Portaferry 21/09/05

People: me and a mate

Duration: 9pm-11.30pm

Tide: low at 10ish

Weather: light rain and constant strong easterly wind

Bait: mack and squid

Rigs: pulleys, conger rig and feathers

Results: 1 mackrel 5 small coallies


Report: mate decided he wanted to head out fishing so we headed off to try and get bait. was too dark to dig anything, so went to sainsbury where you can normally buy fresh whole mackrel. they only had smoked fillets and fresh squid lol.

tried the smoked mackrel but tbh it was usless as expected lol fell off the hooks but smelt great! mate switched to squid and still nothing.

i fired on some feathers got a mackrel first cast that was quickly dispatched and used as bait. set up for conger using mackrel head but no luck :( back on to the feathers and got about 5 or 6 small coallies.

not great night but at least we caught something :) off up the north coast now, hopefully have some better luck :D

PORTAFERRY
DATE: FRIDAY 7/10/05
TIME: 9.45PM--12.00AM
TIDE: LOW AND RISING
WEATHER: DRY,LIGHT WINDS BUT VERY COLD
BAIT: JUST FEATHERS

HAD BEEN IN STRANGFORD-NOTHING HAPPENING
GOT FERRY OVER INTO PORTAFERRY.
WE WERE FISHING JUST OVER 2 HOURS (JUST TWO OF US)

RESULTS: FECKING BRILL....APPROX 35-40 COLLIES AND 2 MACKERAL :shock:
COLLIES 5/6 SMALL-REST VERY GOOD SIZES

A REALLY GREAT NIGHTS FISHING---HIGHLY RECOMMENDED,BUT IT MUST BE AT NIGHT :lol:

P.S WRAP UP WARM BECAUSE THE WIND CUTS YOU ON TWO..... :idea: