North Down Beachcasters SAC, Island Magee, 20 Feb 10

People:North Down Beachcasters SAC, 4 members.

Duration:20/02/10 - 1630-2230hrs

Tide:HW 1435hrs

Weather:NW 5mph very cold, some cloud cover.

Bait:Lug, rag and fish

Rigs:Mostly flappers with size 1 to 4 hooks

Results:16 Coalfish, 2 Cod, 2 Three-B Rockling, 1 Flounder

1st David Garvan 0.76kg
2nd Adam Bowers 0.63kg
3rd Ben Beach 0.44kg

HR - Ben Beach, Coalfish 260gms
HF - David Garvan , Flounder 70gms

Report:
Due to the small numbers we headed for Ballylumford Pier, Island Magee instead of Carlingford Lough. The two legs of the pier are just right for four people giving us the best chance of fish at this time of year. The first hour was fishless but once the sun dropped below the Antrim hills the rods rattled. For 30 minutes the fish were nonstop till the crab started and for a further 2 hours we had nothing but treble shots of bait robbers. It was then we decided to move for our final 2 hours to Browns Bay and fish of the beach hopefully giving us a break from the crabs. Within 10 minutes we had moved and rods were in again, only this time to have instance rattles from pin whiting. Still it was better than crabs but eventually a few sizeable fish were landed with a double shot of Rockling from Adam. Even though it was cold enough to freeze the sand on the beach a good night was had by all.

fair play to ye lads sticking it out in that cold and a few fish as well

Not bad given the weather- the change of venue paid off too . Glad a few good fish made a rare appearance. SOunds like it ended up a good session.

Must give browns bay a shot sometime.

well done lads in those conditions and a good number of fish.

good to see you stuck at it lads you can usually avoid the crabs down there by fishing in close when they come out in the channel if you're on the right hand side of the mouth of the marina just flick out to the end of the wooden pillars in front of you and if your on the left hand side cast into the open patches of kelp onto the sandy clearings to your left about 15 yards out. you'll still get the odd fish without getting your bait robbed. mainly doggies,,, but still better than nothing

Well done to everyone