waterfoot co.antrim mon 8th march early herring!

[Al and Jordan]

People: me and dan the mariner

Duration: 5pm to 10pm

Tide: HW 5.30pm

Weather: 2mph easterly, dry but bitterly cold after sundown

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

Rigs: flappers and pats

Results: ME: COALIES 15+, 5 bearded rockling 1, codling 1, pollack 1 and a herring. DAN: over 20 coalies, dab 1, plaice 1, pollack 3, 5 bearded rockling 2, codling 4

Report
after a disaster of a session on sunday with me, jordan and dawsey fishing 9 rods over 12 hours without a single bite hopes were low for seeing a fish at waterfoot . but there was a mountain of bait left over and dan was up for a session and i fancied a bit of flattie bashing on the beach. we arrived just before high tide to see the beach 2 foot deep with kelp just below the high tide line . a re-think was in order as i did'nt want to spend the whole session pulling clumps of weed outta our rigs, and besides it was forecast to drop to 3 below freezing as we lost the sun and frostbite to the fingers would have been the only thing we would have been catching .
thankfully the harbour was deserted, which to be honest surprised the heck outta us as it had been a great sunny day with a good fishing forecast for the evening. so we high tailed it over in quick time to steak a claim to our usual spot . within the first 5 mins dan had caught 2 coalies and the coalie onslaught began in ernest . nothing of any great size but there was a whole shoal of them hanging just off the end of the harbour hammering any bait put in front of them . what a difference a day makes . i would have broke someone's arm for just one of those wee guys yesterday . after my first cast resulted in a crack off, i quickly changed spools over and went back to my trusty braid and was out fishing. dan was already into double figures of coalies before i had my second rod into the water . but i was'nt too long in catching up. amongst the coalies dan was getting a few 5 beardy's and codling and a few pollack turned up to join in on the, all you can eat bait buffet we were chucking out to them . dan decided to change rigs over to have a crack at the flatties as we had a mountain of worms to use up and quickly landed a wee plaice and a dab. this was brilliant. like i said nothing of any great size but the rod tips were bouncing away the whole session. dan even managed to get 5 coalies on the same worm before the last coalie snaffled him off the hook . the mountain of bait was getting munched by the coalies at a fairly rapid rate and i got a bite and reeled in what we thought at first glance was a wee joey mack, as it was having seizures and flipping and flapping about like a 1980's breakdancer having a fit. but when we got it up we saw it was a herring and a big one at that . i was chuffed to bits as i've never caught one before and i could add him to my ever growing 2010 species list . it's always great to get a new species as it's always gonna be a PB too . a great way to round off a great session and put yesterdays blank behind me
if i've left anything out i'm sure dan will add it to the report

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my herring

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I'm not gonna beat around the bush I'm livid! oj, well pleased for ya's. Such a short session 2 hahaha!

Well done Al & Dan, congrats on the herring Al, that's another new species for your list and another PB - excellent, your really on a roll. You deserve it with all the miles your clocking up in your car and the travelling your doing. What did Jordan say about that or have you not told him yet You know how he hates not getting out with you fishing. Damn school!
Great report & pics as always

Nice session there guys. Its either a feast or a famine. Headin out on sat myself for a few hours first trip in ages. So looking forward to it. Maybe give the pier a throw.

Nice session well done on the herring Al don't see too many of them..... 36 fish Go on the Dan

nice report Al and good amount of fish.....i was there on sat from 7pm-10pm had the pier to myself but only 4 tiny fish, loads of nibbles from small whiting and coalies although i think the tides were against me....anyway it was a nice day out if anything.

Great session lads that's some haul of fish

well done lads, fine session ye had there! Well done on the herring too!

Well done lads,That's a serious amount of fish for such a short period.Also well done on the herring Al you don't see many of those about unless there in a Jar

nice work boys

great fishing al/dan and a herring for da' tay

Sent you a pm Al:

Congrats on the new species Al, its great when you get a busy session like that, nice few species and coalies to 30cms, well done

Well done al and dan. Brilliant sesion I am green with envy.....

Thats some amount of fish lads & a Herring to top it off

Excellent fishing Lads thats one hell of a hall. Nice one on the Herring

Nice session lads, plenty of fish there to keep you busy.

Fair play lads, you win some you lose some, BIG WIN!

oh my what a session fair play lads ,many species to boot