waterfoot, bangor and donaghadee. 2 days 3 marks 21st & 22nd

People: me and jordan

Duration: see below

Tide: low to high

Weather: insanely windy and wet

Bait: rag, mack, lug and squid

Rigs: 2 and 3 hook flappers

Results: whiting, codling, flounder and shore rockling




Report: after my trip down the east coast during the week jordan was chomping at the bit to get out and bag himself a few fish . so a few of our usual marks were due a good rattle . we decided to get a bit of beach fishing in and a trip to waterfoot was in order. we arrived around 8pm on saturday night only to discover it was blowing a gale . but we were there and had the bait thawed out so decided to give it a go even if only for a few hours. bite indication was out the window as the wind was blowing the rod tips about something shocking. so we just reeled in every 20 minutes to see if we had a fish on. jordan got 2 flounder and i ended up with 4 (micro) whiting, 1 codling and 1 flounder. by midnight the gales had picked up something shocking and we knocked it on the head before we got blown up the beach

sunday morning. mark 2 donaghadee harbour 1pm to 4pm
we decided to take a run along the co. down coast to see where was fishable and soon decided to give the harbour a go. jordan was first into a fish landing a wee codling. he then followed it with another 2 before my old blank saving buddys the rockling came out to play . then it was my turn for a codling and jordan got a coalie. jordan rounded off the session with a whiting and a ruddy big eel snaffled my lug and mack bait and tore off across the harbour mourh for the breakwater on the other side i tightened the drag as much as i dared before he bent the hook out straight and escaped i was gutted. i had no chance of landing him on a spinning rod & reel and size 4 hooks but it really got the blood pumping when he started to strip the reel of line. the wind had picked up yet again and jordan was getting blown about the place like a rag doll so we decided to go for a whiting competition at bangor to use up the last of the bait

mark 3 bangor harbour 5pm to 7pm
we got set up on the platform and dropped down to 2 hooks each and the comp started jordan tore off into the lead getting doubles where as i was picking up singles until a wee rush at the end left it 14 whiting to jordan and 19 to me (finally won for once). we still had some bait left over but the wind was getting scary strong so we opted to call it a day.
a great weekends fishing considering the conditions we were faced with and enough bait left over to justify a trip to portrush tonight with arron from the site to try and get him a few new species

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Well done lads,yis are like 2 human fishing trawlers

well done lads,thats a great picture of jordan trying to be a kite hope ye have a good fishing session with arron,he will learn loads of ye lads

well done on beating jordan, it dos"nt happen often, bet he was trying to imitate that pic in the paper last week of the man flying in the wind

Fair play al the fishing is tough going at the moment well done to yourself
and Jordan getting a few fish

well done good to see the weather did'nt put you off . sorry i missed your call but i had a weekend on the beer for a change. good luck for the session later and hope to meet up at the club comp this weekend if i can make it............
ps. good to see you won the bragging rights again

Nice one on getting out lads!
Must arrange a wee Donaghadee meet some night!

fair play al for clocking up the miles and holdin out in the weather crackin report mate.....

Tough conditions at the weekend alright .Well done to you both ,,,,,,,,Jordan ,are they divers lead filled boots that are stopping you from taking off Thats one kid that'll never get square eyes from staying in and watching telly

Well done guys nice bit of variety there Congrats on the win Al pity about the eel must've put a nice bend in the spinning rod that'd be one for next time conger gear on the spinning rod and a drop net....

Fair play for sticking out that weather.

Well done for getting out in that weather a getting a bunch of fish. You are both dedicated anglers.

Nice session Al. I think we could all learn something from you guys.

Well done lads,yis are like 2 human fishing trawlers

just waiting for the letter from brussels telling us how many we're allowed to catch for next year man

well done lads,thats a great picture of jordan trying to be a kite hope ye have a good fishing session with arron,he will learn loads of ye lads

cheers noel. arron's missus was taken into hospital last night to bring on the baby, so i went up on my own. but we'll get him into the fish soon enough

well done on beating jordan, it dos"nt happen often, bet he was trying to imitate that pic in the paper last week of the man flying in the wind

i told him not to be jumping into the air as i did'nt fancy having to fish him out if got blown over the railings and being a typical 10 year old the first thing he did when my back was turned was to jump into the air on a sadder note you might be waiting a while on the measure neil while we were away our dog cody decided that the 2 measures and bag of long boat booms were better than her pedigree jumbone as chew toys . so as soon as i get them replaced i'll get it posted down

Fair play al the fishing is tough going at the moment well done to yourself
and Jordan getting a few fish

cheers man. our flounders were like postage stamps compared to the one's you got with eyes i feel a road trip to wexford coming in the near future

well done good to see the weather did'nt put you off . sorry i missed your call but i had a weekend on the beer for a change. good luck for the session later and hope to meet up at the club comp this weekend if i can make it............
ps. good to see you won the bragging rights again

cheers minty. i'm gonna lap it up while it lasts as i'm sure it won't be too long before jordan puts me back in my place hopefully we'll see you at the weekend man

Nice one on getting out lads!
Must arrange a wee Donaghadee meet some night!

thanks drew. that would be sweet man just be prepared for jordan to pick your brain for fishing tips the whole session

fair play al for clocking up the miles and holdin out in the weather crackin report mate.....

cheers bryan, we'll have to get a session in with you up the antrim coast some weekend man

Tough conditions at the weekend alright .Well done to you both ,,,,,,,,Jordan ,are they divers lead filled boots that are stopping you from taking off Thats one kid that'll never get square eyes from staying in and watching telly

so long as there's petrol in the tank and bait in the freezer we'll be out fishing dave

Well done guys nice bit of variety there Congrats on the win Al pity about the eel must've put a nice bend in the spinning rod that'd be one for next time conger gear on the spinning rod and a drop net....

thanks conor. i thought when i felt the first tug it was a dog. but then it started stripping line off the reel like a tope run needless to say that the next time we go down there i'll be armed with the conger gear

Fair play for sticking out that weather.

cheers colin. it's been bloody grim no matter where we tried to tuck in away from it althow i'd say a lot of the marks that were unfishable during the storms will fish their socks off a few days into a clear spell that is if it ever clears up

Well done for getting out in that weather a getting a bunch of fish. You are both dedicated anglers.

thanks frank. like i said before, i'm not sure if we're fool hardy or just hardy fools . but sure if all else fails, your skin's waterproof anyhow

Nice session Al. I think we could all learn something from you guys.

yeah,,,, like how to avoid the blokes in the padded van with the coats where the arms wrap around your back i've lost count of the members of the public who stood watching us fishing in the past few weeks just shaking their heads in dis-beliefe at what we were at

Nice one lads good session