orlock, co down 29/10/06

People:me, myself and i

Duration:8am till 2pm

Tide:rising tide

Weather:lovely, mild and no wind.

Bait:king rag

Rigs:sliding float

Results:18 pollock, 2 coalies, 6 wrasse and a nice cod(around 2lb)

Catch and Release:: all except the cod.



Report:back again to whats been my home from home this year, love the place. it fished its ass off today! the float went under every cast, couldn't leave the rod down. i missed so many good bites it was scarey. i also lost the biggest fish of the day about 10 yards from the rocks! :( reckon it was either a bigger cod or a nice fat wrasse but i'll never know how big he was. really enjoyed myself, another great day at orlock. :D

Well done Rab - good session there :D

Jude

hi jude. would have been even better if i could have hit more of the bites!! the bites didn't let up all day, didn't wanna go home. the place really has fished well for me this year.

I've never tried it mate. I have foshed Killard and Ardglass but blanked at both....

How long from Belfast to Orlock?

Directions to it would be good - PM me...

about 25 to 30 mins to get there if you know the way :roll: :roll: :roll:

about 25 to 30 mins to get there if you know the way :roll: :roll: :roll:

Don't know the way - that's why I asked :roll:

You sponsored by Tom Tom?

tom tom now am lost :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

tom tom now am lost :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That's the reason you need a Tom Tom :lol: :lol: :lol:

it's a Sat-Nav

no AA road planer website :roll:

dead easy to find, head down to bangor, take the ring road and head for donaghadee via Groomsport and its along the main Groomsport-D'dee road.

ive only ever fished the rocks visible from the car and tbh i havent had any luck. Im told theres much better marks if you go on a bit but never had the time.

thats true thompo, wouldn't waste my time fishing those spots. if u walk a little u will get the benefits of it. the spot i fish is really deep water close in. the bottom is covered in large kelp beds, so if u go with the float and set it a foot off the bottom then the fish come out of the beds and wallop the bait. in the end today i was fishing 20 + foot on the float, really good deep water mark. never caught much fishing off the bottom though.

some nice fish there rab, I fished orlock a couple of times and caught a couple of nice wrasse, again they were on the float as well

Must admit i fished Orlock a few times this year and have a few fish, also blanked a couple of times when bottom fishing, i had better luck with a float or doing some spinning.

ill have to try and get down and do some exploring.

rag and mackrel for bait?

rag and shrimp i used that time