4 days in co. down 5th 6th 7th and 9th sep 09

[Tony Fella]

I will get up im working all this weekend i done my back in aswell so i just plan to conger fish for the next while

[Al and Jordan]

well done lads a few nice sessions there

cheers gerry, we're not ones for sitting around the house when there's a big sea out there to be fished

Great sessions nice variety of fish well done.

thanks man

Nice of Jordan to let you win He's just keepin you sweet Nice one lads.

mabey he's starting to feel sorry for the oul fella

Well done lads on getting a few fish.

thanks vamper. it was tough going at times.

well done getting afew al but i was on the understanding that trawling in the lough was banned, that has been the case for a number of years!! would love to know when this has changed??? f@-k them trawlers.. it would maybe explain why the fishing in belfast lough is so poor. g

don't think the commercial guys pay too much attention to what's right or wrong. or whats ethical either they've been operating inside the lough for years man. i even posted the pics of the trawler shooting his gear just off greys point a few months back. and last summer a guy and his wife were spitting bricks when one shot his nets at the mouth of larne harbour just off ferris point. they seemed to be well up on the laws as the guy took the ships reg and was straight on the phone to someone complaining that the same ship was at it again . don't know if anything ever came of it but the guy was furious at whoever was on the other end of the phone. does anyone actually know what the laws are regarding trawling inside the lough??????

"which was much to juniors frustration as he went home on a blank"
he only blanked so you could look good for a change

i'm sure he'll not let happen again too soon

your some man for one man, well done on beating jordan for once in your life, hows he getting on with the headlight, plenty of smooths down this way now that the weather has improved try and get down before its too late, cheers neil

just replied to your report neil i'll give you a call over the weekend mate.

Nice fishing guys and Jordan good luck with the Turbot on Saturday

cheers conor. we'll have to get a run back down to connemara soon

Well done Al & Jordan, you's had a good few days down in Bangor
Al, the offer is still open for later today if you want to join K2 and me for the mullet.

cheers. just texed you

that's what you call marathon fishing great mix catches lads well done

cheers zeke. it's good to be back

Sounds like they wiped out the mackerel population
I have only had 12 macks so far this year - although I presume that is due to the stormy weather rather than trawlers. Even in 2007 when I first started fishing I had a lot more at this stage of the year, and last year I had a freezer full by September.

we're not too bad frank, thankfully the freezer about 80% filled already

at least you got a few for troubles
good luck at the weekend maybe this will be jordans turn for a turbot fingers crossed

i know paul. his turbot quest has been running almost a year now

I will get up im working all this weekend i done my back in aswell so i just plan to conger fish for the next while

sorry to hear that tony . just take it handy for a bit man and get back on the mend. i'm sure the smoothies will breathe easy in dublin for a bit