up north 11/4/11
Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:48 am
People:me and the brother
Duration:8pm-11pm
Tide:dont know
Weather:dry and warm
Bait:black lug ,mack strips and razor
Rigs:
Results:2coley,3turbot,1 flounder
Report:
with a couple of days work up north we packed the rods and baits in case there was a chance of a wee session. when we came over the final mountain to our destination there was a massive surf on the beach so all i could think of was getting the job done and getting into the fishing.
we eventually got set up on the beach around 8pm and it was actually hard to tell whether the tide was coming in or going out as the surf was even bigger by now. to cast out over the big ones meant we had to wade out to our waist and then get back to shore real quick before we got sucked out to sea in the next big wave, exciting stuff.
first hour passed without a bite but we were'nt really that bothered as the scenery and waves kept us occupied but eventually the bites started coming.
first fish went to the brother a coley about a lb weight and the next, a nice little turbot and the next, a double shot of turbot and coley, a nice coley at that close to 2.5lb and again another turbot . finally my first fish on and fighting well untill halfway in things go a little lighter but still something on so in comes a fine flounder just short of 40cm. im sure i lost a good coley unless the flounder fought like that anyway one last cast before retiring to the bed at 11pm as its an early start in the morning and that was that. took a bit of a trashing but was great to see some turbot landed. all fished returned after a photo but what a beautiful place to fish
Duration:8pm-11pm
Tide:dont know
Weather:dry and warm
Bait:black lug ,mack strips and razor
Rigs:
Results:2coley,3turbot,1 flounder
Report:
with a couple of days work up north we packed the rods and baits in case there was a chance of a wee session. when we came over the final mountain to our destination there was a massive surf on the beach so all i could think of was getting the job done and getting into the fishing.
we eventually got set up on the beach around 8pm and it was actually hard to tell whether the tide was coming in or going out as the surf was even bigger by now. to cast out over the big ones meant we had to wade out to our waist and then get back to shore real quick before we got sucked out to sea in the next big wave, exciting stuff.
first hour passed without a bite but we were'nt really that bothered as the scenery and waves kept us occupied but eventually the bites started coming.
first fish went to the brother a coley about a lb weight and the next, a nice little turbot and the next, a double shot of turbot and coley, a nice coley at that close to 2.5lb and again another turbot . finally my first fish on and fighting well untill halfway in things go a little lighter but still something on so in comes a fine flounder just short of 40cm. im sure i lost a good coley unless the flounder fought like that anyway one last cast before retiring to the bed at 11pm as its an early start in the morning and that was that. took a bit of a trashing but was great to see some turbot landed. all fished returned after a photo but what a beautiful place to fish
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Re: up north 11/4/11
Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:53 am
nothing wrougwith that at all.....new mark,,,may produce better later on in the year,,,,,,just curious but the pic which you call a turbot has the shape more to be a brill,,,i always find the turbot more roundier but i could be wrong there,,,,,,,,
Re: up north 11/4/11
Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:13 am
nice going there darren 
Re: up north 11/4/11
Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:39 pm
looks like a brill to me if it has bony protuberances down its back its a brill
Re: up north 11/4/11
Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:43 pm
cheers lads ,im no expert myself but caught one just like it last year on a local beach and i thought then it was a brill but was told by many of the experts on here it was a turbot, ah sure if it is a brill all the better. going back up tomorrow so might get another shot at it .
turbot from last year below
its a hard one to call
turbot from last year below
its a hard one to call
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