I'm sure you're chuffed to bits too! Some stonking fishing there my man! omg! That's fantastic!

Well done to the gang of ye, that's a fantastic session

Great days fishing by the looks of it guys, im raging I missed out on it! This weekend for sure

Well done lads they are some fine fish, Looks like the shoppers aren't the only ones headed north

well done your lads smile on his face tells it all, enjoy

Stunning fishing there lads ,
I was considering traveling the length of the country to catch a bass after reading all the reports from waterford etc... think I'll just try closer to home . The chances of being there at the right time must be a million to one. Soak it in guys it might be a while before it's like that again!

Well done lads, great report

[Al and Jordan]

you gotta love it when stuff like that happens. well done indeed.

Alex

well done lads for braving the cold great suprise on the Bass, excellent report
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Great fishing lads well done on your Bass the first of many i hope. Made up for ye that's why we all go fishing for times like that when it all just goes right

Oh My Very God Alan! I'm sure the wee man is chuffed to bits! I'm sure you're chuffed to bits too! Some stonking fishing there my man! omg! That's fantastic!
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Well done to the gang of ye, that's a fantastic session
quote="dbrock"]well done your lads smile on his face tells it all, enjoy
quote="MackDaddy"]Stunning fishing there lads ,
I was considering traveling the length of the country to catch a Bass after reading all the reports from waterford etc... think I'll just try closer to home . The chances of being there at the right time must be a million to one. Soak it in guys it might be a while before it's like that again!

cheers lads, we're still pinching ourselves to make sure it was'nt a dream when jordan landed his first, i must have checked it 5 times before i would allow myself to believe it was a bass. never in a million years did i think we could even get into bass this far north in the middle of a very cold winter spell. we're still on cloud nine

Last edited by Al and Jordan on Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:37 pm, edited 3 times in total.

very nice seshan people

happy to see so many bass bein caught in northern ireland for once at this time of year.

good 2 see it

remember the onshore wind

hi cortaz, to be totally honest we know bugger all about bass fishing, and i'm not ashamed to admit it. but recently we have been putting in almost 30+ hours a week fishing different marks all over the north east coast. and i believe when you stick at it, you will be rewarded for your efforts, and we were. way, way, way, way beyond our wildest dreams

[quote="eyesreilly"]Congrats Al , Jordan, and Mark Delighted for you all. Great that you all got in on the act Teriffic report, those hotdogs must smell real good ,, to be attracting Bass like that Thats the beauty of the sport,,,you just never know ,,,do you??? Well done

cheers dave, just wondering if it's our fishing or my cooking thats drawing them in

Fantastic fishing ,good to see all your hard work is paying of , getting a text at ten at night to remind me of the session I was missing was a bit evil though

Great days fishing by the looks of it guys, im raging I missed out on it! This weekend for sure
Great days fishing by the looks of it guys, im raging I missed out on it! This weekend for sure

you must be sick dawsey, well you were invited man

Well done lads they are some fine fish, Looks like the shoppers aren't the only ones headed north
Well done lads they are some fine fish, Looks like the shoppers aren't the only ones headed north

Stunning fishing there lads ,
I was considering traveling the length of the country to catch a Bass after reading all the reports from waterford etc... think I'll just try closer to home . The chances of being there at the right time must be a million to one. Soak it in guys it might be a while before it's like that again!

Stunning fishing there lads ,
I was considering traveling the length of the country to catch a Bass after reading all the reports from waterford etc... think I'll just try closer to home . The chances of being there at the right time must be a million to one. Soak it in guys it might be a while before it's like that again!

cheers lads, and to think we travelled to co louth/meath in the summer to get one and failed. and now we got em on our doorstep go figure

Fantastic fishing ,good to see all your hard work is paying of , getting a text at ten at night to remind me of the session I was missing was a bit evil though

lol!!! cheers ronald, we owe you a great deal of gratitude. if you had'nt of told us about the session you pete and the girls had at it we would never had our bass. many, many, many, thanks mate