Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:49 pm
People: Dan, Kyle, Me
Duration: 6.45pm - 10pm
Tide: Pushing, Lovely!
Weather: Lashing, then gorgeous!
Bait: Dans freshly dug lug, Peeler, and Mack
Rigs: Loops and 2 up 1 downs
Results: Coalfish, Pollack, Whiting, Pouting, Poor Cod, SS Sea Scorpion, Ballan Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Haddock, Shore Rockling!
Report:
Ever have one of those nights that you know is gonna turn out great? Well this wasn't one of them! I got home from work at 4pm and made plans to go fishing with Dan. Got the gear together and was just loading the car up when the rain started. I had a "Stuff it" moment and decided I wasn't for letting a bit of the wet stuff put me off. So it was off to the Dee!
Dan and Kyle fished over the back wall, while I took the traditional approach and fished in the middle. As soon as baits touched bottom we were plagued by hordes of Coalies and Pouting. It was indeed a hectic 3 hours with the roads hardly stopping.
Dan fished into the rough most of the night, getting a Sea Scorpion, Haddock and managed a beautiful female Cuckoo Wrasse. His first for the year and a great bit of variety fishing on Donaghadee.
Fishing continued most of the night with savage bites from a couple of Ballan wrasse at the far side of the harbour. Not big, but great fun on a match rod!
A real gem of a night
Drew
Duration: 6.45pm - 10pm
Tide: Pushing, Lovely!
Weather: Lashing, then gorgeous!
Bait: Dans freshly dug lug, Peeler, and Mack
Rigs: Loops and 2 up 1 downs
Results: Coalfish, Pollack, Whiting, Pouting, Poor Cod, SS Sea Scorpion, Ballan Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Haddock, Shore Rockling!
Report:
Ever have one of those nights that you know is gonna turn out great? Well this wasn't one of them! I got home from work at 4pm and made plans to go fishing with Dan. Got the gear together and was just loading the car up when the rain started. I had a "Stuff it" moment and decided I wasn't for letting a bit of the wet stuff put me off. So it was off to the Dee!
Dan and Kyle fished over the back wall, while I took the traditional approach and fished in the middle. As soon as baits touched bottom we were plagued by hordes of Coalies and Pouting. It was indeed a hectic 3 hours with the roads hardly stopping.
Dan fished into the rough most of the night, getting a Sea Scorpion, Haddock and managed a beautiful female Cuckoo Wrasse. His first for the year and a great bit of variety fishing on Donaghadee.
Fishing continued most of the night with savage bites from a couple of Ballan wrasse at the far side of the harbour. Not big, but great fun on a match rod!
A real gem of a night
Drew
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:53 pm
Was a good nights fishing, happy with it.
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:03 am
Well done on a great session lads 
. It would seem that the Dee is fishing well at the minute!
. It would seem that the Dee is fishing well at the minute!
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:41 pm
Welldone on the cuckoo wrasse dont see all that many caught from the shore.
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:08 pm
seems to be plenty of cuckoo wrasse around the dee at the minute. Drew ya forgot the pipefish too. lol
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:17 pm
well done great session was there any size to the haddock
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:25 pm
It was a baby mate.
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:53 pm
nice fishin.this venue seems to be popular
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:12 pm
Grand wee session with good results well done lads.
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:22 pm
nice busy night i,ve never got a female cuckoo wrasse even out in the boat ,at least i know what they look like now 
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:47 am
lol Roger. Rare enough from the Shore...
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:11 pm
thats good going,i was down there a couple of tuesdays ago,one of the best days of the summer (weather-wise)...could see to the bottom..and out for probablly 60 metres...could see every bit of week,stones..whatever...except fish.
3 hrs around the best of the tide and not a bite...so again,good going!
3 hrs around the best of the tide and not a bite...so again,good going!
Re: Donaghadee, Co Down, 22/08/10 (10 Species)
Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:04 pm
Seems to be really good some days and qhite poor others, but we normally pick up something.