Portrush East Strand (14/01/12)

People: My Dad and I

Duration: 8pm - 2am

Tide: 3hrs before high 'till 3 hours after

Weather: Awesome

Bait: Ragworm and Mackeral

Rigs: 2 hook flappers

Results: Flounder, Coalies, Whiting




Report: I would have preferred to fish Redbay last night, but high tide was 3am and my dad is getting old so rather than getting home at about 7am I decided we would give Portrush a bash as high there roughly 10.30pm. Fishing was slowish to begin with, but picked up gradually and was actually best when the tide was almost fully out. I reckon a harbour or rock mark up that way would fish better at the moment, but as we hadn't been out for a while I just fancied the freedom of movement on a beach. Also, as a temperature plummet had been predicted I was concerned about hitting a few marks that you have to drive uphill to leave on the way home in case of icy roads. The biggest Flounder was half a pound, the Whiting were pins and the Coalies were half a pound to a pound. Not the most enthusiastic report in the world, but not the greatest session either, in fact the best sessions I have had in the past 5 months have been on my own doorstep, surprisingly!

(No pics as I didn't have a camera small enough!!)

Ps. thanks to the guys on site here who gave advice on the purchase of my new reel and headtorch, I'm really happy with them, cheers.

Fair play at least you go a few, and you got out with your dad

its hard to be getting anything else other than those 3 species, and at those sizes, around these parts at this time of year. and that includes red bay.
the weather being 'Awesome' surely made it worth it over all. nice 1

talked about fishin the east strand but didnt make it that far, similar results from whitrocks... always good to get out