ramore head portrush sat 20th april

People: me and junior

Duration: 1pm to 8pm

Tide: HW 4.30pm

Weather: 20mph westerlys gusting to 35mph but nice and sunny

Bait: rag, lug and mackerel

Rigs: pennel pulleys, sliding float, 8/0 conger traces, assorted soft plastics and spinners

Results: ME - blankety blank checkbook and pen. JORDAN - 3 bearded rockling




Report: with the last few trips all over ireland being a bit of a bust due to foul weather and almost 6 weeks of easterlys we decided to stick close to home this weekend and throw everything at it in a hope to finally find some fish. so after checking in on the parents to see if it was ok for us to head off we loaded the motor and set off to portrush. i reckoned ramore head would be a safe bet getting us access to deep water so we could try all disciplines of fishing to finally break this poor form we've been struggling with recently .
so i know it might sound a bit overkill but we tried everything. spinning, float fishing, bottom fishing and even had 4 boat rods out for conger. added to that there was a good 2lb of rag and lug that was almost beyond use. so whatever did'nt go on a hook got fed in bit by bit at our feet as groundbait to create a bit of interest. there was a dozen big mackerel that ended up going in in small pieces around the conger gear throughout the session to ampilfy the oily scent and lure any eels into the notion for a feed. so all bases were well and truely covered.
but alas, it was'nt to be the only fish caught in the entire session was a decent enough 3 bearded rockling that hooked himself on jordans conger gear while i blanked yet again.
so jordan saved the blank and i went home fishless. i'm starting to think i've lost me mojo
hopefully the sea temps will rise soon and things will improve and i won't have to consider taking up golf or something

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same old story al.. the young lad showing you up again...lol.... although it is always nice to get out......

tell me about it alan
if it was'nt for jordan, our last few trips would have been completely fishless

Me thinks the fishing is about to explode. Saw loads of sane eps in the water yesterday
Mack's can be too far behind

i hope so rory, it's been pretty grim the past 6 weeks or so man
i had a look back through our fishing diarys and it was 3 years ago when it was grim for almost the same duration at the same time of year. so hopefully may will turn things around

Well done, Jordan, nice to get something at those hard fishing times, this year eveything has been messed up hopelly it turns up soon.
Anyway well done to you lads

lovely wee rockling all the same, great pics Al
i was a stones throw away, in the harbour bar, when you were packing up.. had my fishing done for the day. maybe a pint would have been a better idea for you... very quiet all round!

Hard luck AL , id say we Will all be glad to see the back of those east winds! - roll on the "summer"!

Keep at it, law of averages, something must find your hook eventually! well done, Jordan

I know the feeling Al I had four blanks in row but luckily I finally started catching again at long last will stick up a report soon & well done Jordan nice Rockling

same as guys I was in portstewart saterday and sunday managed just 1 doggie. might aswell of sat twiddling my thumbs. tried absolutely everything spinning float on bottom, moved around to different marks and still 1 doggie. me and the bro heading down the south east coast next week to see if the luck turns down there, hopefully a few bass. heads up anyway guys and hope it turns around. nice good sized rockling there too guys.

keep the chin up al , the fish wont be far away next time , well done for covering all the bases!

keep the chin up al , the fish wont be far away next time , well done for covering all the bases!

Well done, Jordan, nice to get something at those hard fishing times, this year eveything has been messed up hopelly it turns up soon.
Anyway well done to you lads

cheers man. it's been tough going the last 4 or 5 weeks. fingers crossed things improve man

lovely wee rockling all the same, great pics Al
i was a stones throw away, in the harbour bar, when you were packing up.. had my fishing done for the day. maybe a pint would have been a better idea for you... very quiet all round!

a cold pint of guiness would have went down a treat man

Hard luck AL , id say we Will all be glad to see the back of those east winds! - roll on the "summer"!

cheers davy. could'nt agree more man. these east winds have been relentless

Keep at it, law of averages, something must find your hook eventually! well done, Jordan

hope so daire. lets hope this weekend turns out better

I know the feeling Al I had four blanks in row but luckily I finally started catching again at long last will stick up a report soon & well done Jordan nice Rockling

cheers brian. gonna go back to the lure fishing this weekend to see if we have any better luck

same as guys I was in portstewart saterday and sunday managed just 1 doggie. might aswell of sat twiddling my thumbs. tried absolutely everything spinning float on bottom, moved around to different marks and still 1 doggie. me and the bro heading down the south east coast next week to see if the luck turns down there, hopefully a few Bass. heads up anyway guys and hope it turns around. nice good sized rockling there too guys.

thanks man. good luck on the bass hunt

keep the chin up al , the fish wont be far away next time , well done for covering all the bases!

cheers man. we threw everything at it. i honestly thought we would have had better success. but sure,,,,,, you can only catch whats out there in front of you and sadly there was nothing out there in front of us that day ah well. theres always this weekend to try and see if we can find a fish or 2