Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:23 am
People: me, Liam and merv
Date :4-10-08
Venue:cushendun
Duration: about 11.55am to 7.30pm
Tide:in at 3pm then fished rocks for outgoing tide
Weather:wet, windy, wet, did i say wet
Bait:rag, sandeel, mackerel
Rigs:3 hook flapper, 2 hook loop and float
Results:Liam 1 flounder and a rockling, Merv 1 flounder and 3 wrasse, me 2 flounde and 2 wrasse
Report:
I wanted to fish garron point or another rock mark, but after Liam phoned and said how bad they where we decided to try a beach mark, cushendun was sheltherd from the high winds, so i met the lads there. I arrive about 12 and merv already had a flounder, so quickly set up my gear in the hope of a fish or two. It was very slow going and i was glad i had circle hooks on the flapper rig, hooked a small flounder and broke in the k2 i had got second hand.(trying a new way of match fishing) with the others getting very little and the rain getting wetter, we decided to wait until after high tide to head over to the rocks for wrasse. Just after high water i got another flounder and as we were packing up Liam finally landed one too. So off we went to the rocks armed with floats and rag, a few bites were missed before merv landed a nice wrasse of about a 1lb, my line parted, but used Liams spinner to hook the float and land it, which also had a small wrasse on it, my first of the year. As the tide dropped we move further out to rock which became accessable, on which merv manage 2 more wrasse and i got another small one. A local cat was watching us and then made off with the sandeels, merv gave chase and got most of them back. The light was starting to fade and Liam had yet to get a fish on the float, not for the want of trying, but the jammy sod hooked a rockling on the last cast.
It has been a while since i have been out fishing and even thought the weather wasnt great the company was and to top it off we got fish.
Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:33 am
Jaysus Martin been a while

Nice to see your back in business well done lads nice session
Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:44 am
saltydog wrote:Jaysus Martin been a while

Nice to see your back in business well done lads nice session

been a while is an understatment, try 8 weeks without wetting a line..... also a bite from a king rag today, was trying to bait up and keep a dog away from my hooks when the f*****g thing stuck its pinchers in my thumb

ouch, got me a second flounder
Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:13 pm
MC wrote:my line parted, but used Liams spinner to hook the float and land it, which also had a small wrasse on it, my first of the year.
It has been a while since i have been out fishing and even thought the weather wasnt great the company was and to top it off we got fish.
Great report, well done on sticking it out despite the weather,,,,, nice to get the float rig back with a wrasse on it!!!
Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:00 pm
nice report and fishing lads dispite the condishions,
been a while is an understatment, try 8 weeks without wetting a line..... also a bite from a king rag today, was trying to bait up and keep a dog away from my hooks when the f*****g thing stuck its pinchers in my thumb

ouch, got me a second flounder

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EIGHT WEEKS!!!! jes' if i went over one week i would be on the Diazepam
Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:50 am
Only seen this post there now, I managed to get out myself on saturday the weather was crazy. good to see ya's picked up some fish