whitepark bay and waterfoot beach fri 5th june 09

People: me and jordan

Duration: whitepark bay 4.30pm to 9pm.... waterfoot 10.15pm to 2am

Tide: all states

Weather: 15mph winds, sunny and no rain

Bait: lug, mack and squid

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: whitepark bay, me 1 flounder. jordan, blank.... waterfoot, me 9 flounder and 1 plaice. jordan 8 flounder




Report: we had been planning a camping/fishing trip all week and jordan has still to get his first turbot. so it was off to whitepark bay and on arrival there was a pretty decent surf which really would'nt suit the turbot, but we got the 4 rods baited up and cast out anyway. jordan went on a beach combing excursion while i got the tent set up and the kelly kettle on the boil (still serving us well neil ). we had a coffee and noticed all the lines were pointing to the 9 oclock position almost back on the shore . so i had a look in the tackle bag and found 4, 7oz gripper leads and we reeled in , re-baited and cast out again. this time they seemed to do the trick and the baits held firm . they would have needed to as they are the heaviest grippers we got . it was a bit quiet until i noticed that tell tale flattie twitch on my rod at distance and reeled in a wee flounder. on closer inspection he was an odd sort of shape . he had a stumpy head, squat body and a strange wavy lateral line where it should have arched over the pectoral fin. must have been some sort of growing deformity as a fry or something . anyhow we both baited up and re-cast. i thought jordan was getting a run as the line on the rod he just cast out had swept under my 2. he could feel weight and reeled in a monster weed fish . there must have been 10lb of weed on his trace , but i did'nt get to laugh too long as both of my rods appeared to be doing the same . the weed was a real pain and seemed to appear from nowhere. after casting out you were lucky to be able to count to 100 before all your gear was washed back up on the beach 100 yards to your left . so we quit fishing for an hour and a half to see if it would pass but it just got worse . a serious rethink was in order as we were supposed to fish this mark overnight but it was unfishable. so by 9pm we packed everything away including the tent and made the long hike back to the motor and went to our old back up, waterfoot . this wee mark never let us down and i got a load of plaice at it last week which would be another new one of 2009 for junior . we got to the peir to find it packed and plan B quickly became plan C . we set up on the beach but any ideas of camping were out the window as junior was beginning to fade fast. so jordan reckoned we'd just fish on until his eyes began to cross . as it turned out we had a blast with flounder after flounder and one up'smanship kicked in with jordan taking the lead then me getting in front and so on. by the end it was 8-6 to jordan but my last 2 casts produced doubles of flounder and flounder and a plaice . and the last 2 flounder were a pretty decent size with a 28cm and 30cm to round the session off. so for the first time in a while i beat junior 10 to 8 . great sport after a disasterous start. roll on the next session all the fish went back apart from the big flounder who had taken the hook deeply and was bleeding like a stuck pig. so you can guess whats on the menu for lunch today

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nice report lads that weed can drive you crazey at times with the weather the way it is today i recon i,ll be dragging in my fare share tonight had a boat trip planned for today with debrock but he wasnt brave enough to go out me either

Nice average size to the flounder.

Welldone lads.

Good oul plan C, some nice flounder well done.

Good call with the move nice busy session in the end well done lads .... so the bragging rights are with you Al for the moment

Shame about the camping guys.

We hit a wee pike lake this morning. Daniel got his first ever pike before the rain rolled in.

great report,as always , jordan you'll beat him next time... enjoy the lunch

Wasn't expecting to see a report up til later in the afternoon mate. Unlucky about the change of plan and location, however looked like a ya gotta few nice flounder for your efforts. How was the weather up that way? I was going to go for a mullet hunt but weather and tides sucked.

unlucky with the camping Al thats a diaster session mate, just glad to hear that the old faithful Waterfoot kept your spirits alive . good haul of flounder you both got there, but the main thing is the bragging rights are back you, does that mean Hotwheels will be the new camera/video man now .

nice move to plan c guy's for it worked out for you's well done.
now al' dont be getting at jordan about the catch results for i'm sure he will get his revange
report is great reading as useal + pic's

Well done Al, you finally beat Jordan. Your tent would have blown away down here . Wheres the video

Bad luck on the weed guys, but at least waterfoot made up for it

Jordan - you will get that Turbot yet

Jordan that old man of yours only just beat you

well done both of you dont rest on your laurels coz jordan will get the better of you again as young ones always do great pics do you take them on a mobile or digital camera what about next sunday are you both heading to fahan maybe jordan will get his turbot there

Well done lads,Pity about the weed at white park bay its a great spot,But at least good ole waterfoot didnt let you down it can be a cracking spot to fish.Some nice flounder there boys cracking report and pictures as usual.

Paddy

well done lads i am sure jordon will get u back next time but all in all nice to see u win 1 well done

well done pal. sometimes u gota bite the bullet when the weed is crazy and just move to a better place. waterfoot beach is always a safe bet, even during the day.

nice report lads that weed can drive you crazey at times with the weather the way it is today i recon i,ll be dragging in my fare share tonight had a boat trip planned for today with debrock but he wasnt brave enough to go out me either

cheers roger. in our haste to get out i forgot the 15mph winds were onshore so they made the moderate swell increase to near double and all the weed was washing up on the beach instead of going out to sea

Nice average size to the flounder.
Welldone lads.

cheers mark, some of the best average sizes of flats from that mark in a while we just hope that they keep getting bigger as the summer rolls on

Good oul plan C, some nice flounder well done.

cheers man, sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and move on when a mark becomes unfishable. but we have a good knowlege of marks on that stretch of coast now and our backup's go to about a plan "G" now if needed

Good call with the move nice busy session in the end well done lads .... so the bragging rights are with you Al for the moment

yeah conor, but it don't see that lasting too long

Shame about the camping guys.
We hit a wee pike lake this morning. Daniel got his first ever pike before the rain rolled in.

nice one alan, and well done daniel another new species to add to the list

great report,as always , jordan you'll beat him next time... enjoy the lunch

cheers marky. no doubt he will and the flounder fillets were lovely steamed on a bed of chicken flavoured rice. yum, yum, yum only problem is now that jordan wants to catch a few big flounder for eating now. and seeing as how a good eating size flounder is as common as hen's teeth it might be a while before on graces our kitchen again

Wasn't expecting to see a report up til later in the afternoon mate. Unlucky about the change of plan and location, however looked like a ya gotta few nice flounder for your efforts. How was the weather up that way? I was going to go for a mullet hunt but weather and tides sucked.

dry but a bit more wind than what was forecast did you get a go at the mullet on sunday man?. i'll neet to get credit for the mobile today and give you a call mate.

unlucky with the camping Al thats a diaster session mate, just glad to hear that the old faithful Waterfoot kept your spirits alive . good haul of flounder you both got there, but the main thing is the bragging rights are back you, does that mean Hotwheels will be the new camera/video man now .

cheers minty. we got off to a bit of a disaster and all that moving about was a bit of a pain but we came good in the end . and the turbot hunt continues jaysus, at this rate i'll have to go out and catch one, keep it in a bucket and sneak it onto his hook when he's not watching and yes jordan was the new cameraman,,,,,,,, but that i'll not last long

nice move to plan c guy's for it worked out for you's well done.
now al' dont be getting at jordan about the catch results for i'm sure he will get his revange
report is great reading as useal + pic's

cheers don, just goes to show if you're willing to move around a bit you'll find the fish eventually and jordan had me beaten fair and square until i pulled out 2 flukey doubles at the end . but jordan reckons you can beat a good angler, but you can't beat a lucky angler

Well done Al, you finally beat Jordan. Your tent would have blown away down here . Wheres the video

thanks dave. it had to happen one day . by the time the heavy rain and winds moved in up here we were tucked up in bed fast asleep. so mabey the weed at the first mark did us a favour in the end . i never brought the camcorder as when we go beach fishing we always seem to manage to bring a few kilos of sand home in everything and sand + camcorder = expensive repair

Bad luck on the weed guys, but at least waterfoot made up for it
Jordan - you will get that Turbot yet

cheers man. that wee beach never let's us down

Jordan that old man of yours only just beat you

oh,, don't worry. i'm sure he'll thrash me good and proper on our next outing he say's he has to let me win the odd one so i don't loose interest and stop taking him out

well done both of you dont rest on your laurels coz jordan will get the better of you again as young ones always do great pics do you take them on a mobile or digital camera what about next sunday are you both heading to fahan maybe jordan will get his turbot there

thanks eddie. our camera is a lidl cheapy digital i think it's a vivitar 4.0 megapix. it has taken some abuse over the last 3 years and is still going strong. i know bugger all about cameras so i just keep it on the automatic settings and the job appears to be a good'un . we'll be fishing the comp on sunday but a few of us are heading up on friday to fish fanad, lenan, pollan bay or rathmullan. that should keep us busy until the comp starts on sunday afternoon

Well done lads,Pity about the weed at white park bay its a great spot,But at least good ole waterfoot didnt let you down it can be a cracking spot to fish.Some nice flounder there boys cracking report and pictures as usual.
Paddy

cheers paddy. jordan will get that turbot yet

well done lads i am sure jordon will get u back next time but all in all nice to see u win 1 well done

thanks man, i think he felt sorry for the oul fella

well done pal. sometimes u gota bite the bullet when the weed is crazy and just move to a better place. waterfoot beach is always a safe bet, even during the day.

cheers stevie, that wee mark has never let us down

It's always the way it is man, lucky you had plan c to go to

No didn't get out for them over the weekend but I am going to have a go today if your free? PM sent.