The Mistress does the doggie slam 9th january 2010

Vessel:
The Mistress
Crew:Myself and Davy Mac
Duration:
7hrs
Tide:
down and up
Weather:
snowing/sunshine/cloudy and easterly wind
Bait:
Squid and Mackeral
Rigs:
running ledger
Results:After the weather we have had this week it wasn't looking to promising for the weekend, but I recieved a call from Davy on friday evening to see if I fancied a run out," What about the wind and snow forecast" I enquired Davy's reply was "I'm game if you are" so that was it days fishing organised. Saturday morning and the snow was falling as quick as the temperature on the approach from Bangor to belfast the thermometer in the jeep fell from a chilly 0 degree to minus 6.
On arrival at the harbour we were worrying about the slipway being frozen up but everything went smoothly bar the strange fizzling sound from the starboard battery and a wee puff of smoke when Davy turned the engine over prior to Launching
The plan for the day was to head straight out to the deep water and try for Blackmouthed dogs and spurdog at anchor. when we got to the mark the anchor was dropped and we waited to make sure it had caught ,first drop and everything was going well then the boat started to move, thankfully the anchor bit again saving having the hassle of reanchoring and possibly loss of the chum bag. It wasn't long before the doggies moved in on the baits, I managed to hook something half decent only to lose the wholelot when the braid parted on retrevial the end of the line looked frayed retied a new rubbing leader and trace and back into the depths, I managed a small conger and then the next thing Davy hooked into something decent, on eventual arrival at the surface a cracking huss of 12lb appeared with a couple of doggies on the lower hook, unfortunately my line was tangled up in the middle of everything, the huss had done a cracking job of wrapping itself up in my braid cutting it in the process, 300+ feet of braid and another trace lost, I was not having a good day!
The number of doggies increased as the tide slackened and then Davy brought in a nice wee blackmouth, it was we started to think about getting the doggie Grand slam of lesser spotted, bull huss, spurdog and balckmouthed dog all in the one session, all we needed was a spurdog. just before the tide turned I hooked into something other than a lsd going by the fight. a wee spurdog of 4lb broke surface, followed by a bigger 10lb about an hour later.
After that there was nothing of note bar the steady stream of doggies, that was until Davy hooked something with a bit of weight, 20 mins of pulling and hauling a gaining a bit of line back onto the reel it was decided he actually been pulling the boat across the tide against the anchor after eventually breaking the braid we decided to haul anchor and head for home before the roads started to freeze up again.

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Well done! fantastic session! well done on the blackmouth dogfish too looks really cool!

well done on getting out lads and very well done on the catches.

fair play for making the effort and reaping the rewards, nice quad of dogs

well done lads.

fair play to you for getting out there looks like a great day s fishing and a nice mix of dogs i d say you had numb hands with the temps at -6

well done lads,thats a cool slam,and that blackmouth is the biz!!think i have to add to my wishlist

and that blackmouth is the biz!!think i have to add to my wishlist

likewise..once i saw it i said i want one to myself haha

[brianbru]

good to get out this time of year ronald well done mate great fishing



regards

brian

Last edited by brianbru on Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Terrific trip lads and a great start to the boating year. The only black mouth I'm likely to get this side of May is down the pub.....

Excellent report Ronald.... a very nice way to start the year.

Yes, a great report. At what depth were you fishing ? Were you at a 'known' mark ?

P

Cheers for the replys lads, it was a cold old day alright but when your reeling in from 300+ feet with a couple of pound of lead plus doggies and what ever else on you soon warm up
As for the mark Peter it is one of the locally known marks for them but to be honest any holes or trenches we've explored in the north channel have produced blackmouthed doggies, never really in big numbers but they are around you just need to have the patience to sit it out in deep water fishing through the doggies.

Fair play till yers Ronald

only just spotted this post, some cracking fish there lads that blackmouth is a seriously mean looking fish . the huss is a cracker, really lovely markings on it well done on the doggie slam

It sure was a cold day to be out but it was worth it for a few nice fish. The sight of Ronald shoveling snow and ice of the deck of the boat at the slipway was priceless. I have now bought a flask for soup on the next trip as Ronald isnt to keen on shareing his

Just got a chance to look at this, that's good going davy and ronald

Nice session lads, Nice Huss Davy, good to see a Conger or two as well

Cracking Huss. Really like the markings on the Black mouth. Well Done!