People: 9 Culdaff SAC
Duration:10:00-17:00
Tide: LW 12:00
Weather: ESE 3/4 overcast
Bait: Mackerel and Rag
Rigs: Flowing traces/shads/3 hook pat/etc
Results: Pollack/coalies/pouting/mackerel/cuckoo wrasse/ballon wrasse/ling/grey gurnard/whiting
Report: Culdaff SAC's first boat league trip of 2012, nice to get started after all the bad weather over the past few months. First drop for mackerel produced full strings for most people which is a good sign for Culdaff at this time of year as they can be scarce until mid june sometimes. We fished the wrecks of the Argo Delos and the Cumberland for a few hours each and picked up pollack to 8lb and lots and lots of coalies. Some decent pollack for this time of year and nice to get a bend in the rod with a brace of 5 pounders on a 2 hook flowing trace. We fished around Inishtrahull Island for a few minutes and had a few ballon wrasse and picked up a few grey gurnard and whiting on the clean ground on the way back in. All in all a good start to the season and here's hoping we get better weather to get at the inshore marks for some hard fighting wrasse and pollack and mixed sand fishing.