antrim & down 25th, 26th, 27th sep LATE REPORT

People: me and jordan

Duration: see below

Tide: see below

Weather: calm, dry and settled

Bait: rag, lug, peeler crab, bluey, mackeral and launce

Rigs: everything

Results: doggies, conger eels, whiting, ballan wrasse, coalfish, pollock, mackeral, poor cod, pouting and a shore rockling

Report:

SATURDAY 25TH SEP PORTRUSH ROCK MARK 5PM TO 9PM
we drove up the coast checking out a few marks to see where was fishable, but jordan had his heart set on waterfoot peir. but as i expected when we arrived the place was packed so we just went on up the coast. we arrived to our second intended spot to find it deserted. good stuff! so i set up 2 rods on the bottom while jordan fished a set of feathers below a sliding float set up. from the off the wrasse were taking the rag and lug tight to the bottom while jordan was having fun with the pollock and coalies. nothing of any size but good fun all the same. i got a savage knock on the bottom spinning rod baited with bluey and a great scrap with a conger was on . it put a cracking bend in the rod and gave a good account of it's self on the light gear. a steady flow of fish followed soon after and we stuck it out until 9pm when hordes of tinsel tossers turned up and lines started getting crossed . we decided to call it a day and get an early night so we could hit another mark the following day.

SUNDAY 26TH SEP ANTRIM COAST ROCK MARK NOON TO 5PM
with a load of mackeral and bluey left over we decided on a rock mark for a bit of bottom fishing where some nice ling had been taken the week before. but from the first cast to the last it was apparent we were in dogtown as they were munching every bait we put out in minutes . we even dropped down to one rod each as the fishing was so frantic. i think we must have lost as many fish as we landed, but it was action all the way so wer were happy enough. jordan even got a few pollock to mix things up a bit and we even managed a double of doggies each on the 2 hook rigs we were fishing. i gotta admitt thow we both thought we were into something bigger as those doggies can put a fair old bend into the rods when they're coming in 2 at a time .

MONDAY 27TH SEP ANOTHER PORTRUSH ROCK MARK 2PM TO 8PM
with jordan off to school i was ment to be out with dawsey. but he was loaded with the flu so it was a solo session this time and i decided on another portrush rock mark. it was nearing low tide as i arrived so all the usual mackie bashers were nowhere to be seen so i quickly threw a conger rod out, set up a single hook rig on the long surf rod and nailed it at distance and set up some feathers on the spinning rod. the long surf rod was hammering the wrasse at distance from the first cast and some pretty respectable ones came in between 2lb and just over 3lb . the conger rod was clicking away all day too with 2 eels and 2 doggies falling to the mackeral fillets. i missed a few cracking runs while i was tinsel tossing for mackeral. but i was happy enough as i ended up with 5 in the end. sadly 2 lads in a passing boat spotted me landing the macks and sailed over and sat on top of the spot i was spinning in and started pulling them in i decided that the rule of first come first served applied and just kepk casting to where i'd been fishing. one of the lads threw me a dirty look when the lead splashed just yards short of the boat, but i stood my ground as i had only a limited area to fish in while they had the whole bloody sea to choose from. after another few close calls ther moved on and i had a good run of coalies and pollock on the feathers. as darkness began to set in there were a few different species landed with a poor cod, pouting and shore rockling all falling to rag and lug. i was happy enough and headed on home.

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great stuff
your reports and pictures are always great.

you've been having some good luck yourself over the last month or maybe longer

good variety of species as well

Nice variety of fish & great report & pics Al we must be due a session soon Thats a good haul of Doggies Jordan has I haven't caught one all year!!!!

Well done - some good sessions there. Thats a good size pouting!!
You got some nice size wrasse too - I didn't get to any of my wrasse marks over the summer due to my sore foot - I missed fishing for them, the bigger ones can put up a great fight.

Great fishing again lads and a lovely selection of fish.Those wrasse are great quality not to mention a fine selection of dogs i hate holding one let alone four Great to see. .

well done al and jordan
nice few species there

well donr here guys. some nice fish there

as usual al and jordan you'v made great fishing lads nic variety of spesies
and some dogs attack for jordan
super one lads well done

Cracking 3 days there Al, some nice photos, and those wrasse are cracking. The old Eel still eludes me this year, but I'll keep trying. Those Hardcore rods are fantastic value for money,I use one on the boat, and it's a very capable rod. I have a default location for Waterfoot pier by the way, to save Jordan getting annoyed, if you want to pm me. Although you probably know it already!!!!

that was three days of heaven al' a great mix of species guys well done on three cracker sessions

Fantastic fishing there Al and Jordan. Your report and pictures are brilliant as always. When I read your reports its almost as good as being there myself. Well done lads.

Well done some nice fish there lads a good mix of species and a few doggies for fun Pics and report are brilliant keep up the good work!!

Great mix of species there gents and some excellent photos. Can't wait to get back up the coast.

Great report , and a quality mixed bag too , well done.

nice variety of fish well done nothing beats a feisty fish on light gear

great few sessions ther lads,,fair play on all the variety of fish ye got,,,,,nice fishing,,well done,,,

al me last sessions r a disaster and urs r gettin better well done ye 2