east antrim beach sunday 21st march 2010

People: me and jordan

Duration: 2am - 6am

Tide: HW 3am

Weather: flat calm, dry and mild

Bait: rag, mack and sand eel

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: ME: 7 flounder and 1 plaice JORDAN: 7 flounder and 1 whiting




Report: after my session during the week and getting the sea trout jordan was getting withdrawls and was in need of a fishing fix. so a dawn raid was on the cards and a flattie session plan was hatched. the flatties seem to be the only fish around in good numbers at the moment so me and a very groggy jordan hit the road at 1am and were set up and fishing by 2am. the bites were coming thick and fast from the start all the way through to the finish nothing of any great size but plenty to keep the rod tips twitching away all night (or morning, depending on how you look at it). we had an impromptue flounder comp with jordan taking the lead and me playing catch up with only one fish in it between us the entire session great fun even if there was nothing of any real size to talk of. we seem to be stuck at the 30cm size limit with them at the minute, and breaking that was our target, but no luck this time. but it could be worse, we could have blanked as god only knows there's plenty of blanking doing the rounds at the minute . but we ended in a draw with the flounder count standing at 7 each and jordan got the biggest fish to round the session off at just 1cm short of the unbreakable 30cm.

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Well done lads! seems like a great session fair play to ye for gettin out so late and nice pictures too is there any of the plaice ?

As Ronnie Drew used to say Al,"Youre a quare hawk" ,,,,,,,2am-6am ,,,,,,thats dedication,but it paid off for yis, well done,some lovely flatties there

Great session again lads and you deserve it for putting in them hours! Are the flatties showing in daylight hours mate? Probably a very stupid question seeing the hours you fished for them! lol.

nice session there al/jordan 2 to 6 jes' at that time of the morning i was in Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz mode

well done lads, I cannot connect with those flat fellas at all this year, havin a good run with them bass gits, but no flounder!! Been chasing em for months now.. yis'll have to tell me your tricks to it

good report lads some nice photos. ive not beat the 30cm mark either all around the same size as yours

well done lads sounds like a good night/morning

Nice going guys, a wee mini comp is always good craic. I bet you had to drag Jordan out at that time. I can only remember half of that night mate, would have been some going if I had have met up after a messy night out

we were up on saturday night until about 12.. nice variety of fish caught..

well done al and jordan.. sounded like fun

Well done lads! seems like a great session fair play to ye for gettin out so late and nice pictures too is there any of the plaice ?

thanks eoin, we did'nt bother to get any pics of the plaice or whiting as both of them were under 10cms

As Ronnie Drew used to say Al,"Youre a quare hawk" ,,,,,,,2am-6am ,,,,,,thats dedication,but it paid off for yis, well done,some lovely flatties there

cheers dave. the flatties are the only things in good numbers that we have left to target at this time of year
roll on the summer

Great session again lads and you deserve it for putting in them hours! Are the flatties showing in daylight hours mate? Probably a very stupid question seeing the hours you fished for them! lol.

cheers rab. chances of daytime catches are a bit thin on the ground. far better off waiting until after 6pm before even bothering to go out. it will increase you chances of catching ten fold

nice session there al/jordan 2 to 6 jes' at that time of the morning i was in Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz mode

yeah don,,, along with most other sane people (unlike ourselves)

well done lads, I cannot connect with those flat fellas at all this year, havin a good run with them Bass gits, but no flounder!! Been chasing em for months now.. yis'll have to tell me your tricks to it

we'd happily trade in all those flatties for just one silver fella daire . but sadly our chances of getting one up here are somewhere between lucky and very bloody lucky

good report lads some nice photos. ive not beat the 30cm mark either all around the same size as yours

seems to be the way things are man i'm still trying to find a good flattie mark that has a few lunkers swimming about it i think a few exploration sessions are on the cards

well done lads sounds like a good night/morning

thanks man. was great craic apart from the sleep deprivation

Nice going guys, a wee mini comp is always good craic. I bet you had to drag Jordan out at that time. I can only remember half of that night mate, would have been some going if I had have met up after a messy night out

sore head sunday then . jordan was ready before me had his bib and braces on before midnight in anticipation of heading out

we were up on saturday night until about 12.. nice variety of fish caught..
well done al and jordan.. sounded like fun

yeah stevie, we stoked your camp fire up again,,, that big log burnt for ages what did you end up with?

Well done on all the flounders.

Duration: 2am - 6am

That's dedication or madness, not sure which

wahey he brought you out at last jordan, well done on the flounder,some nice fishies there lads,and al,that plaice! al,the ray are in down here,fancy a road trip?

Nice one guys the early bird catches the fish gona try a few deep water marks during the week fingers crossed

you were the river end then.. we seen people with a fire lit.. we just stayed about the flat house end

Well done on all the flounders.

Duration: 2am - 6am

That's dedication or madness, not sure which

madness frank,, definitely madness

wahey he brought you out at last jordan, well done on the flounder,some nice fishies there lads,and al,that plaice! al,the ray are in down here,fancy a road trip?

ahh,,, noel you're like the wee fishing devil sitting on my shoulder whispering ""ahh, go on al.. surely you could justify another wee west coast trip " . leave it with me and i'll see what i can re-arrange . i'm trying to save a few pennies to get jordan down to st. mullins for the twaite shad run. not long to go now and jordan will be off school for the may bank holiday. poor wee mite has missed all the west coast trips so far over the last few months.

Nice one guys the early bird catches the fish gona try a few deep water marks during the week fingers crossed

good luck with the prospecting brian, every time i think i'm gonna be able to get back out on the rocks the weather takes a turn for the worse and i have to abort the trips . as game as i am, i'm not daft enough to head out to slippy rock marks on my own after a bit of rain . you could easy take your life in your hands, espically when you're on your own

you were the river end then.. we seen people with a fire lit.. we just stayed about the flat house end

got the pm stevie cheers.

Well done Al and Jordan thats dedication (2-6am) sure the wee man was icthing to get out after are last couple of trips

Dedication as usual guys. You def got the payment for putting in the hours.

On a lighter note i bet the scissors smelt good after the session.... nice and mackeraly.....

Well done Al and Jordan thats dedication (2-6am) sure the wee man was icthing to get out after are last couple of trips

he was alright dan now i'll have to try and get him his sea trout

Dedication as usual guys. You def got the payment for putting in the hours.
On a lighter note i bet the scissors smelt good after the session.... nice and mackeraly.....

thanks man. the fishing is being dictated by high tide coinciding with darkness at the moment good news for the fishies,,, but it a'int doing my beauty sleep any favours and god only knows,,, i need all the beauty sleep i can get