North Coast Rocks

People: Bingham and Drew

Duration: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Tide: Dropping by the looks of it.

Weather: Scorcher!

Bait: Rubber, Sandeel and Mackeral

Rigs: Flowing traces, Spinners

Results:
Bingham - 1 Pollack for 3.5lb
Drew - 1 Pollack for 3lb

Report:
While seemingly the rest of Ulster slept this morning Bingham and I were travelling to the North coast with Pollack on our minds. Well, Pollack, and breakfast... First stop Donaghadee, No hot food, Next stop Bangor, No hot food! Looking like I was going to to Starve, but luckily a detour to the Maxoll/Streat in Ballycastle soon sorted out the hunger as a pile of Potato bread, Sausages. Egg and Bacon was soon devoured!
Anyway, we reached the Mark after about an 45 minutes walking/hiking, marvelled for a while at its fishiness and then made our way onto the rocks we'd be fishing on, Slightly deeper water to our left, and a bit of a kelp forest to the right, looked perfect, so got tackled up with a 3oz lead towing a 3/0 Manta masked by a firey orange Jellyworm.
Bingham had trouble in the first half hour, snapping off a couple of snoods, and while he was working on a new set up I got the first hook up, I'm sure the comedy was flowing as the fish dived for the kelp as I just kept shouting "Get up you B#####d, get up"... Bingham sprung into action and got onto the lower rocks to land my fish, a couple of pictures and it was returned after a heck of a scrap.
Over the next couple of hours a various changes we didn't really pick up much, except the discovery that 2oz was too easily moved with the tide, and 4oz was too heavy and fell to the kelp far too quickly, but it was an awesome day so we didn't really see the time pass.
Now, Bingham, having thrown most of his tackle box, a small child, a kitten, and a golf club at the Pollack changed to his secret weapon, Xslayer was sent soaring to the crashing turnmoil of a now swell filled sea, *BANG* Fish on first cast, "It's a good one!", so I got my gear in (nearely lost Bingham his fish as I tangled his line with my leader, but bit it off to save the fish), he got it to his feet, and I went to the flat rock below to retrieve it. It felt better than mine, so a couple of pics and it was duely dispatched for the pan.
We gave it about another hour, but the arrival of Mr Seal sort of put us off after that...
45 Minute yomp back to the car and a swift run home. Great morning! Great craic!

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Nice pollock! Good to see the fishing picking up that direction.

Nice few pollack You deserved them after that hike down!

2 beauties there Drew, well done, the jelly worm did the job! I might have a go tomorrow as I didnt get out today- working. Good pics, lovely fish.

Nice Pollock lads great scrapers

great pollock nice to see things picking up

Nice pollock!

nice pollock well done lads

Thanks for the comments lads, Best fun I've had this year so far...

fair play lads,fine fish

good to see some bigger fish knocking about

great report drew, 2 great fish. sounds like a crackin day

good job drew - good to know they are around without me having to trek down.

great way to spend a saturday mornin roll on the summer

Nice Going Lads...

Mick

well done lads fine pollock

great way to spend a saturday mornin roll on the summer

WRASSE NEXT, THEN THORNIES!

awesome for this time of the year drew, congrats

Cheers Dawsey, though if you look a few years back the same venue fished very well for Davy and Ronald...

nice 1 man lovely pollock there, just wish i could get 1, im get nothing but coalies at the minute. well done m8