waterfoot beach co. antrim FLATTIE BASHING! 13/02/10

People: me and jordan

Duration: 6pm to 3am

Tide: HW 10.50pm

Weather: dry, flat calm and mild

Bait: rag, lug, mack, squid and sand eel

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: ME: 9 flounder, 2 coalies, 2 5 bearded rockling and 3 whiting. JORDAN: 14 flounder, 2 coalies and 2 whiting




Report: i went up to the beach on thursday night to scout it out to see if it was worth fishing at the weekend and i got a good dose of flatties . so we decided it would be worth a go and a flattie bashing session was on the cards . we left belfast at lunch time as we wanted to give one of our summer rock marks a go to see if there were any wrasse showing yet. sadly i have to report we spent 3 hours at blackhead below the lighthouse with only 1 bite between us for the entire session . but it's a nice walk to get to the mark so it was'nt a total waste . by the time we were set up on the beach at waterfoot it was almost 6pm and the tide was flooding. so we cast a rod out at distance each and one in close and waited for the bites to begin. we did'nt have to wait too long as i was first into a fish and a nice flounder was landed, photographed and released . then jordan upstaged me by getting a nice brace of flounder, followed by a full house of flounder, whiting and coalie . the bites were coming thick and fast, but a lot of tiny fish were just robbing the bait of the hooks. but we had promised to stick to our plan and not go down below a size 1 hook on any of our rigs tonight. we were missing a lot of the smaller stuff, but we were getting some above average sized flounder for a change . that was pretty much the way the rest of the session went for the rest of the evening. mainly flounder with the odd coalie or whiting thrown in for good measure. i managed 2 five bearded rockling, which was a bit of a bonus , but no sign of the wee plaice i got here on thursday . i could only put it down to the fact that all our worm baits were fresh, but on thursday all i had was some seriously manky lug that was humming . jordan was getting a few doubles and that one treble, so he was made up how the session went. near the end 2 other lads came over from the peir to see how we were getting on as they had spotted our lights in the distance. they told us that the peir was fishing pretty slow with only tiddlers showing up, so our decision to stay on the beach payed off in the end . all in all a great wee session with plenty to keep us busy and our first flattie bashing session of 2010 was a good'n

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Well done you two and I see you were upstaged again by the wee man. Al 16 Jordan18 haha. Next trip ask him for advice.

well done lads some very nice fish there,waterfoot seems to be fishing well for this time of year.

excellent fishing al & jordan well done guys an nice pic's too

jealous lads didnt get out this weekend. it's cold in the house never mind the beach nice fishing. always good to see the young lad outfishing his da... i hope i never have kids

nice session al,some of those flounder were a good size for that mark?and im jelous of the plaice

well done lads great session,report and pics

Good session guys plenty of action some nice Fish

well done lads .. some great photos look like they are nice chunkie fish.....

Al- youre going to have to tamper with the wee man's bait next time, he is torturing you! . Good session mate- some cracking pics there.

I... The beach is fishing well.. well done al and jordan.. cracking result

Brilliant session Al & Jordan, well done
Al, Norman said when your free let him know and he'll get up and make those weights with you.
We must get out for that coffee soon too.

good session
well done

good session fellas and some nice plump flatties there indeed! ...i must try the beach out

Me and the mate fished waterfoot pier from 9pm-3am on Friday night, mostly small whiting/coalies/codling up to 20-25cm, a few small flounder, and i touched for 1 decent codling about 1.5 lb but just a bit short of keeper size, decent session though for such a flat calm sea.

Barry

Well done guys a nice haul of flounder there.
I tried a beach for founder myself last Thursday night but all I could catch were 5 beardies and a bunch of small codling.

Well done you two and I see you were upstaged again by the wee man. Al 16 Jordan18 haha. Next trip ask him for advice.

i'm used to getting thrashed by him now ivan . why do you think i get out for sessions while he's at school

well done lads some very nice fish there,waterfoot seems to be fishing well for this time of year.

cheers man. they were a bit bigger than what we normally get up there and not dropping below size 1 hooks seemed to keep the postage stamps at bay

excellent fishing al & jordan well done guys an nice pic's too

cheers don. how's the flounder fishing up your way at the mo? must be some good flattie marks off the foyle worth trying

jealous lads didnt get out this weekend. it's cold in the house never mind the beach nice fishing. always good to see the young lad outfishing his da... i hope i never have kids

thanks man, you'd think he'd give the old timer a chance once in a while

nice session al,some of those flounder were a good size for that mark?and im jelous of the plaice

thanks noel. 4 of them ended washing back up on the shore . but waste not, want not. they ended up going in the pan with some butter and were lovely

well done lads great session,report and pics

thanks man

Good session guys plenty of action some nice Fish

cheers FK, the rod tips were bouncing away all night

well done lads .. some great photos look like they are nice chunkie fish.....

thanks man, i always take 2 or 3 pics of each fish. that way one of them will be decent enough to post as i'm not great with cameras

Al- youre going to have to tamper with the wee man's bait next time, he is torturing you! . Good session mate- some cracking pics there.

nothing unusual there

I... The beach is fishing well.. well done al and jordan.. cracking result

thanks stevie

Brilliant session Al & Jordan, well done
Al, Norman said when your free let him know and he'll get up and make those weights with you.
We must get out for that coffee soon too.

cheers paula, you got mail

good session
well done

thanks JC.

good session fellas and some nice plump flatties there indeed! ...i must try the beach out
Me and the mate fished waterfoot pier from 9pm-3am on Friday night, mostly small whiting/coalies/codling up to 20-25cm, a few small flounder, and i touched for 1 decent codling about 1.5 lb but just a bit short of keeper size, decent session though for such a flat calm sea.
Barry

cheers barry. was the same on saturday, not a ripple in red bay. the place looked like a pond . that's not a bad sized codling either just a pity so many codling under a pound were wiped out there during the summer we watched 6 guys fill a tesco carrier bag each with them there at the end of the summer when there was agood run of them from the pier seen it happen so often there it sickened us

Well done guys a nice haul of flounder there.
I tried a beach for founder myself last Thursday night but all I could catch were 5 beardies and a bunch of small codling.

thanks frank. unlucky with your own flattie hunt i thought you would have big bin lid sized flounder down your way

Well done jordan, think your have to give the old man a head start
great report al and some super photos keep them comming

well done lads, a serious amount of flatties there!!