red bay co.antrim saturday 4th december

People: me, jordan, mark and liam78

Duration: 4pm to 10pm

Tide: HW 22.09

Weather: rain, sleet, snow 5mph NE gusting to 11mph & cold enough to re-freeze our bait

Bait: mack, bluey, squid and rag

Rigs: 3 hook flappers, mini feathers and 3 up 1 down rigs

Results: doggies, codling, dab, coalies, whiting, pollock, 5 bearded rockling, pouting and flounder




Report: well it was the weekend again and with the forecast jordan did'nt want to venture too far from the motor, so the bass hunt was out the window again. but a venue was decided on and liam met us at the spot, which to all our surprise was empty . so we got out and were set up in quick time and before i got myself and jordan sorted with rigs liam was already pulling in the coalies. it was pretty much non stop from start to finish with everyone getting in on the action. about half way through the session jordan's wee fingers were frozen and he hopped into the car to warm up and the duely fell asleep for an hour . in saying that when he reappeared he got straight back into it pulling in coalie after coalie. they were just the normal 30cm sized ones but plenty of fun on the light gear. i think we all had doubles and trebles of some description during the session and the fishing was so active that we all dropped down to one rod each as it was getting a bit silly. as we got towards the end of the session i decided to try for something a bit bigger and changed over to a 4/0 3 hook flapper rig. i decided to go big on the baits with a joey on 1 hook, an entire calamari squid on the other and half a bluey on the bottom hook. within seconds of the bait hitting the water i noticed the rod tip give a wee twitch and i reeled in a wee codling not much bigger than the calamari he tried to eat . i honestly wonder what goes on in their wee heads when they try to eat a bait the same size as themselves . by now the bait was almost done and i gave it the old "one last cast routine" and got a pretty decent knock. i was made up to discover a nice cod on the bottom hook who ate the entire half bluey in one gulp . not exactly what you'd call a monster by the recent reports down the south east coast, but pretty decent for up here . by 10pm we decided to wrap it up and head into carnlough for a chinese . cathal came down for a chat and to introduce himself as we were wrapping up, so nice to meet you man. we'll have to get a bass session sorted for the next few weeks on the north coast . another busy weekend's fishing with plenty to go round for all the lads and the scores ended up:
ME 5 doggies, 2 codling, 4 dab, 16 coalies, 9 whiting, 11 pollock and a 5 bearded rockling
JORDAN 27 coalies, 7 whiting, 7 dab and 5 pollock
MARK 3 flounder, 5 dab, 1 pouting, 4 whiting, 18 coalies, 14 pollock and 2 doggies
LIAM 14 coalies, 5 dab, 6 whiting and 1 codling

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well done lads ,jordan must be a coalie magnet

well lads. another great session. well don AL a great report and as you said plenty to go around. you will have to have a westy session soon lads.

ONCE AGAIN AL RESPECT FOR FISHING WHERE ESKIMOS FEAR TO TREAD!!! NICE MIX OF SPECIES.

well done al nd jordan

nice one al , i see your tyring to hide the venue from your pics except you can see concrete in the pic with the dogfish

Great mix of fish and plenty of them. well done lads great stuff

about half way through the session jordan's wee fingers were frozen and he hopped into the car to warm up and the duely fell asleep for an hour

the wee man was just being polite, he was giving you's the chance to catch up
nice session guys

Another good session lads,well done can't waith to get out soon myself for a few casts

Have to agree with Don here Al Jordan just wanted to take it easy on you guys
Nice selection of species
I must take Dylan around the antrim coast some day for something a bit different
I don't know any marks up that way so perhaps when we are heading up you can
give me a bit of advice

Cathal

yep enjoy that night a bit warmer 5c some fish were jumping around include big splash not to sure what it was .
meet one the guys on the form nice to meet you mate

Good to meet you Al, Jordan, Liam and Mark. I'm just going out to check how my mate is getting on, he decided to fish a different mark from where he had planned, but he's not too far away. Dont think I'm gonna wet a line myself tonight, had a busy day birdwatchin and talkin some photos, covered a fair bit of ground, its froze up very hard outside right now, I'll let you know how John is gettin on.

Nothing much to report, few small coley and whiting, but there must be a few herring about, Johns mate foul hooked one, about half a pound or slightly better.

Nice session lads, was well worth braving that weather hey!!

lot a fish...great part of the coast...well done ye all

good to see ye out lads,and nice to see jordan can STILL outfish ye all!

Some decent fish there lads , well done on the codling.

nice 1 lads.nice selection.wudnt u think that there be bigger ones of those cods in with the smaller fellas.was it a sandy beach ye were fishing off al

i havent been in ages. sounds like a decent session lads. well done