Shore fishing Antrim coast

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Shore fishing Antrim coast

#1 Post by nemo2 »

Anyone been fishing Antrim coast lately any cod or Ray's about
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I fished the Antrim coast lately ,no cod or ray ,plenty of pin whiting ,small coalies/pollack ,flaties and weever fish :|
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Thanks mate hopefully it will pick up soon had a good year last year with the cod they are slowly recovering up the coast past 2 years so hopefully they will be a bit bigger this year I had a couple of 5pound ones last year they all went back alive
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Not many let 5lbers go fair play memo ..
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Anyone been fishing Antrim coast this week with all this wind we have been getting.
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#6 Post by guernica84 »

Fished Sat night, loads of small fish in daylight and summer species including tubs and plaice still. Early dark brought chunky pout and the dreaded LSD, died totally in full darkness which coincided with a 20mph W.
2013 species (23 shore): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, cuttlefish, silver eel, pouting, 3b & 5b rockling, white trout, salmon, whiting, LSD, ballan, corkwing & goldsinney wrasse, thornback & spotted ray, red gurnard, lesser weever, LSSS
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
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Just back from the Antrim coast not much happening ,few dogs , 5 pin whiting 4 small codling and two small flounder :(
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Thanks guys.
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Woeful again today. Summer species gone, grey cod not there (yet?)
2013 species (23 shore): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, cuttlefish, silver eel, pouting, 3b & 5b rockling, white trout, salmon, whiting, LSD, ballan, corkwing & goldsinney wrasse, thornback & spotted ray, red gurnard, lesser weever, LSSS
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
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#10 Post by family guy »

guernica84 wrote:Woeful again today. Summer species gone, grey cod not there (yet?)
where about were you Guernica ? Seems to be a definite lull in the fishing lately ( Antrim coast anyway ) :(
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#11 Post by guernica84 »

Cushendall
2013 species (23 shore): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, cuttlefish, silver eel, pouting, 3b & 5b rockling, white trout, salmon, whiting, LSD, ballan, corkwing & goldsinney wrasse, thornback & spotted ray, red gurnard, lesser weever, LSSS
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
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guernica84 wrote:Cushendall
was going to give it a go Thurs/Fri evening might head further up the coast :?
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#13 Post by Bonic »

Fished all up the coast all day Sunday, couple of dogs and small pollock only.

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