Browns Bay, Co. Antrim 14-04-2009

People:Myself

Duration:10am-noon

Tide:rising

Weather:rainy

Bait:abu krill lure

Rigs:

Results:1 Seatrout




Report:Only my third outing of the season and the previous two resulted in 2 blankety blanks and the other marks I fished in Strangford Lough are far more renowned for seatrout, but thats fishing. Great sport on my light spinning rod, a very acrobatic fish, it leapt clear of the surface as soon as it was hooked. Almost lost it in the kelp at the waters edge but I gave it a bit of line and it swam back out into the clear. I would have swore blind it was around the 2 pound mark as it was a long fish but it weighed in at 1lb 4oz. I'm happy to get the season up and running.

good to find the fish, its always nice not to blank and sea trout arn't to be scoffed! I fished that area about a month ago, rag on float but unfourtunately blanked.

well done rab. I live up there and fish it often and it always seems to throw something up just wen you think a blank is coming. Lol. If your ever up that way again drop me a pm and i will fish with ya for a session if ya dont mind the company.

Nice one with the sea trout I am trying to bag one myself at the minute. Does browns bay fish well I have never tried it?

Browns bay is a great wee spot with a good variety of species available. Seatrout, flounder, pollock, coalie, wrasse, whiting, codling, rockling, dogfish and the occasional bass. Well worth a throw chum.

Is it a night venue or does it fish well during the day too? Maybe have to give it a chuck sometime. Thats if i can get near it with you mentioning Bass .

There isn't enough numbers of Bass caught there to get alot of interest. Really aren't worth targeting at this mark but it does throw up a few every year. Only ever fished it during daylight hours and it fishes well.

i tend to fish the bay mostly at night and most of the time it fishes pretty well. Its worth havin a bash.

Bryan,

Do you fish from the beach or off the rocks at either side?

nice fishing rab good way to come off the back of 2 blanks man

Well done on the seatrout m8.

Paddy