antrim and down 2 marks 2 days mon 26th & thur 29th july

well done lads nice going i have never seen a cod as red as that well done again

cheers man. we've caught quite a few non migratory red reef cod over the past few years, but that was the deepest red one yet. i read somewhere that it's because they choose to live among the kelp and eat everything that feeds on it that you get that transfere of iodine from the kelp through the food chain to the codling. where as a cod who chooses to leave the relitave safety of the kelp forests to live over the clean sandy areas adopts the trademark yellowy/brown/green colour we are all familiar with . one of the great things with this old fishing lark is that you learn something new every day lol .

nice report and some good pics the last doggie bashing session i had was with forest 2 years ago of portstewart rocks we had 11 doggies each and i had a huss at 15lb. it was great nights fun

hard to beat an old doggie session man . i do'nt know why they get such a ripping from some anglers at least they put a good bend in the rod and have saved us many a blank . one lesson i did learn from that session was to up the breaking strain of my snood lengths when targeting huss as that one was only 7lb 12oz and made short work of the 30lb amnesia

Well done lads and congrats on the new PB Huss. Al.

thanks tom, i was made up

Great session & pics, nice one lads well done on the pb Huss Al I haven't been out in a while due to car trouble & work but there will be no stoping next week

thanks brian. i hope you get some good results man. . sorry to hear about the car trouble thow

well done al and company.nice huss too.ya she sure is an irish cod with being as red as that.a rock cod i think.lol

thanks brian

Was an absolute crackin session for you boys up at antrim, I have never drove that coast road as quickly to get down to see this beast of a huss!! Crackin tub for mark at Bangor!!! Headed that way 2nite lotsa small stuff but needed them for the species list, i'll get a wee report

nice one dawsey. i'll have to get down for a go at the minis myself as i'm still short of a corkwing wrasse and rockcook wrasse for my list this year. a mini session might be on the cards for us man

Nice Gurnard.
The very first fish I ever caught was a Gurnard (not sure whether a Grey or a Tub) off the the old wooden North Pier in Bangor.
Would you believe I got it on a Red & Gold Mepps spinnner!!!!!
That was 30 years ago. Never had one since.
Also, my second fish was a sole from the same venue. Again, never had one since.

thanks alan. hopefully it's a good sign for the lough as there are some species not seen for a few years making a comeback now. althow i think it would be a long time before it would be restored to it's former glory with rays, spurdog, tope and anglerfish making a return but we live in hope!!

Well done lads nice fishing .well done with the Huss Al nice fish

cheers man. i actually underestimated it's weight before getting it on the scales as i reckoned it was about 5lb. so you could imagine the look on my face when the scales settled at 7lb 12oz

well done on personal best huss nice fish

thanks alan. i'll have to send off the pic to sea angler for my shimano award seeing as jordan is in the lead with the badges again

Well done on the PB Huss man

cheers fenton

Congratulations on the PB huss Al - that is excellent! Well done to Mark as well, his huss is a fine one also, it's a lucky hat alright!

cheers paula. poor oul dawsey has been trying for one for over a year now with no success. so he must be due one now

cracking report and pic's al' and nice one on the pb huss mate

thanks don. we'll have to get a run out your way for a session again soon man

some nice fishing there al,two cracking huss,well done on the pb

cheers noel. are you still getting out?? i thought you and john would have been all over the place in the wagon this summer. hope all is well mate

few nice fish there lads well done

thanks chris. now we gotta get dawsey one

Cracking session Looks like quite a unique spot

cheers man. brilliant wee mark. just a pity it's only big enough for 3 lads fishing 2 rods each. but we'll be back with a better selection of baits to see what else lives around there

Well done lads ,some cracking fish there,congrats on the pB,thats a fine huss and the Gurnards are always welcome in my book,i'll have to get myself a lucky hat when i get rid of me lucky yellow trousers .

thanks dave. i'll have to look out my lucky hat too as the tub is the only gurnard of the main 3 that has evaded me so far this year

Well done on 2 cracking sessions. Great report, and well done on the PB!

thanks man. it was a very enjoyable 2 days

Thats some session.nice huss great stuff

nice report al, and great fishing some nice huss u cought well done to all of yas

Smashing pic and well done on yourt PB Huss

Thats some session.nice huss great stuff

thanks man

nice report al, and great fishing some nice huss u cought well done to all of yas

cheers man. we'll deffo be back to try that mark again

Smashing pic and well done on yourt PB Huss

thanks jonny. i was absolutely made up to get the big huss . now all i gotta do is get a double figure huss now