down, donegal and antrim. 3 marks 1 day fri 4th june

People: me, mark, saving private brian and jordan

Duration: see below

Tide: all states

Weather: glorious sunshine and light winds

Bait: rag, lug, mack, squid

Rigs: flappers

Results: doggies, thornies, sea trout, flounder, gurnard, whiting, poor cod and pouting




Report:

MARK 1 HELENS BAY COUNTY DOWN 11AM TO 2PM
today was going to be a bumper day of fishing as i planned a morning session with mark at helens bay for a bit of rock fishing. so with jordan dropped off to school i picked mark up and headed on out to start fishing. things were a bit on the poor side with me only getting 3 bites for the entire session which produced a single doggie for me and mark caught a lovely wee red reef cod on a set of feathers fished under a sliding float. he was the biggest codling i've seen taken from round there in a good while weighing in at a pound and a quarter

MARK 2 DONEGAL BEACH 6PM TO 10PM
with mark dropped off at home i picked jordan up from school and hit the road to meet up with saving private brian for an evening session on a donegal beach in search of a thornie. brian mentioned that he'd never caught one from the shore before, so that was his target species for the session. we were all set up and fishing within minutes and i was first to land a wee thornie weighing in at 2 and a hlaf pounds. another soon followed a bit heavier at just over 4lb and brian had a flounder. he then got a slack liner and reeled in a lovely wee sea trout at just over a pound and a quarter, but still no ray . finally his rod got a good knock and in came a lovely thornie at just over 6lb MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!. i could breathe a sigh of relief as he'd got his target species. but poor jordan was looking at another blank so by 10pm we said our farewells to brian and headed off to portrush harbour to try and make sure jordan did'nt go home fishless

MARK 3 PORTRUSH HARBOUR CO ANTRIM 11.40PM TO 1AM
with jordan wondering where he was going wrong we decided to stop off at portrush harbour to try to ensure he was'nt going home fishless again. this spot has always been good to us in the past and you'll usually get something even if it's only small, but something none the less . jordan set up at the end of the harbour casting towards the beach and was getting little tugs from the start and quickly got a wee poor cod and a pouting. great the blank was beaten . he then movede on round the harbour to another spot to try for something a bit different and was rewarded with a few wee whiting. by now it was nearing 1am and we decided to call it a day and head for home.

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cracker session there al' sorry i missed out on that one, but sure there will be plenty other sessions nice pic's too al' nice one

Pity you couldnt claim milage allowance. Good days fishing, well done to all.

That was some great fishing Al with good pics also. Glad to see Jordan beat the blank. Well done lads.

great pics al and good that jordan got his fish.great to meet up with ye once more.hopefully there shall be more this summer

Brian

Savage fishing chaps , love to see a great mix of species . Great pics too

Thats a good days fishing Al, well done, great report and photos

nice fishing there lads,see that rod is getting great use lots of lice on that trout!

really nice session well done

Nice session'ssss lads! happy days with the codling, gurnard and sea trout. Got out today for the 1st in a long time was very enjoyable

Variety is the spice of life, good session chaps.

good fishing lads nice variety of fish,,great pics to,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well done,.

Well done everyone. Concrats to Brian on getting his thornback and sea trout, nice one

well done on the session a great mix of fish there

cracker session there al' sorry i missed out on that one, but sure there will be plenty other sessions nice pic's too al' nice one

no probs don, sure we have all summer to harrass the donegal fishies

Pity you couldnt claim milage allowance. Good days fishing, well done to all.

tell me about it ivan . my dad reckons i should have a petrol tanker following me about . my wee motor gets well used. i've put almost 8000 miles on it since it's MOT in febuary

That was some great fishing Al with good pics also. Glad to see Jordan beat the blank. Well done lads.

cheers tom. we could'nt go home until the wee man got onto the scorecard , he would'nt let me

great pics al and good that jordan got his fish.great to meet up with ye once more.hopefully there shall be more this summer
Brian

not a problem brian. it was great to wet a line with you again man and i'm sure there will be lot more sessions as we get into the summer months

Savage fishing chaps , love to see a great mix of species . Great pics too

thanks peter. it was a pretty long day, but worth every fish

Thats a good days fishing Al, well done, great report and photos

thanks dave. we'll have to get you a thornie if you make it up in the summer man

nice fishing there lads,see that rod is getting great use lots of lice on that trout!

that rod has taken a brave ammount of fish since it's change of ownership . i love the balance it has between being sensitive enough to register small bites, but having enough backbone to bully heavier fish outta the rough stuff i'll be giving it a name next . the trout must have recently escaped a gill net as he had cuts on either side of his gills that those bloody lice had homed in on but i made sure he had them all removed with the tweezers before he went back

really nice session well done

thanks kalem, we had a great day out

Nice session'ssss lads! happy days with the codling, gurnard and sea trout. Got out today for the 1st in a long time was very enjoyable

yee ha!! i take it the exams are over then man. time to get you out fishing then

Variety is the spice of life, good session chaps.

thanks robbie. you'll have to get out for a chuck with us in the summer as i plan to get dawsey out to some of the rock marks that are on your doorstep man

good fishing lads nice variety of fish,,great pics to,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well done,.

thanks man, hopefully that's just the start of it for the summer

Well done everyone. Concrats to Brian on getting his thornback and sea trout, nice one

cheers paula. norman and you will have to put the mullet gear away and get a race up there for a session in the summer

well done on the session a great mix of fish there

thanks mark. we had a blast

All finished now buddy so gonna torture a few fish in tenerife first though

Great session lads well done, keep them comming