White Park Bay

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beefy · #1 Post by **beefy** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:50 pm

People:
Me
Duration:
07.00 - 14.30
Tide:
High water 10.20
Weather:
overcast and a few light showers
Bait:
Ragworm / Squid, Salted Mackerel
Rigs:
one up one down
Results:
3 nice flatties

Report:

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Another one the same as the smaller one but it was to wet to take a pic ( ok I didnt want to take the camera out in a drizzle

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#2 Post by **keith** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:57 pm

Nice fish mate well done.....

#3 Post by **Ronald** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:00 pm

not a bad session there , it seems to be fishing well at the moment ,suprised you had no turbot though .

beefy · #4 Post by **beefy** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:01 pm

I was just glad to get out and get at it again .Had been family bound over Christmas it was the first one of the New year . Least I didn't blank.

beefy · #5 Post by **beefy** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:06 pm

Ronald wrote:not a bad session there , it seems to be fishing well at the moment ,suprised you had no turbot though .

I've only been fishing for a few months Ronald.This was my first true shore session as I bought myself a tripod for Christmas and couldnt wait to give it a go.Was fishing way down to the left just past the white rocks on the other side of the stream.

#6 Post by **alannelson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:08 pm

[quote="beefy"][nice flounder beefy seems to be plenty of sea trout getting caught up the north coast at the mo

marshpike · #7 Post by **marshpike** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:23 pm

When's the best time to hit white park bay???

#8 Post by **contender** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:41 am

Well done. nice fish

#9 Post by MC » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:28 pm

marshpike wrote:When's the best time to hit white park bay???

and how do i get to it? where about is it roughly

marshpike · #10 Post by **marshpike** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:02 pm

MC wrote:
marshpike wrote:When's the best time to hit white park bay???

and how do i get to it? where about is it roughly

I know where it is, I just want to know what conditions suit it best if I'm going to make the trip up, I'd love to add a Herbert to my species list this year.

#11 Post by **rab 525** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:36 pm

nice flats mate, plaice are usually gone by now except for the odd one.
rab

beefy · #12 Post by **beefy** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:57 pm

MC wrote:
marshpike wrote:When's the best time to hit white park bay???

and how do i get to it? where about is it roughly

Best time? - someone else may answer that, as i said above first time on a beach so I must have hit it lucky . all three fish were caught around 12.30 - so 2 hours after high tide.

How to get there-
From Ballycastle take the coast road to Ballintoy go through Ballintoy and go towards Bushmills .About 2 miles from Ballintoy you will see the sign for the youth hostel .Park in the car park and then the adventure begins .you have got to carry everything to the beach which is a good hike down a stone track(no vechicles allowed).

From Bushmills-take the road out to the Giants Causeway but where the road splits at the Smugglers Inn (about a mile out)keep to the right and from Bushmills its just over 5 miles to White Park Bay

#13 Post by **round_ourway** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:11 am

great session there fella, only ever fished this place a couple of times with no luck. its a great beach in the summer and can get a good surf also. would love to give a proper session some day.