rock mark newcastle co down fri 22 august

Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:09 am

People: me jordan and dawsey

Duration: 11am - 5pm

Tide: low to high

Weather: cloudy no wind no rain

Bait: rag, lug, squid, prawn and mackerel

Rigs: 2hook flappers, float rigs and conger traces

Results: jordan, 2 corkwing wrasse 2 pollock 1 coalie and a ballen wrasse. dawsey, 1 pollock 1 corkwing wrasse and 2 ballen wrasse




Report: it was off to a new mark for us today, and a run up the co down coast was in order. we arrived before dawsey and got set up with a rod each for conger and a rod each to target the wrasse on the float. jordan got things off to a start with a good size female corkwing wrasse then dawsey arrived and started with the float and a rod set up for conger. a couple of hours passed with only the occasional nibble and i reset my float rig to a 2 hook flapper loaded with mack and squid cast at distance. jordan stuck with the float and dawsey set up the 2 hook flapper rig and fished at his feet producing the biggest fish of the day. a nice 2lb 1/4 oz ballen wrasse, his new personal best :wink: from 1pm to 4 pm bites were coming thick and fast as we neared high tide. both jordan and dawsey got constant hits on the top and bottom while my bait at distance was left untouched :x but i thought i would stick with it to see if anything was out there :roll: then the pollock turned up with both jordan and dawsey getting 2 each and jordan got a coalie to boot. meanwhile my bait remained untouched :evil: but hey, you can't catch all the time :roll: :roll: :roll: . so as it turned out i was guillie and photographer for the day :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: but i did'nt mind there were still fish being caught and new personal bests recorded. the odd thing was that all 3 conger rods never got so much as a knock. they were at an ideal deep water spot at the opening of a small cave, and i chucked a couple of chopped up mack in as ground bait too. but it was a great days fishing at another new mark and i was the only one to blank :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: i reckon you have to have the occasional blank to make you appreciate the days when the fish are plentyfull :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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rock mark newcastle co down fri 22 august

Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:24 am

great report again mate, and nice pic's too.
having the occasional blank just makes you
more determended on your next trip out :D
great fishing lad's 8)

Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:00 pm

Nice going Jordan & Dawsey hard luck Al, congrats on your new pb wrasse Dawsey :) I still haven't managed to add one on to my species list yet!!

Re: rock mark newcastle co down fri 22 august

Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:52 pm

Great report as usual Al! Thanks lads, was a great day out, rain stayed off and the sun even managed to get through. Was strange, when Jordan took over your float rod, instant hits. I also over took Jordan on the fish count with an hour to go, but the young lad finished so strong taking a few nice pollock to finish off :wink:

I enjoyed that Ballen, put up a nice wee fight, can't get enough of them at the min :mrgreen: