Cushendun 18 Feb.

People:myself and the wife

Duration:4-9pm

Tide:full flood

Weather:freeeeeeeeeezing,windy,snow and hail

Bait:lug,rag,mack and squid

Rigs:3 hk flapper and 1 hk clipped

Results:coalie,whiting,flats and one rockling (all small apart from Anna's 32cm coalie)




Report:
After I had a good session on the rocks last weekend, Anna decided she wouldnt mind a run out this week. After lunch I went and gathered enough bait for a few hours sport and everything was looking good until Mother Nature intervened
The brisk N.Westerly turned into a real howler and coupled with occassional but heavy snow/ hail showers it was turning into a stinking day.
We went and looked at the rock mark and while it looked safe enough, Anna announced she "was'nt fishing anywhere in this weather without a beach buddy and a petrol lamp burning beside her". Although I protested how the fishing would be better on the rocks, I was secretly glad as the temp guage on the car was showing minus 2 degrees and it was still daylight!
We decided to go on up the road to Cushendun beach and set up with the whole beach to ourselves.
We didnt have a single bite till well into darkness and even then it was only flats which were almost see through! As the evening progressed we managed to catch other bits and pieces from the gulley just in front of us (all small) and the whiting I was pulling at distance were even smaller!
Last chuck Anna pulled a 32cm coalie and while I was trying to convince myself that this was the start of them, I couldnt even persuade myself to stay on for another hour as the hail had started pelting down again.
Good to get out however, rubbish fishing is still a million times better than rubbish saturday night television.

You and the missus have guts fishing in them conditions... well done, and i must bite the bullet and get out myself.

Fair play to the both of you, that was was hardcore fishing I love to get out there but the lure of the warm indoors was too strong yesterday

Monty.

well done to the both of u on gettin out and bravin the weather. and by the looks of things u got rewarded for the effort. well done m8!!!

People:myself and the wife

Duration:4-9pm

Tide:full flood

Weather:freeeeeeeeeezing,windy,snow and hail

Bait:lug,rag,mack and squid

Rigs:3 hk flapper and 1 hk clipped

Results:coalie,whiting,flats and one rockling (all small apart from Anna's 32cm coalie)
couldn't agree more,,,,,,,,sometimes even the dreaded blank is a result




Report:
After I had a good session on the rocks last weekend, Anna decided she wouldnt mind a run out this week. After lunch I went and gathered enough bait for a few hours sport and everything was looking good until Mother Nature intervened
The brisk N.Westerly turned into a real howler and coupled with occassional but heavy snow/ hail showers it was turning into a stinking day.
We went and looked at the rock mark and while it looked safe enough, Anna announced she "was'nt fishing anywhere in this weather without a beach buddy and a petrol lamp burning beside her". Although I protested how the fishing would be better on the rocks, I was secretly glad as the temp guage on the car was showing minus 2 degrees and it was still daylight!
We decided to go on up the road to Cushendun beach and set up with the whole beach to ourselves.
We didnt have a single bite till well into darkness and even then it was only flats which were almost see through! As the evening progressed we managed to catch other bits and pieces from the gulley just in front of us (all small) and the whiting I was pulling at distance were even smaller!
Last chuck Anna pulled a 32cm coalie and while I was trying to convince myself that this was the start of them, I couldnt even persuade myself to stay on for another hour as the hail had started pelting down again.
Good to get out however, rubbish fishing is still a million times better than rubbish saturday night television.