donaghadee harbour co.down sat 20th feb 2010

People: me and jordan

Duration: 5pm to 9pm

Tide: LW 9.30pm

Weather: dry 2mph winds but -2 degrees

Bait: rag, lug, mack and razor

Rigs: 3 hook fllappers

Results: ME 4 codling, 1 long spined sea scorpion and a shore rockling. JORDAN 1 codling




Report: not a great deal to report the fishing was very slow with all the fish coming within a 1 hour peroid. another father and son fishing duo came over for a chat to see how we were getting on as they were fishing off the back slope and only had 2 doggies. i told them about SAI as i think they were mainly coarse anglers who were looking to get into sea angling. so if your reading this welcome aboard guys . we left at 9pm as our bait bucked had frozen into a solid lump . but we went home and got our heads down as we were going to hit our co.down summer rock mark today . i checked 3 different websites for a forecast and they all said today was to be dry, sunny but cold. so you can imagine our disappointment when the alarm went off at 8am this morning and i opened the blinds to see our garden 3 inches deep in snow ahh,,,, well. spose it's a good time to service the reels and re-tie our rigs

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Huh no speciemens!

Hello from a new member. Nice to see you catching something, no matter what the size!

well done lads!

Al have you guys ever blanked??? . That place sems to be very hit or miss at the minute. On a good day it is great and on a bad day it is terrible.

Nice one guys all ye need now is a few SeaTrout

well done on a few fish,that picture of the sea scorpion is a cracker ,i thought the codling i,m getting are small ,looks like i,m doin ok

Nice one guys all ye need now is a few SeaTrout

ha ha ha ha now thats just mean!!

Huh no speciemens!

sadly no man,,, just back to our regular haunt and just to think that a month ago i'd have been well happy with a 30cm rockling those other 2 marks have spoilt us

Hello from a new member. Nice to see you catching something, no matter what the size!

welcome aboard man . sometimes it's good just to beat the blank

well done lads!

cheers chris. we'll be out your way on monday

Al have you guys ever blanked??? . That place sems to be very hit or miss at the minute. On a good day it is great and on a bad day it is terrible.

thanks man. like you said, that place either fishes really well or not at all . and the blanks are gonna be coming soon enough . i went 8 sessions over 3 weeks last march before i caught a single fish and that month is almost upon us again

Nice one guys all ye need now is a few SeaTrout

ROAD TRIP!!!! i'm gonna give that beach a go next monday with doggie gotta get one this time

well done on a few fish,that picture of the sea scorpion is a cracker ,i thought the codling i,m getting are small ,looks like i,m doin ok

sadly that has become the norm for that mark lately all the bigger cod (1lb+ fish ) seem to be on up the antrim coast. donaghadee has become so slow lately we were just glad not to blank at it loads of nibbles from 3 inch pouting, poor cod, whiting and coalies. but they could'nt get their chops round a size 4 hook and we refused to drop to a lower size as you'd be into mini species tactics

Nice one guys all ye need now is a few SeaTrout

ha ha ha ha now thats just mean!!

never worry noel, we'll get 1 on monday
are you needing anything else brought over other than that rod and a pound of rag?

we left at 9pm as our bait bucked had frozen into a solid lump

That sounds grim - but at least you got a few fish - great to get a sea scorpion too - they are one of my favourite fish.

At least ya gotta few fish mate, I'm back in the country and just got as big coursework handed in si I need to get my head showered! Summer mark, if it every stays dry enough to do so

we left at 9pm as our bait bucked had frozen into a solid lump

That sounds grim - but at least you got a few fish - great to get a sea scorpion too - they are one of my favourite fish.

thanks frank, they're a great wee fish. i love the way they blow themselves up to look bigger and croak when you hold them in your hand

At least ya gotta few fish mate, I'm back in the country and just got as big coursework handed in si I need to get my head showered! Summer mark, if it every stays dry enough to do so

welcome back man you should be on the holiday show with the ammount of sun seeking trips you've had in the last 12 months but good to see you're back, now we'll get you back out to harrass a few fish

At least ya gotta few fish mate, I'm back in the country and just got as big coursework handed in si I need to get my head showered! Summer mark, if it every stays dry enough to do so

welcome back man you should be on the holiday show with the ammount of sun seeking trips you've had in the last 12 months but good to see you're back, now we'll get you back out to harrass a few fish [/quote]


cheers man. Your right mate I have been seeking the sun it's a pity it was no where to be seen over in spain last week. 1 good day in 6 and that was the day we were leaving