antrim coast

People: myself and jonny gilbert

Duration: 8pm till 1 am

Tide: dropping

Weather: dry with little wind

Bait: rag and mac

Rigs: flapper and conger rigs

Results: pollock, ballen wrasse, shore rocklin, 3 beard rockling, dogfish, coalie, conger




Report: headed up the antrim coast to a rock mark. jonny was first to get with a nice pollock around the 3lb weight then a few smaller fish while i was still waiting for my first bite. As it started to get dark the fishing started to slow down. i then got my first ever rockling i was well pleased untill about an hour later i caught its big brother and that made me smile even more. shortly after that my conger rod started to go and when i stuck into it i was surprised to land an even bigger rockling it was very fat and i could barely get my hands around it jonny guessed the weight around 2 1/2 to 3 lb if anybody want to give me a guess on the weight please do so as we had no scales with us. near packing up time jonnys conger rod went and he landed a nice fish approx 10 to 15lb breaking in a new rod.

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thats a nice rockling

excellent session guys!! that big rockling looks like a stonking fish we've had them to 2lb+ and i'd say the big one would be easily that. defenitely a specimen there .(specimen weight is 794g). the irish record is 3lb 1oz.

Good Going Lads..

That Rockling is a monster chum!! Well done lads, nice Conger too.

crackin rockling ya have there!! gilly just loves them congers

Well done guys some crackin rockling. and nice conger to boot! sounds like a nice shore pollock 2.

brilliant fishing lads.. well done

excellent session guys!! that big rockling looks like a stonking fish we've had them to 2lb+ and i'd say the big one would be easily that. defenitely a specimen there .(specimen weight is 794g). the irish record is 3lb 1oz.

thanks for the weights wasnt 100% sure what they were.

crackin rockling ya have there!! gilly just loves them congers

yeah you are right he does love them congers

Some fine fish lads, Great to see some Wrasse been caught still not back around the marks I fish yet!

I don't know much about specimens and records etc. but I think you could have been close to some sort of Irish shore caught rockling record there mate!!??

Good stuff,
John D.

We if it isnt the man himself, Say hello 2 John from me m8, tell him its the big man from Wexford, he will know wat u mean..
PS Ask him where did he buy that fish from?? LMAO

We if it isnt the man himself, Say hello 2 John from me m8, tell him its the big man from Wexford, he will know wat u mean..
PS Ask him where did he buy that fish from?? LMAO

Hey steven mate how's it hangin. I got the fish in tescos mate they sell everythin in there lol