county down rock fishing sunday 3rd march

People: myself and junior

Duration: 4 hours

Tide: 2 hours either side of high water

Weather: overcast, dry and minimal winds

Bait: slug-gos on 1oz and 3oz lead heads and a 60g german sprat lure

Rigs:

Results: pollack and coalfish




Report: well only a short one this weekend. i had a charity do to go to on satuardy evening in the ballyclare comrades social club and it was a great night. plenty of money was raised for a kids charity and plenty of pints were sank
so after 5 hours kip i was up and feulled up on coffee and ready to go out and try for a few fish. i had some furniture to deliver to my mates house in annalong in the afternoon, so we just lifted a spinning rod each and a hand full of lures and off we went
so after passing through newcastle we stopped of at one of our summer spots near bloody bridge to try for a bit. i was back out with my replacement rod after the disaster with the last one exploding mid cast
but as ever the customer service at belfast angling center was second to none. i explained what happened to the last one and harry replaced it on the spot for me. top bloke so it was out to get christined with a few fish
the fishing was slow enough with us only getting a coalfish and a pollack each, but they were better fish than what we've been getting of the beaches recently. both of my fish fell to a slug-go on 1oz lead heads and jordan got his coalfish on a german sprat lure. the best method seemed to be just giving 5 or so quick turns of the reel and letting them flutter down through the water. all the fish hit them as they were dropping down. we both lost a better fish each, with jordans being pretty decent stripping line off his reel before going ground into the kelp
but hey, thats just the way it goes
for once i got the heaviest fish of the session and junior did'nt beat me for a change
not a bad way to kill 4 hours on a sunday afternoon with just a spinning rod each and a pocket full of lures

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nice fishing lads.... your on a roll......

a few fish being caught. nice to see, lads. well done

well done Al & jordan, another nice wee session

Good results and report. Had a few heavy sessions in the Comrades Club in the past myself

well done lads nice fish there

Well done lads,nice to see ye catching some fish,yer on a roll up there.

John A

Galway

Well done Al & Jordan, after a lot of blanks lately on the louth coast, i was thinking of heading up the antrim coastline which is a good journey for me. I havn't fished that stretch your talking about for a few years and its only half an hour from me , so thanx for the report,..

Good read and great fishing as always lads..

I have a packet of sidewinder sandeels which I'm hopin to use this year...thinking bout rigging them texas style, with a 3-4 foot trace...and a 1-2 oz weight on my mainline on a slider...hopefully it'll work!!..

Well done lads you are certainly making use of the good weather Do you cut the head off the Slug-gos?

Nice, ye just cant beat lure fishing. Counting the weeks to Kerry and a fishfest. No bait rods, just two spinning rods and a whole heap of lures.

nice fishing lads.... your on a roll......

cheers alan

a few fish being caught. nice to see, lads. well done

thanks charlie

well done Al & jordan, another nice wee session

cheers don. any reports coming in from the swilly yet man?

Good results and report. Had a few heavy sessions in the Comrades Club in the past myself

cheers man. it was a great night with plenty of money raised. just a pity they only had tennants on tap. i have'nt had a thumping head like that the following day in years

well done lads nice fish there

cheers man

Well done lads,nice to see ye catching some fish,yer on a roll up there.
John A
Galway

cheers jonh. all good craic on the light spinning rods

Well done Al & Jordan, after a lot of blanks lately on the louth coast, i was thinking of heading up the antrim coastline which is a good journey for me. I havn't fished that stretch your talking about for a few years and its only half an hour from me , so thanx for the report,..

seems to be picking up man
when we were back up at the motor putting the rods away an elderly man was sitting in the car with his missus having a pack lunch. he came over for a chat and was telling me there was bass getting caught up around greencastle . we never usually venture up that far. but it might be worth a bit of exploration. the fella seemed to know his stuff and seemed genuine. might be worth a session or 2

Good read and great fishing as always lads..
I have a packet of sidewinder sandeels which I'm hopin to use this year...thinking bout rigging them texas style, with a 3-4 foot trace...and a 1-2 oz weight on my mainline on a slider...hopefully it'll work!!..

thats exactly how i had been using the slug-go's. but i find you get a better action out of them with the lead heads. you feel every twitch and when you give the rod tip little flicks it almost makes the lure dance. looks far more life like as opposed to having the lead 18 inches or so from the lure, but both methods will catch you fish. it's just down to what you feel confident with

Well done lads you are certainly making use of the good weather Do you cut the head off the Slug-gos?

thanks man, no i just put them on the way they come out of the packet. what i have noticed is that them more of the lure you have behind the hook, the better the action you get from it

Nice, ye just cant beat lure fishing. Counting the weeks to Kerry and a fishfest. No bait rods, just two spinning rods and a whole heap of lures.

ahh man, jealous ! sadly our last trip to kerry was a bust. between foul weather and netted beaches we never even got a bass gonna stay away from the dingle side next time and try another area. ahh well, we live and learn

Good stuff men great way to catch a few some nice pollock

well done Al & jordan, another nice wee session

cheers don. any reports coming in from the swilly yet man?

have not heard anything Al' might be a wee tad early for my local mark, but will be hitting it at the end of the month. will keep you informed m8.

Another Nice wee fishing trip lads Cant wait to get back after the Pollock & Wrasse!!!

Well done folks, good catching

just checked it out Al' it was the 31st of march last year when we hit into them at that mark,
i remember....cus Drew blanked on the thornie's

Good stuff men great way to catch a few some nice pollock

cheers man. good to see them showing up at a few of our marks now

Another Nice wee fishing trip lads Cant wait to get back after the Pollock & Wrasse!!!

thanks brian. have you been able to get out to try for them over your way yet man?

Well done folks, good catching

cheers man

just checked it out Al' it was the 31st of march last year when we hit into them at that mark,
i remember....cus Drew blanked on the thornie's

thats right, and you and jordan were catching them either side of him man