Carrick Harbour 05-09-10

People: Me, Myself and I

Duration: 7am - 11.30am

Tide: High tide 8ish

Weather: Overcast

Bait: Mackerel, lug and sand eel, left over from Glenarm

Rigs: 2 hook flapper, single hook flapper

Results: 2 Dogfish

Report:

Decided to use up the bait that was left from Glenarm Beach on friday night. So woke myself up early and tried to shake the hangover off !!

Got to Carrick Harbour around 7ish and set up, place was dead, no bites, 9.45 came and the hangover got worse, decided to pack up. Started to reel the big rod in, and i thought i was dragging in a bit of weed, I looked over the wall watched the shockleader come up and then a doggie, well pleased as it was my first ever I found it strange that the fish didnt fight or even knock the rod, even when i was getting the hook out, the doggie just curled up into a ball, i couldn't even straighten the thing out for a photo, it just locked into this ball.

Anyways hangover was gone so i rebaited and cast out again, and straight away got a big knock and reeled in a fighting dogfish this time, well pleased!!!

Great wee morning!

sometimes/most times fishing at carrick harbour a dogfish would be considered a very good result

i had a dogfish curl up in a ball on me this year as well. never ever seen one do that before.
even when i put it back in the water (which was very clear) i could see it sink all the way to the bottom still curled up and sit there for a few minutes before swimming off

it was very strange behaviour

Yeah, that is exactly what happened today when i threw it backin, i just watched it sink like a stone, thought maybe it had died on me.

the doggies are hardy wee fish that hardly ever die on you. in fact i do'nt think we've ever had one go belly up and we've caught hundreds of the wee guys