ledges red bay

[rab 525]

People:me+ jh

Duration:5 hrs

Tide: from low up to high

Weather:sunny ,light winds

Bait:rag, lug ,mack,squid and white rag

Rigs: 2 hook clipped pats

Results: 13 dogs, 5 codling, 3 pollack and 2 coalies


Report:a busy day with the dogs which seemed to keep the other species of our baits and especially mine as i caught all the dogs just like a night at the disco i seem to attract the dogs
tried straight lug and still picked them up, still better than a blanker any day
there was a guy fishing between me and jh who also picked up approx same number of dogs as me
rab

[Eoghan]

Better than feeding crabs..!!

[corbyeire]

damn straight - f*cking crabs

also liked the bit about the disco

[liam78]

WHO GOT CRABS

[johnson1]

i fish antrim coast but never heard of the ledges mate could u help me out there. cheers mate

[jonny gilbert]

the ledges are as u are driving into waterfoot u will see a broken pier and the ledges are about 100 yards before it

[johnson1]

i think i know this mark is there a layby above it on the road and a house beside the broken pier?

[Lee337]

Thats the one

One word of warning though when fishing this mark, if using beachcasters it is difficult to get a good footing so it is normal to cast from the road if going for distance.

My friend and I were nearly wiped out by a squad of bikers, just jeep an eye out.

Lee

[rab 525]

no mate, your thinking of the wee pier beside the quarry at the rock formations on the roadside which resemble an old man and woman the ledges are about mile after this ,you come round a bend at the closest head land to the salmon nets in red bay then you will see a pier with the middle section collapsed into the water THERE IS NO HOUSE NEARBY fish from large lime stone rock up to the head towards the nets
you can also fish from the mark at the quarry but it;s all dirty ground and not as good or deep a mark as the one i have described
rab

[the-ghost]

went up the coast y/day after work for a few hours. left all the gear in the house apart from a box of lures and a spinning rod. was goin 2 try my luck at garron point but it was packed. so went on up 2 the ledge further up the road. tide about an hour down and not enough depth for spinning. as a last shot we tryed the rocks at the quarry just up from the broken harbour. there was a few fellas there already using bait. the doggies were flatout! only got 1 wee coalie on the spinner. never fished this mark but reckon on another day it cud a good spot. when we were leaving the tide was well down but it was still pretty deep. will def try there again using bait.

[the-ghost]

can antone tell me how far u need 2 cast 2 hit clean ground at the ledge. seems 2 b quite rough in close. have fished here loads of times but always lose gear. iv been told theres a sandbank out of it.

[rab 525]

not far mate, about 60-70yds , on a bright calm day you can see the blue were it meets the dark of the weed ,met a guy scuba diving here one day who said that just after the weed it drops of to 40ft deep
i have never lost much gear here, maybe one trace every third or fourth trip, if you fish too close to the pier or towards the head land the weed goes out further, 18lb line minimim and a fixed spool or fast multiplier such as a penn 525 mag a must not a mark for an abu or 7ht cause if you hook a decent fish you wont be able to keep it up out of the weed on the way in up over the drop of were the sand meets the weed and will either snag up or drag the fish of bumping it of the bottom

[the-ghost]

cheers for that rab. cant wait 2 get back up there for an all day session.