Portrush sat 20th Nov

People:me

Duration:4 hrs

Tide:very calm

Weather:lovely

Bait:rag and mack

Rigs:floating and 2 up one down

Results:one coalie, 4 wrasse



Report:headed down on sat on my own as i hadnent been out in a week or so. the weather was lovely and it was nice and sunny as you can see from the picture. i tried a mark that hadnt let me down before and was rewarded after 30 sec with a nice wee coalie (please confirm lol as i aint always sure of fish). but it died off for a while after that and i only got another ballen wrasse. nice wee dark one.

i then moved around Ramoure Head for a go on the float. this was usless as i never got a bite at all. i changed back again and fired it back out. which was a bite a min session. i was getting well drunk off with the amount of snagging i was getting

i then landed another wee brown and white wrasse and then i got what i think is my first corkwing wrasse judging by the lovely green on it. please tell me if im right as i was well excited on my own at getting it! lol

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Nice Wee session of daytime at this time of year mate.

Well done.

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Nice Wee session of daytime at this time of year mate.

Well done.

cheers, it was a bit slow after a quick start but i didnt mind as it was a decent day and not too cold lol

Spot on with the id. Corkwing wrasse. Well done on the new species. nice little session

nice session well done on the wrass

Some very nice wrasse there Polmac. Well done.

i cant believe the wrasse are still getting caught.

good job polmac

i cant believe the wrasse are still getting caught.

good job polmac

cheers mate. there was a load about on sat, esp around ramoure head. none on the float, all on the ground with rag only

i cant believe the wrasse are still getting caught.

good job polmac

cheers mate. there was a load about on sat, esp around ramoure head. none on the float, all on the ground with rag only

interesting to hear that. . i usually stop fishing ramore till the new year but i may take a trip down soon and see if there are any big wrasse about still, i had a craker 6lb+ ballen in sept which really showed what wrasse can do.

thats a cracker wrasse. well mine well all pretty small. i got the corkwing around there but i was getting serious bites around there, just at the pipe exit. it was the best fishing i had had that day.

the mack was a waste of time, the rag worked really well

thats a cracker wrasse. well mine well all pretty small. i got the corkwing around there but i was getting serious bites around there, just at the pipe exit. it was the best fishing i had had that day.

the mack was a waste of time, the rag worked really well

it was bigger than i've had on the boat trips and nearly pulled me in. its a good spot that because there is a nice deep hole just out from the pipe.

did you say you bottom fished it??

thats a cracker wrasse. well mine well all pretty small. i got the corkwing around there but i was getting serious bites around there, just at the pipe exit. it was the best fishing i had had that day.

the mack was a waste of time, the rag worked really well

it was bigger than i've had on the boat trips and nearly pulled me in. its a good spot that because there is a nice deep hole just out from the pipe.

did you say you bottom fished it??

yup, i fired it out in front of it and was getting a fair few bites. i lost a few traces as well in there. the floating was no use at all, i tried both rag and mack on it in front of and around that area with zero bites.

thats a cracker wrasse. well mine well all pretty small. i got the corkwing around there but i was getting serious bites around there, just at the pipe exit. it was the best fishing i had had that day.

the mack was a waste of time, the rag worked really well

it was bigger than i've had on the boat trips and nearly pulled me in. its a good spot that because there is a nice deep hole just out from the pipe.

did you say you bottom fished it??

yup, i fired it out in front of it and was getting a fair few bites. i lost a few traces as well in there. the floating was no use at all, i tried both rag and mack on it in front of and around that area with zero bites.

cool - i wonder why the float didnt work for you?

its a rough ol bottom at the pipe area but there is sand further out with a decent cast.

tight lines mate - keep at it

indeed its a good spot

a couple of years ago i had 83 wrasse in about 4 hours out of there, i was using cement "leads" made in old film cannisters with just a hook and rag for bait.
believe or not i didn't lose 1 rig either.

i remember it well, twas one of, if not thee, best wrasse bashing sessions ive ever had.

stinks though

indeed its a good spot

a couple of years ago i had 83 wrasse in about 4 hours out of there, i was using cement "leads" made in old film cannisters with just a hook and rag for bait.
believe or not i didn't lose 1 rig either.

i remember it well, twas one of, if not thee, best wrasse bashing sessions ive ever had.

stinks though

i bet that was fun, my arm would be wrecked after all that.


we are lucky enough now the pipe has been decommisioned - i was told not to eat any fish from there that had sweetcorn in its mouth!!!!!

now the pipe has been decommisioned

shows how long its been since ive been there i didnt even know it was!

nice result man good to see some wrasse still about

nice wrasse throught the wrasse were gone for the winter havnt got much this year.