waterfoot beach co. Antrim sat 31st oct 09

People: me and junior

Duration: 4pm to 10pm

Tide: low to high

Weather: flat calm, dry and oddly mild

Bait: mack, squid and razor

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: JORDAN: 5 whiting, 4 flounder and a codling. ME: 3 flounder, 3 coalfish, 2 whiting and 2 codling


Report:
with the dark nights drawing in we decided to give one of our winter flounder marks a go to see how things were doing. we've not fished this beach in months, so we wanted to hit it at low tide to see where the gullys and sand bars have moved to. on arrival we saw the beach had changed completly. it had shallowed out and our favourite lagoon to the left had all but dissappeared there was now a noticeably high bank at the high tide line and the beach in front of us was all but featureless . so it was gonna be a case of trial and error for this session. we both nailed a rod out at distance and ond one 20 yards out into the surf just to make sure we were covering all options. in usual fashion jordan had landed his first fish before i had a bait in the water 2 in fact,, a wee whiting and a flounder . all 4 rods nodded away the whole session with a nice mix of fish coming our way. i got a wee codling which was proably my biggest fish of the session at 26cm . but the baits kept getting stripped by the hoards of wee 3 inch whiting that seemed to dominate the beach jordan got himself sorted out with his chair, lamp and a bag of munchies (well he likes his comforts). and settled down for a comfy sesh . odd thing was that all the fish fell to the distance rods. where as before, 20 yards used to be the hot spot. so i think we'll try furthur up the beach next time to see if it has any better features in close that would hold fish . all in all not a bad wee session. nothing of any size to talk of but still plenty to keep us entertained . there were 2 guys to our left who seemed to be getting a few too so it was'nt all bad . just a pity there was nothing a bit bigger about, but it sure beats blanking any day

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good going there the beach has changed a fair bit in the last year jordan looks like a wee king sitting there lol good report mate keep er lit

ps benone is supposed to have a lot of small turbot on it at the mo some decent ones 2 in among them mate

so the longliner gets comfortable,still i suppose you do get tired reeling in a rig like that see it was a draw with ten fish each! hope he gets his plaice soon!

Good session lads well done

nice wee session al/jordan and a nice mixture to...........................................................
sitting on a beach with a big bag of grub ......i'd have a big smile on my face too

well done al another great nights fishing...

well done lads,nice flats you got there....
my fishing session will not complete with out a bag of chocolate and a bottle of coke to keep me warm and active

well done lads , great to see you have the wee man well trained up , hopefully i`ll get my own wee man out like yourself`s i`d be as proud as punch . great fishing lad .

Well done lads, have been thinking about a throw there this week . No point in fishin in discomfort.

I tried to get away fishing on halloween night but there was no mission of it. we were up there last thursday. plenty of whiting about and a couple of dogs. cracking report al. you heading up to portrush comp on saturday sir

Nice session guys, you were kept busy enough . Some nice flatties there, must get myself a few of those

Some session there al as usual (can you spot the jealousy??). Good pics as well!

Nice session Al, you cant beat a bag of munchies .

good session lads, lovely flounders ,codling nice too well done

Brilliant session lads. Nice going Al. It was strangely calm and mild on saturday, just brilliant for the beach.
Hope to get out soon with ya's.

well done al and jordan lovely session,great photos

good going there the beach has changed a fair bit in the last year jordan looks like a wee king sitting there lol good report mate keep er lit
ps benone is supposed to have a lot of small turbot on it at the mo some decent ones 2 in among them mate

cheers berty. i've been hearing lots of good reports coming down from benone over the last few weeks . might have to orginize a wee run up soon

so the longliner gets comfortable,still i suppose you do get tired reeling in a rig like that see it was a draw with ten fish each! hope he gets his plaice soon!

the longline has been put away for the moment noel it's rediculous just how much bait jordan gets through fishing that thing hopefullyhis plaice will come a bit easier than the turbot and yeah,,, 10 each in the end. but he was up 10 to 6 until my last 2 casts at distance which came back with 2 fish on each rig

Good session lads well done

cheers FK. just hope the bigger flats start to make an appearance soon

nice wee session al/jordan and a nice mixture to...........................................................
sitting on a beach with a big bag of grub ......i'd have a big smile on my face too

thanks don. it was unbelieveably calm and mild that night, so i thought we'd better make the best of it as the rest of the week had a stinking forecast. looks like we're back to usual winter weather

well done al another great nights fishing...

cheers bryan. have you been getting out much yourself lately?

well done lads,nice flats you got there....
my fishing session will not complete with out a bag of chocolate and a bottle of coke to keep me warm and active

sounds like you and jordan are singing off the same hymn sheet zeke . but at this time of year the lemonade and chocolate gets put away and the flasks of soup and stew come out

well done lads , great to see you have the wee man well trained up , hopefully i`ll get my own wee man out like yourself`s i`d be as proud as punch . great fishing lad .

thanks man. as soon as he's old enough get a rod into his hands man. once he's got a few fish he'll be hooked for life and you'll have the best excuse in the world for getting out for regular sessions you'll just have to eat some humble pie like myself everytime he gets more fish than you

Well done lads, have been thinking about a throw there this week . No point in fishin in discomfort.

cheers ivan. the forecast has been a bit grim this week hopefully it will clear up a bit for our club comp at portrush this weekend i'll give you a call at the weekend to see if you fancy a chuck during next week somewhere

I tried to get away fishing on halloween night but there was no mission of it. we were up there last thursday. plenty of whiting about and a couple of dogs. cracking report al. you heading up to portrush comp on saturday sir

cheers stevie. yes man, we're gonna make it for the comp . are you and fra heading up?

Nice session guys, you were kept busy enough . Some nice flatties there, must get myself a few of those

thanks fenton. me and dawsey were thinking about trying a few flattie marks inside strangford lough in the coming weeks . i'll drop you a PM nearer the time to see if you fancy a run out. dawsey has been chatting to a few people who have told him there are some decent flounder to be had if you're willing to brave this awful weather . if a few of us try some marks togeather it's gotta boost the chances of not blanking at these untested marks

Some session there al as usual (can you spot the jealousy??). Good pics as well!

cheers mate. believe it or not that spot fished pretty poorly compared with this time last year . but like i said the beach was all but featureless. no high sand bars or deep gullys to talk of. we'll just have to scout the beach out at the next set of low spring tides to see where the fish holding features have moved to .

Nice session Al, you cant beat a bag of munchies .

thanks dave. things are starting to get a bit chilly now, so the homemade stew and soup will be coming out with us from now on

good session lads, lovely flounders ,codling nice too well done

cheers man. the biggest we've had off that beach was the 1lb 8oz flounder i got last year. but there are bigger ones down there. saw a pic of a 2lb plaice taken there a few weeks back . it's nose and tail was hanging off the top of the guy's tackle box. so there's hope yet

Brilliant session lads. Nice going Al. It was strangely calm and mild on saturday, just brilliant for the beach.
Hope to get out soon with ya's.

cheers aaron. no probs man. i saved your mob num so i'll give you a call the next time we're headed out your way man. we'll have to get you a few more species than just the mackies

well done al and jordan lovely session,great photos

cheers ger. gotta take advantage of any breaks we get in the weather at this time of year