ballintoy, 8/10/11

myself and darren
5 hours
high and rough!
dull and showery

rag n mac

float and spinning

5 small coalies

our usual mark was very dangerous today with very rough seas, so we headed for the relative safety of ballintoy instead.
that turned out to be a mistake!
we had 5 small coalies between us 4 on the float with rag n mac and i had one on the spinner{dexter wedge).
we left at 7 oclock because the fishing and weather was terrible. there was nothing picture worthy!




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At least you got a few, might have been more of a mistake to go to the usual mark in rough weather

yes that true! i always wear a floatation jacket but you cant take safety for granted. at least we didnt blank!

saftey first.a few small fish better than nothing. happy days.

Its a small world..... I was the other eejit down fishing beside you that day
I was down after the wrasse and i didn`t even have a bite while i was there

Tho i did have a few fish to 4lb 8oz(which was a PB ) at another mark 2 hours before

Thats a cracking wrasse Davy.

Daniel got a 2.5lber off Donaghadee pier 2 weeks ago. Super fish.

hello davy, did you arrive or leave around 5:30/6 ish? it was a rough day! we tried 5oz grippers on the bottom and they wouldnt hold, we tried the float for a few wrasse aswell but no luck, i had a good fish follow my lure in only to turn at the last minute! would have improved the day but hey ho thats life!

Thats a cracking wrasse Davy.

Daniel got a 2.5lber off Donaghadee pier 2 weeks ago. Super fish.

Cheers mate My PB wrasse was 4lb 1oz but i`ve broke that 4 times in 4 trips with 27 other wrasse between 3lb-3lb 14oz and loads of smaller one`s
None from the Co Down coast tho...
2.5lb`s a cracking wrasse for the Dee but Bangor has bigger

hello davy, did you arrive or leave around 5:30/6 ish? it was a rough day! we tried 5oz grippers on the bottom and they wouldnt hold, we tried the float for a few wrasse aswell but no luck, i had a good fish follow my lure in only to turn at the last minute! would have improved the day but hey ho thats life!

No i was leaving as that bloke arrived...Think he`d been fishing Ballycastle first!!
I arrived while you were down on the low rocks...

I was very disapointed with Balintoy,there should`ve been a few wrasse about

they havent been about much lately, we have been down the last few saturdays, i was hoping to catch some because my mate in the yellow coat is very new to fishing so a thought a new species would keep his interest! to be fair though ballintoy in general hasnt fished well. i remember going there regularly with my da 10/12 years ago and it was great.

Davy,

Without giving too many secrets away, I assume you fish close in off the back of the pier for the wrasse?

I will pm you davy