Donaghadee, Co Down, Reports - Latest 17/12/06

People: Me

Duration: 11am - 2pm

Tide: High, Dropping.

Weather: Roaring Southerly!

Bait: Mackeral

Rigs: 2 Hook Scratchers, Feathers

Results: 10 Coalies to 1.5lb, 8 Codling to 8oz, 4 Pin Whiting

Report: Waves were actually coming over the Back of the Pier, Which was nice, The Rougher the Conditions the better for Donaghadee, Fished the Usual Spot with the K2s (Yes, I got a 16'8 Blue Metal 8) )

2 Hook Scratchers with Size 1/0s and 6oz Gripleads, Bites were hard to detect with the Wind, But a Couple of the Coalie takes were viscious....

People: Me & Livid

Duration: 12.30pm - 4pm

Tide: High, Dropping.

Weather: Strong Easterly, Rain! 8 - 10ft Swell

Bait: Squid, Lug, Sandeel

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratchers

Results: A Miriage of Coalies, Pollack, Whiting, Rockling and Codling for about 30 Fish.

Report: The Pier was getting an absolute pounding by a Severe Easterly, Meaning the Wall was protecting us from the worst of the weather, You couldnt detect most of the Bites due to the wind, But we perservered and were rewarded with good amount of Fish.

As was expected, K2 caught about 3/4 of the fish today but i hooked the biggest :D on his rod :lol: he had two rods out but whilst he was pre-occupied, i noticed a thumping bite on his and, as you do, stuck it resulting in a coaly not far off the 1 pound mark. Plenty of small cod around and i do mean small, several ounces at best, all returned safely. Weather was wild bad, i really need to get some waterproof leggings rather than jeans. :shock:

People: Me & Dogfish Dave

Duration: 11am - 1pm

Tide: Rising

Weather: Flat, Showers

Bait: Mackeral, Lug

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratchers

Results: Codling, Coalies, Whting

Report: Such a contrast to yesterday, Flat Calm, Whiting Dominated, Loads of Bites resulting in a good amount of fish.

People: Me & Livid

Duration: 4pm - 9pm

Tide: Rising

Weather: Flat, Showers

Bait: Mackeral, Crab, Sandeel, Squid

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratchers

Results: Codling, Coalies, Whting, Pouting, Pollack and Mackeral for about 50 Fish

Report: Good Session Plenty of Bites, Enough fish for even Livid to be Catching (Only Joking Mate 8) ), Hooking 3 at a time at one Point, The Coalies were reaching over a pound, everything else was about 8oz... Not bad Craic.

Enough fish for even Livid to be Catching (Only Joking Mate 8) )

Sadly you're right though :lol: i'm still pretty poor but getting into the swing of things, can even make my own rigs now. 8) 8) 8) :lol:

People: Me

Duration: 6pm - 9pm

Tide: End of Drop, Start of rise.

Weather: North Westerly ewwww, Showers

Bait: Mackeral, Sandeel,

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratcher

Results: 2 Codling, 3 Coalies, 3 Pollack, 12 Whiting, 1 Pouting, 1 Dogfish

Report: First doggy in a long time off the Pier, Bites were frequent but hard to detect, Good fun anyway.

where abouts do you fish on donaghadee pier ?
i have tried it a few times with very little joy--just a couple of tiddlers.

i always had more joy in bangor,but it is always bunged......esp. when the lager louts are there trying to fish or catch sea gulls.......i wonder if they know the difference between birds and fish??????????

Fish from the Railings into the Gully 2/3 of the way over. 8)

People: Me

Duration: 9am - 11am

Tide: Rising

Weather: Westerly

Bait: Mackeral

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratcher

Results: About 20 Mini Whiting

Report: I was wrecked, went down to try to shake off the Hangover, Didn't work, Mini Whiting Ahoy, Conditions were less than favourable, With the Lifeboat on Drills, a Westerly Gale, and a Bloody Survey Diver....

People: Big Davy, Dogfish Dave, Me

Duration: 6pm - 10pm

Tide: Dropping

Weather: Calm

Bait: Mackeral, Squid, OLD Rag

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratchers.

Results: Codling, Pollack, Whiting, Pouting, Poor Cod, Dogfish

Report: Plenty of Fish to keep us occuppied, Nothing Huge, Biggest was about 2lb, But Sure its all Fun.

K2 I was fishing at the Dee pier on Thursday from 14:00-17:30 with some success. Caught several Coalies, 1 Pollock, 2 whiting when the tide was coming in. At one point I decided to spin as I lost my float trace and was getting nibbles every time. I found it really hard to hook the fish though, dont know what i was doing wrong.
As luck would have it my spinning paid off and i reeled in my float trace :lol: I found the whole thing great fun but I could do with some guidance on equipment. I have found 2 ABU Garcia beachcasters which belonged to my grandfather and have recently purchased a ABU Ambassadeur 7200c. Any advice on the best way to set them up would be great.

People: Me

Duration: 10am - 1pm

Tide: Rising

Weather: Calm, Sunny

Bait: Mackeral, Squid,

Rigs: 2 Hook Scratchers.

Results: Codling, Whting, Haddock

Report: Plague of Whiting in today, But did throw up a couple of undersized Codling and a Haddock that was approximately a mile away from where it should have been! 8)

People: Davy Mac, Me.

Duration: 6.30pm - 9pm

Tide: High, Dropping

Weather: Calm, Freezing

Bait: Mackeral

Rigs: 3 Hook Scratchers.

Results: Codling, Coalies, Pollack, MACKERAL!

Report: The Rod tips didn't stop rattling tonight with a Miriad of species, and a Couple of Fish pushing 1lb, Couldn't get over that mackeral, At first I thought it was a Turbo charged Coalfish, But was soon proven wrong.

High and dropping? according to the BBC chart earlier the high tide would have been about 9pm tonight?

Don't believe the truth, Biatch. 8) 8)

People: Me & Livid

Duration: 2.30pm - 6pm

Tide: High, Dropping.

Weather: Gorgeous for December

Bait: Squid, Mack, Sandeel

Rigs: 2/3 Hook Scratchers

Results: Heaps of Codling and Coalies, A Few pollack, Whiting, and Pouting.

Report: Was getting a few fish at the start, as soon as the lights switched off, the fishing switched on, Coalies and Codling coming in on Double and Treble Shots, Livid even caught fish! 8) 8) 8)

Brilliant Day....

keep meaning to try here got a load of bait here from tonigts trip that didnt happen! so might have to give a go tomorrow.

how does it fish @ low tide?

and do you cast out to the sea or did i see someone say to try the channel between the 2 piers?

Cheers Neil

Between the 2 Piers mate, Sort of Lob, Don't Cast.

Use Mackeral.

People: K2, Dogfish Dave (Inch High Conger Guy), Jim

Duration: 7.30pm - 12.30am

Tide: High, Dropping.

Weather: Showers

Bait: Squid, Mack, Peelers

Rigs: 2/3 Hook Scratchers

Results: More Codling and Coalies than you could shake a stick at, Whiting,Pollack

Report: Fish were a better stamp, Coalies over 1.5lb, Great fun, Certainly not as fast and furious as last week, But still its all good craic eh?
8) 8) 8) I love my wee Pier.