Strangford - Sketrick

People: SlackLiner

Duration: 3hrs

Tide: Ebb (last half)

Weather: moderate southerly

Bait: sandeel

Rigs: pulley pennel 3/0

Results: Bull Huss (4.5-5lb ish)




Report: Been fishing this spot for a good few trips with little success but finally got a decent huss off it. Caught first cast on the back shore of the island on a pulley pennel medium sandeel

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Well done on your catch and for your tenacity for plugging on.

Good to see a Huss down there man... well done...

Nice fish,and in daylight too

well done man. u deinately have to put a lot of hours in down there to get a fish.

Thanks guys! Gona keep at it. I'm convinced theres good fish round these parts - even if does take all my sanity....

A sandeel's quite likely to pick up a sea trout or two in that area too.

Thanks guys! Gona keep at it. I'm convinced theres good fish round these parts - even if does take all my sanity....

I would love you to be right mate, as im sick of headin north coast , travel time and expense of fuel all adds up and when you blank...but thats fishin'

A sandeel's quite likely to pick up a sea trout or two in that area too.

I've had a couple here on the fly this year nobuzz but not none on the sandeel yet. It's a movement/resistance thing I recon.

Thanks guys! Gona keep at it. I'm convinced theres good fish round these parts - even if does take all my sanity....

I would love you to be right mate, as im sick of headin north coast , travel time and expense of fuel all adds up and when you blank...but thats fishin'

Yeah strangford's tricky to fish right I guess. Its because each mark is totally different at each state of the tide/year. Its a patience thing.... annoyingly

A sandeel's quite likely to pick up a sea trout or two in that area too.

I've had a couple here on the fly this year nobuzz but not none on the sandeel yet. It's a movement/resistance thing I recon.

I've had lots of smallish trout on the fly in Strangford but nothing of any size. I'm told that a freelined or float fished sandeel is the way to pick up the bigger fish.

Keep up the good work.