north antrim rock mark mon 12th july

People: me jordan and liam

Duration: 8am to 7pm

Tide: HW 9AM & 10PM

Weather: blazing sunshine and no wind until 7pm then showers and 15mph NW

Bait: rag, mack, lug, sand eel, mussle, cockle and hardback crabs

Rigs: 1 hook rotten bottom, sliding float, conger gear on the boat rod and feathers

Results: ME - 18 coalies, 12 pollock, 1 launce, 2 pouting, 1 poor cod, 5 mackeral, 8 ballan wrasse and a doggie. JORDAN - 4 ballan wrasse, 2 conger eels to 6lb, 4 doggies and 4 pollock to 1lb. LIAM - ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, coalies and pollock.



Report: with our boat trip being cancelled i had to hatch a new plan to use up all the bait we had gathered. so i decided on a north antrim rock mark where i knew we stood the chance for something out of the ordinary or something with a bit of weight to it . i have been promising to get liam out for a session with us for ages, but because of conflicting working shedules and family committments this was the first chance he had to make it on a session. i was glad to hear that his expectations were set pretty low as he reckoned it would be a good day so long as he did'nt blank . that was'nt gona be a problem . we arrived at the mark and got set up with bites coming from the get go . another angler came over and introduced himself as he knew us from our reports and the usual fishing chat ensued . jordan was first into a fish with a few wrasse and liam had dropped down in hook size and was duely rewarded with a few ballan and corkwing wrasse. so he was happy as his dreaded blank was put to rest and the fish came in at a good pace. suncream was the order of the day as the sun was scorching and we all got a good bit of colour to us. we all fished 1 rod each with both me and jordan opting to fish the bottom and liam set up a sliding float. a good mix of species came in with wrasse to 2lb and a 1lb pollock for jordan. as we approached high water i tried a bit of fluff chucking and was pulling in wee pollock and coalies 5 at a time. great craic on light spinning gear. i also got a lucky full house of macks, but as soon as the shoal appeared it was gone again . the highlight of the session was jordan getting 2 conger eels on his bass rod. one of them came in at 6lb on the nose and gave him a great scrap. there were 2 runs on the boat rod but sadly no hook ups. all in all a great day out in the sun with plenty of fish for us all. what more could you ask for

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Great session lads,,,,damn those interfering work schedules and family committments Al Some great pics and I bet there'll be more up before i finish this reply. ps Tell Liam to snip the tag end off his line in the pic,i have a phobia about tag ends since I got my eyeball stitched and they left a tag end on the stitches which I could feel every time I blinked Ouch!!

I knew it,,more pics

Great report and pictures as usual Al,Well done on the fishing lads sounds like a great day out and plenty of species caught.

Paddy

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nice fishing there young man

great fishing men well done cool congers

Super session lads roll on tomorrow!

another report i enjoyed al.great fishing ye 3.

nice fishing lads, ten species, well done

nice session lads, well done!

well done lads its great to have a session with that amount of species,lovely congers as well

great report again al, seem was good session lads, congrads to jordan with the nice eels good stuff lad well done boys

Great session lads,,,,damn those interfering work schedules and family committments Al Some great pics and I bet there'll be more up before i finish this reply. ps Tell Liam to snip the tag end off his line in the pic,i have a phobia about tag ends since I got my eyeball stitched and they left a tag end on the stitches which I could feel every time I blinked Ouch!!

thanks dave. stitches in the eye do'nt think i'd fancy that man well,,, i supose that's what you get for telling helen she overcooked the dinner

I knew it,,more pics

would you expect anything less from us dave

Great report and pictures as usual Al,Well done on the fishing lads sounds like a great day out and plenty of species caught.
Paddy

thanks man. we salvaged the day well

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nice fishing there young man

cheers man. he had a great day

great fishing men well done cool congers

thanks. he's gonna trade in the congers for another go at the smoothies tonight

Super session lads roll on tomorrow!

ROAD TRIP!!!

another report i enjoyed al.great fishing ye 3.

cheers brian. no big 4lb wrasse this time, but plenty to keep us busy

nice fishing lads, ten species, well done

cheers man. that's a great mark that can throw up a good mix of species at times

nice session lads, well done!

thanks chris

well done lads its great to have a session with that amount of species,lovely congers as well

thanks gerry. the congers gave him a great scrap on his bass rod

great report again al, seem was good session lads, congrads to jordan with the nice eels good stuff lad well done boys

thanks man. now all he has to do is bag himself a double figure eel , and hopefully not on his bass rod

Great session again lads and super report as usual
Some variety of fish up there!!!

Excellent, well done everyone

another great session there al well done guys, love the pic's

Fantastic guys...top marks and a great day out.

Great report & pics Al good session lads roll on the next one

sweet fishing lads,and that looks like a cracking mark! well done on the conger jordan,now go get a bigger smoothie!!