bangor area 17/4/2007

People:me alan nelson and sam

Duration:6.30pm to 10.30pm

Tide:rising

Weather:sunny/cloudy with a slight wind

Bait:rag and mac

Rigs:single hook rotten bottom and conger gear

Results:rockling (shore), wrasse (goldshinny, corkwing and ballan), pollock, codling, shannys and short spine scorpion fishes

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report: decided to go back upto bangor peir to finish off the rag and mac, alan was first to catch he ended up with 9 fish all rockling, wrasse, pollock, scorpions and codling, sam had 1 wrasse and i had 16 fish all rockling, wrasse, shannys and a tompot blenny all the fish fell to rag...we had 2 conger runs but nothin appeared....

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[quote="jonny gilbert"] i only caught 9 fish gilbert i think its fair to say that i gave you a hammering and caught far more fish than you so why say i only caught 9 and also why do you ad half a pound to anything you catch your a spoofer whats the point just tell the truth :lol:and also i wish you could spell pier :lol:

ok well....alan had 30 fish then

ok well....alan had 30 fish then

thats more like it ya spoofer all the fish were caught on dead ragworm

good to see you had a tompot blenny,thats a new species isn`t it?,there seems to be a few more around this year.Myself and Ronald were fishing pickie last night but only for an hour and a half,we didin`t do too bad.I had 1 red cod of 1lb and 4-5 ballans to 3.1lb,Ronald had 1 red cod also 1lb and about 6 ballans to 2lb.

yea that was a new species and was that you and davy we seen scramblin up the polo's after the hss passed and just got a mini rod for myself too :D

where abouts do you fish at the pier, i intend to give it a go some night next week. where do the congers hang out?

Yeah that was davy and i ,we were cutting it pretty fine on moving before the wash arrived :lol:
Good to hear you got a mini rod ,now you'll be able to fish properly :lol:

Got me a mini rod too today, hope to see it put to good use this summer. Just gotta get used to this multiplier thing :? :oops: I'm more fecked as i'm left handed. :x

What length are these mini rods everyone is talking about. :? Could someone point me in the direction of stockist or recommend a good one as I don't have any rods shorter that 10' at present, Thanks!!

I'm more fecked as i'm left handed.

im a lefty as well dont worry it feels very very awkward at first but you will get used to it after a while

The mini rods are really just kids rods ,the ones we use are 4 foot 6 inch Shakesphere ugly stiks ,the only real modification i have made is a trigger type grip behind the reel seat so the thing doesn't get pulled from my hand when pollack fishing from the boat .
I also find a left hand wind multiplier easier to use as i have a better grip with my right hand ,reel wise I'm using a shimano corvalus 301 loaded with 20lb mono ,you need the heavy line when fishing through the boulders .
Pete done an article for Irish angler a while back which is due out in may ,and the " mini rods " featured pretty heavily :lol: for there size they can handle some decent sized fish with cod 30lb+ ,conger 10lb , wrasse to near 4lb and pollack to 7lb all caught on them .