A North Antrim Seatrout Shocker! 29/03/11

People: Bingham and Drew

Duration: 5pm - 9pm

Tide: Most of the push

Weather: Threatened rain, none arrived, 7'c.

Bait: Ragworm, Black Lug, Mackeral, Squid

Rigs: Loops, DDP, 2 Hook Flapper

Results:

A Few Plaice, a load of coalies, some dabs, a couple of Codling and.... A SEATROUT!

Report:

First of all, I'd like to thank Al (of AlandJordan fame), for the bag of ragworm, it really helped out tonight, glad we got your car going again earlier mate! Wouldn't have liked to see you stuck in the East! Also, thanks to Bingham, who drove!

Ok, the report, got to the venue just before 5pm, to find the tide still very low, and got set up. I went for a bit of an explore, and Bingham had a Dab while I was away, when I came back Bingham informed me I'd been getting a few rattles. So, first retrieve for me yielded a Plaice, while Bingham had one which was dead thick, I'd say 3/4 of an inch and 23cm long.

So we got rebaited and the gear back in the water, I had a couple of knocks then the rod went over, Bingham immediately said Coalie, and I agreed, but there was power behind its fight, so it must have been a good one... Got it to under the rod tip and it ploughed off again, it WASN'T a Coalie! So I'm playing the fish, while shouting BASS! BASS! WAIT.... SEATROUT! Just then it threw itself out of the water and suspicions were confirmed! A couple of tense moments later and it was flapping about on the ground in front of me, got it unhooked, a few photos, measured in at 45cm then released it. Held it in the water a moment to allow some recovery, 2 kicks of the tail and it left my hands, regained its composure then shot off to the sanctuary of deeper water. So happy to see him, and happier to see him leave unharmed, only my 2nd Seatrout ever and a real surprise on this mark.

The rest of the night was much the same, plenty of Flats and rounds coming in, Bingham had a nice wee Codling, and I was picking up plenty on the loop rigs on the bass rod. Plenty of wee Plaice making a showing.
I'm happy enough, another 2 species for the year, and the 100 hours fishing mark passed for 2011.
Can't wait to get out again!

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Nice one Drew, good stuff.

abit of a shocker alright drew its always nice to catch something that u wernt exspecting. def some great fish there well done m8!!!!

Drew are you not always telling me sea trout are crap?????
Wait till ya feel the fight of a decent one not like that smoult you have there

great result drew!! glad the worms were of some use to you man. even my life prolonging methods could'nt have kept those boys alive another week. so good to see they were put to good use
i'll just have to remember to turn my headlights off when i'm chatting away to people in future just as well there was a bit of a slope where i had parked the motor up at to get her bumped over

Well done nice days fishing there and a fine size trout

nice one mate, well done on the sea trout

Drew are you not always telling me sea trout are crap?????
Wait till ya feel the fight of a decent one not like that smoult you have there

Its always nice to get one for the year Colin, I just don't see the joy in fishing exclusively for them...
As the man says, variety is the spice of life....

Thanks for the comments lads, it was a nice surprise!

well done on the sea trout

nice few species there!nice trout aswell

nice one on the trout lads.

dave

nice session,,,well done on the trout drew,,,,,

Thanks lads!

Drew are you not always telling me sea trout are crap?????
Wait till ya feel the fight of a decent one not like that smoult you have there

Its always nice to get one for the year Colin, I just don't see the joy in fishing exclusively for them...
As the man says, variety is the spice of life....

Indeed it is Drew,indeed it is

Was a gd nit

nice fishing lads and fine sea trout well done

well done lads

Thanks lads!

Nice seatrout Just out of interest what does 'DDP' stand for in your rigs section?