co. antrim harbour sunday 13th feb 2011

Excellent fishing, report, and pics once again Al,,,,,i'd love a decent plaice, i have to say,and youre ones are so clearly plaice, theres no mistaking, not like some of the ones i 've caught, where i'm looking for bony nodules (any excuse to write BONY NODULES ). I'm deffo going to head up the Antrim Coast this year and get in on the action and craic . Was great meeting up with you guys again, and great to meet Drew, who seems a like minded soul. Hopefully all will be well and we'll meet up again before too long, all the best , Dave

Excellent fishing, report, and pics once again Al,,,,,i'd love a decent plaice, i have to say,and youre ones are so clearly plaice, theres no mistaking, not like some of the ones i 've caught, where i'm looking for bony nodules (any excuse to write BONY NODULES ). I'm deffo going to head up the Antrim Coast this year and get in on the action and craic . Was great meeting up with you guys again, and great to meet Drew, who seems a like minded soul. Hopefully all will be well and we'll meet up again before too long, all the best , Dave

Can't wait to see you up this direction Dave! The Craic will be mighty!

Great fishing and a load of different species

cheers man. that rough weather from the previous night had the sea bed well churned up and the fish feeding hard

Cracking session,Jordan's new rod looks like it would be brilliant fun.

he had a blast with it. pulling in double shots of 30cm coalies had it doubled over . now he can't wait to get a mack or wrasse on it during the summer

Brilliant report and lovely pics as ever Al, lovely flatties, really good to see the plaice putting in an appearance, with a bit of luck one of us might hit a good plaice in the months ahead.
Good to see you again that evening.
That fella that had the good flounder to your left, he said he caught strange little brown fish with its eyes on top of its head and it was very slimy/slippery, it had to be a rockling?

good to get a chat again man we live in hope of getting something bigger from there this year that fella's flounder is a tiddler from some of the pics of fish i saw taken from that area last summer. 2lb plaice and bigger turbot were all caught in the same area last year,,, so we live in hope

super session lads that some amount of fish very well done to all

cheers man. we were made up at how it fished so well

class fishing there lads.well written report too al.never caught a plaice of the shore

thanks brian. that area always throws up the odd plaice now and again. the biggest i've ever seen taken from that general area was around the 2lb mark. but sadly 98% of them are under 25cm, but still nice to get onto the 2011 species list

thats fishing i got home from work a bit early put on the dinner as herself wasnt well ,loaded up my gear and arranged to meet gordy and connor down wicklow way ,by the time i had scoffed my tea it was pelting down ,a quick call to the boys confirmed it was bucketing down on the beach too my bait is back in the fridge and i just finnished servicing two reels FOR TOMMOROW NIGHT SORRY LADS (their are only so many pelting down sessions a man can do in one week!)

sorry to hear that roger. the weather up on the north coast on sunday was great. we were fishing away in t shirts and jeans until after 9pm when it started to get a bit nippy. but it was like a summer's night where we were. it was great to be getting a session in where we were'nt wrapped up in multiple layers for a change . good to meet you man and put a session in with you

Great fishing lads Well done Nice fish there

cheers zud. if only they were all like that

That was a great haul off fish, that really does make up for the nite we had Saturday! I'm glad the bait we gave use worked and was put to a good use, as it didn't really do to good for us on Saturday nite and my bait was only going to go to the bottom off the sea!
Hopefully this Saturday evening/nite is going to produce some decent fish for me! I'd settle for one flattie and no rocklings!

thanks sparkie, good to meet you man and cheers for the bait we must have went through 2lb of lug, 2lb of rag, a dozen big razor and 6 mack on sunday . with the fish feeding so hard nothing went to waste

sweet fishing lads,and great to see jordan getting so much fun outta that rod roll on the summer and wrasse fishing!!

cheers noel. i tell ya, you would have some craic fighting a big ballan wrasse on that set up a pound of coalies went like stink on it so i can only imagine the fun you'd get out of a wrasse

Great fishing lads I could do with a session or two like that great report & pics Al

cheers brian. have you not got to sneak out for a chuck man?. you must be going stir crazy

Lovely plaice, boys, things are looking up for this year if they are showing already

cheers paul. hopefully a good sign for the year ahead

Lads that sounded like some cracking session, good to see drew out and in good form, thats some tally of fish and species And ye had the weather with yous as well, first session on saturday night in a couple of weeks and got slaughtered with wind and rain but thats the joy of sea fishing

cheers man. yeah, saturday was a howler to say the least . but it was good to see the lads and wet a line somewhere different. but sunday was a whole different matter. clear skys, not a breath of wind and it did'nt rain on us for a change

great report al. and nice pics too.good to see jordan making good use of his new rod. its time to get making plans for the mayo session.... . but dont tell drew or there will be no flatties left on the west coast . .

as soon as my dad gets on the mend we'll be over man . noel has bee at us for a bit now to go on a thornie hunt and as soon as things settle at home we'll be over . so catch whatever flatties you can for now as drew will be after them all

nice picture

cheers man

I can't thank Al and Young Jordan enough for going to the effort of picking me up, and dropping me home! First full session up North with these 2 fishing nuts and all I can say is, their enthusiasm is contagious. It was great to see the flats in such numbers, and a good variety of species making things interesting. Jordan is king of the Coalies with his new rod! As I've said I havent enjoyed a fishing weekend like that in some time. Makes me happy to be a member of S.A.I, and proves what the lads on this forum are capable of when they get together! Thanks again Al, for the cracking Coffee, the Banter, and putting us onto such great fishing. Legend.

nb... The Videos are on my Iphone, which I decided to drop into a little saltwater puddle on a certain Antrim mark tonight, its looking bleak for it, but if I can salvage the videos off it tomorrow when I take it out of the hot press I'll certainly post them.

not a problem drew your more than welcome. just think about all the different marks you can attack once you get your licence i'll have to sort a summer mini meet for us all to have a bash at the specimen wrasse up the antrim coast. it will be good to get the dublin, wicklow and galway lads up for a go at something different

nice one guys nice to see plan b working out for ya's, more often than not the back up plan is required that wee rod looks great jordan, you'll have some fun with the wrasse in the summer.

thanks dawsey. well are you off the walking wounded list yet??. there are fish out there mocking you man . your well overdue a session with us

WOW that was a great session, nice to see the plaice and your pis are very, very good. s tat a casting rod that Jordan has, I have never tried one and doubt I would be able to cast one, a beachcaster is another animal.
Sleep time is near, but very well done to all, I am of to Youghal tomorrow hoping for a few cod and a chat with seanie.
Regards Wez

cheers wez and good luck on the cod hunt . yeah it's a wee baitcasting set up. rod looks flimsy as hell but apparently they are as strong as an ox. can't wait to see him hit into a nice wrasse on it. i'll have to get the video camera out for that one and post it with the report when it happens

that super session i think its the best what you can get in february al, it would be very hard to get that many dabs in one session anywhere alse drew
good craic lads, well done

cheers grady. that rough weather from the day before had everything feeding really hard. but we'll make the best of it while it lasts as march is usually a really slim month on the fish front . i think i went 5 sessions with solid blanking last march

Excellent fishing, report, and pics once again Al,,,,,i'd love a decent plaice, i have to say,and youre ones are so clearly plaice, theres no mistaking, not like some of the ones i 've caught, where i'm looking for bony nodules (any excuse to write BONY NODULES ). I'm deffo going to head up the Antrim Coast this year and get in on the action and craic . Was great meeting up with you guys again, and great to meet Drew, who seems a like minded soul. Hopefully all will be well and we'll meet up again before too long, all the best , Dave

boney nodules!! sounds very mills & boon dave
you'll deffo have to make it up the north coast this year man . we'll take you out to our ling, cuckoo wrasse and ray marks to try and get you into something a bit different . one mark in particular has a good stock of 4lb+ wrasse and big conger eels from about june onwards.

as always a great report Al. yous def do get out an about and deserve the fish for the miles you cover. im hiting the n antrim coast this weekend after a beach session on fri afternoon as i havent been out in over 2 weeks now!

well done

Brilliant fishing lads. Well done on the new species for 2011 al, nice way to break in the new gear for jordan and good to see that drews recent run in didn't put him off fishing. Great session, lovely pics and good read as usual.

THE VIDEO!


http://youtube.com/watch?v=i8xmU2DJoJY

Nice video Drew I'm a big fan of reports with videos,,,,,,,,,,,and especially videos with fish in them, good man Jordan, a double on the mini-rod

great video Drew . good to see the phone made it through the salt water .. not many do.

great video Drew . good to see the phone made it through the salt water .. not many do.

it doesn't look like it has, the screens still blank.

brilliant video drew. i love that bit at the end.....its still a doggy....no its a lesser spotted crab!

Great vid Drew well done, it is nice to see the action.

Don't you just love those eight legged dogs, they get a great nip with them, an eight legged pincher suppose they are called.

Love the bend on that little rod of Jordan's and as Al says a nice big wrasse or a sea trout on that would be a sight to see.

Hope your phone comes round again.

Regards Wez

Gr8 report as usual guys,need 2 hav another wee meet soon!

nice one lads.. great report... and i see the wee man is still smileying........

as always a great report Al. yous def do get out an about and deserve the fish for the miles you cover. im hiting the n antrim coast this weekend after a beach session on fri afternoon as i havent been out in over 2 weeks now!
well done

cheers man. how did you get on? that was some rain last night

Brilliant fishing lads. Well done on the new species for 2011 al, nice way to break in the new gear for jordan and good to see that drews recent run in didn't put him off fishing. Great session, lovely pics and good read as usual.

thanks evan. it was a great session. plenty of fish for everyone and even the weather played ball in the end

Nice video Drew I'm a big fan of reports with videos,,,,,,,,,,,and especially videos with fish in them, good man Jordan, a double on the mini-rod

cheers dave. i'll have to get the camcorder out with us more often this summer and get more vids up this year . althow i'm not as good in the editing department as drew, so i'll have to get some post production tips off him

great video Drew . good to see the phone made it through the salt water .. not many do.

sadly i think his phone is a gonner , but fingers crossed he has a bit of luck with it in the shop today

brilliant video drew. i love that bit at the end.....its still a doggy....no its a lesser spotted crab!

if i had a pound for every time those wee bait robbers had me fooled into thinking i was reeling in a nice fish we'd be able to afford a lot more trips to kerry

Great vid Drew well done, it is nice to see the action.
Don't you just love those eight legged dogs, they get a great nip with them, an eight legged pincher suppose they are called.
Love the bend on that little rod of Jordan's and as Al says a nice big wrasse or a sea trout on that would be a sight to see.
Hope your phone comes round again.
Regards Wez

cheers wez. i can't wait to see the look on jordan's face when something with a bit of weight takes a rig on that wee mini rod . we'll deffo need to get that one on camera

Gr8 report as usual guys,need 2 hav another wee meet soon!

no probs man. plenty of spots up the antrim coast fishing well at the moment . and plenty of room for 5 or 6 lads to get 2 rods out each at them

nice one lads.. great report... and i see the wee man is still smileying........

yes alan, as long as he has a rod in his hand he's like the cheshire cat

mighty fishing ye had by the looks of it.so many species aswell.ive been having trouble distinguising a whiting from a coalie but thanks to your pics i think ive sprted it keep it up!

Nice fishing guys. I've never tried that spot but I'll try to give it a go this Summer. WE had good sport at the rocks round the corner to the left. back in August. I'm guessing the pier wouldn't be as snaggy as the rocks.

Yet again guys you produce the goods with more fish and great pics. A very well done from Team Denovan

Well done, nice haul of fish.

we must have went through 2lb of lug, 2lb of rag, a dozen big razor and 6 mack on sunday

That's some amount of bait you have been keeping the fish well fed

mighty fishing ye had by the looks of it.so many species aswell.ive been having trouble distinguising a whiting from a coalie but thanks to your pics i think ive sprted it keep it up!

thanks man. when we first started out we thought coalies, whiting and pollack were all the same fish . that's one of the reasons we always put up pics of our catches. they might not be record breaking fish. but you have to remember the site is'nt just made up of seasoned anglers who can spot a coalie, whiting or plooack from 100 yards off, but a lot of beginners too. so it's always good to remember where you started from yourself

Nice fishing guys. I've never tried that spot but I'll try to give it a go this Summer. WE had good sport at the rocks round the corner to the left. back in August. I'm guessing the pier wouldn't be as snaggy as the rocks.

cheers alan, pretty clean ground man. no lost rigs or leads at distance and jordan got all his coalies within 20 feet of where he was standing. but those rocks you were fishing from usually hold the bigger stuff

Yet again guys you produce the goods with more fish and great pics. A very well done from Team Denovan

thanks nicki. have you been getting out much yourself lately man?

Well done, nice haul of fish.

we must have went through 2lb of lug, 2lb of rag, a dozen big razor and 6 mack on sunday

That's some amount of bait you have been keeping the fish well fed

as you saw in the video lots of well fed crabs frank