ballon to larne and back

[steyrman]

Vessel:off da hook

Crew davy mc cormack , brian my self

Duration:8.20 till 4ish

Tide:ebb to full

Weather:not bad slight drizzle

Bait:mac squid

Rigs:few different ones that i normally use

Results: black mouth dogs ,huss,conger,doggies
well after a few words with davy during the last week we planned trip up north to fish for black mouths one of the species i wanted to target this season. set off from my house at 3 am picked up brian for 4 am on the road motorway thw whole way to belfast made it in 3 hours .rang davy and we met up for 8 am at the slip at island magee boat and gear loaded up we set off to our first mark sounder said 330 ft i looked at brian we dont fish that deep down with us . set the dubby down with anchor took afew mins to set it it settled in 325 ft of water rigs set down with 2lbs of lead did not hold for long .the long wind back up added more lead with 3 lb on the boom set it again it held bottom good . the next hour produced the first huss to brian to 9 lbs plenty of doggie and a few strap congers tide was slack for a while and we all had a few doggies .backed of the leads to 16 oz we all had action then davy has a tell tail bite reeled up and had a huss and the elusive black mouth dog on the bottom hook .we moved and anchored up again with dubby attached tooka bit longer for anchor to grip good few doggies we were holding bottom with 3lb of lead again davy had a good knock we hoped it was a spurdog but not to be but a conger just over the 20 lb mark and 2 doggies as well .the fishing slacked off after that all in all a good days fishing picked up alot of tips from davy a good decent angler thanks again for making the effort for us round trip 732 km

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Last edited by steyrman on Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:01 am, edited 1 time in total.

Nice results Willy and well done on hitting the target. Lovely markings on the black mouth I've never seen one before.

i like your new bait board

well done nice conger

fair play to you lads thats a serious trip, well done on the BMD great looking creatures

super report willie im sure you enjoyed been back out on the waters great result with the blackmouth

Great stuff lads. Great to see a long range plan come together!

well done willy brian and davy,a long journey with good results,i would say you will be back,lovely black mouth dogfish,will have to get me one,eddie.................

Well Done.

Those Black Mouth Dogs are cool looking fish, fair play.

Danny.

Well done lads. Will have to try for one of the
black mouth dogs this year not seen any on the
north coast. Cheers

brilliant session lads, the blackmouth doggie looks unreal well done!

Sounds like you were well rewarded for your long trip. Davy is a top guy and knows that area of coastline very well judging by the results of all those who fish with him. He got me my first ever Huss