antrim and down ray hunt no.2 sat & sun 30th, 31st july

nice loving the pic of nemo he is still alive and shining bright

Absobloodilutely fantastic fishing guys. It's great to see what the antrim coast is still capable of producing. Very well done.

Fantastic amount of species lads ,great report al

some wide variety of spesies there, great fishing lads, well done

great fishing there al. the pic of the conger dripping blood is class!!! lol

OUTSTANDING. very well done againe to one and all. charotte asked if we can team up some time as i have been winding her up with the fish jordan has been catching. lol

Super fishing everyone Al, well done on a brilliant, well written and very detailed report, it was a very enjoyable read. And great pictures to boot. Congratulations Connor on getting your first Cuckoo Ray, the trip was well worth it and your species count got a real boost which is a great result. By the sounds of it Al you were the perfect host. Good on you. Well done Jordan also, your doing brilliantly.

top class report as always Al ,congrats saltydog on ur 1st cuckoo ray .nice to see jordan's smile again

good fishing men great when a plan comes together even if it was last couple of hours but connor did get his ray so well done and great report as aways AL

cheers man. i was getting a bit of a sweat on , but conor got there in the end

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! indeed. great informative read as usual Al. classs
the pressure was on for sure there. Conor will have driven home quite a relieved man! maybe not as reieved as yourself tho

cheers charlie. i was getting a bit worried when you never got one during the week . i was starting to think that mabey they had moved out of the bay already. i knew they were being caught furthur north of that mark recently, but thankfully they were still about. it would have been a real dig in the guts for conor having to watch junior get one every time we fished there and him to be left out. but thankfully the fish gods were smiling down on us on the second night

Thanks gents was delighted to land my first cuckoo ray and the hatful of new species for the year was an added bonus...

Hats off to Al he couldn't have done anymore for me over the weekend from cooking up a storm during the fishing sessions with hot-dogs burgers etc to supplying the bait freshly dug worms and mackerel cold beers on our return and in the morning (mid afternoon) strong coffee and a fry that would keep an army marching for days on top drawer stuff

Really enjoyed fishing some new marks with a good variety of species available but most of all the banter and company was first class...

I'll definitely make a trip up again and sample some more of the excellent fishing Northern Ireland has to offer

and Jordan has come on so much since I last fished with him he was pretty damn good before now he's moved up another level handling his 525 with ease and getting good distance to boot much to the chargrin of several anglers at Bangor who couldn't get out to where the mackerel were

Thanks again and my door is always open for when ever you fancy some west coast fishing...

thanks very much man. it was a pleasure having you over and boy was i relieved when you finally got your ray antrim and down still has some decent fishing available to the determined angler if you put in the time and effort we'll have to get you out rock climbing to that mark in co down i was telling you about. plenty of dragonets, cuckoo wrasse and ling to be had from there jordan was made up with the bag of goodies you gave him and reckons that green and yellow rapala lure will get him his first pike of the year very perch like in appearence .
for me, that weekend was what sea angling ireland is all about. like minded anglers coming togeather to help eachother out and providing local knowledge to lads who would otherwise be fishing new marks blind. if it was'nt for the site we would have missed out on so much good fishing over the years. we now have good friends willing to help us out from donegal to dingle and galway to wicklow. and real genuine decent people to boot . it was nice to be able to return the favour and be the ones doing the guiding for a change. if you every fancy a chuck up this way again just drop me a PM. theres always a spare room for you here man

nice loving the pic of nemo he is still alive and shining bright

brighter than ever neil althow he almost had a lump taken out of him by a shanny with an attitude problem we set the 2 of them beside eachother for a piccy and the shanny turned on him and tried to chomp his face off . those wee guys are like pit bulls with the bite strength to match . thankfully nemo got his face back in one piece in the end.

Absobloodilutely fantastic fishing guys. It's great to see what the antrim coast is still capable of producing. Very well done.

cheers dave. it has it's moments

Fantastic amount of species lads ,great report al

thanks gerry. apart from a bit of rain, everything went to plan . and oddly for us there were no mishaps on this occasion

some wide variety of spesies there, great fishing lads, well done

cheers grady. still more to be had

great fishing there al. the pic of the conger dripping blood is class!!! lol

cheers man. that pic was taken by conor with his digital SLR. a cracking piece of kit compared to my £50 job from lidl's 5 years ago . i am seriously considering investing in one myself now

OUTSTANDING. very well done againe to one and all. charotte asked if we can team up some time as i have been winding her up with the fish jordan has been catching. lol

cheers nicki. no problem man. we'll have to get a trip sorted out. but you do realize we'll likely end up being outfished by the 2 of them

Super fishing everyone Al, well done on a brilliant, well written and very detailed report, it was a very enjoyable read. And great pictures to boot. Congratulations Connor on getting your first Cuckoo Ray, the trip was well worth it and your species count got a real boost which is a great result. By the sounds of it Al you were the perfect host. Good on you. Well done Jordan also, your doing brilliantly.

thanks paula. i was chatting to norman the other day on the phone. we'll have to get a wee mullet session sorted with you and norman before jordan starts back to school . he's still determined to get himself one before they dissappear in the autumn

top class report as always Al ,congrats saltydog on ur 1st cuckoo ray .nice to see jordan's smile again

thanks zeke. jordan was starting to show us both up by getting the first ray on each session . so i was just happy to see conor bag one and save a bit of pride for the adults

i am off to portstewart tonight i think, so i will see what bait i have left over and maybe nip down to bangor on sat. . .back of the pier? what time are ya going down for?

super rerport lads, some fine fish & crack'n cuckoos.....

i am off to portstewart tonight i think, so i will see what bait i have left over and maybe nip down to bangor on sat. . .back of the pier? what time are ya going down for?

hi man. we'll be down at tea time. i think liam78 and his nephew are going down too so you'll see us somewhere along the back of the eisenhower pier man a mini hunt is on the cards today to boost the species count

super rerport lads, some fine fish & crack'n cuckoos.....

cheers man.

Al/Jordan, missed this post completely, good to see you back at it, what a nice result, must get back up there, now the Cuckoos are starting to show, target species of mine this year! Well down!

Great read and report. Fishing as always top stuff well done chaps

Fantastic fishing guys as always al' great reading report and nice pic's.
and well done connor on the cuckoo ray

nice going lads, conor good man on your target spices... great photos as always al.... i see the big smile is out growing jordan now.... well done....

Al/Jordan, missed this post completely, good to see you back at it, what a nice result, must get back up there, now the Cuckoos are starting to show, target species of mine this year! Well down!

cheers paul, trying to get out as much as we can. just real busy at the mo, but we'll still manage to give the fish something to worry about

Great read and report. Fishing as always top stuff well done chaps

thanks pookie

Fantastic fishing guys as always al' great reading report and nice pic's.
and well done connor on the cuckoo ray

thanks don. just nice to get a few of them while they're in

nice going lads, conor good man on your target spices... great photos as always al.... i see the big smile is out growing jordan now.... well done....

cheers alan. yeah jordan was relishing in the fact he got a ray each night we were out and i did'nt get a sniff

Great work here guys - tremendous variety of fish and some good size...