Strangford Lough "area" :P - 15/10/06

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Livid · #1 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:02 pm

People: Myself, Hairy, Drew

Duration: 5pm - 9pm

Tide: Low and flooding

Weather: Gorgeous, brilliant night!

Bait: Rag, Mack, Launce

Rigs: 2/3 hook flappers, various conger rigs

Results: Codling, Pollack, Wrasse (Ballan and Corkwing? i forget!), edible Crabs and almost a Mackeral grr..

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:

I'm struggling to remember all the details actually as i'm wrecked, i think more species may have been caught. It's seemingly a good Conger mark, we seen several runs and 1 landed that weighed in at 7lbs exactly, last night the same guy caught and killed

a 26lb fish, sad! i'll add some pics if they allow me later

gorgeous evening. I personally caught a tiny Codling and almost landed a mental Mackeral, it was caught right at my feet with a bait intended for Dogs or something, not a fookin Mackeral! A few crabs also caught, i got one that must have weighed a pound. Hairy got a nice little Codling that was maybe a pound and a half. I'm away to eat my curry, will update later.

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That Dog ate one of my Mackeral fillets when i wasn't looking

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#2 Post by **liam78** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:13 pm

did you lose any gear i have found red line tie to a boom size 4 oz weight found it in 6 metres let me know?

Livid · #3 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:16 pm

bigliam wrote:did you lose any gear i have found red line tie to a boom size 4 oz weight found it in 6 metres let me know?

The only gear i lost was when drew cast out a trace of mine and *snap*, sucks worse as he was using a big spinner of mine on the bottom as a weight.

#4 Post by **liam78** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:21 pm

couple places i would like to fish the wreck on the shore

#5 Post by **hairyconger** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:21 pm

Livid wrote:
bigliam wrote:did you lose any gear i have found red line tie to a boom size 4 oz weight found it in 6 metres let me know?
The only gear i lost was when drew cast out a trace of mine and *snap*, sucks worse as he was using a big spinner of mine on the bottom as a weight.

drew and his snap offs

Livid · #6 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:23 pm

hairyscallion wrote:
Livid wrote:
bigliam wrote:did you lose any gear i have found red line tie to a boom size 4 oz weight found it in 6 metres let me know?
The only gear i lost was when drew cast out a trace of mine and *snap*, sucks worse as he was using a big spinner of mine on the bottom as a weight.
drew and his snap offs

It's happening an awful lot.

Livid · #7 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:25 pm

bigliam wrote:couple places i would like to fish the wreck on the shore

That wreck facinated me today as i've never really seen one stick out of the water before, there was some guy standing on it when we drove past

There looked to be another part of the wreck or a seperate one about 200 yards up from it too, anyone know what kind of vessels these were? I must hunt out that Irish Wrecks online site again, very interesting.

#8 Post by **liam78** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:28 pm

i do its the lees wreck going up the lough to be scap and that why its called it but theres one down the coast in 12m of water

#9 Post by **rab01** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:30 pm

wreck fishing from the shore, very interesting!!!

#10 Post by **liam78** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:31 pm

i was diving on it this morning for 1hour and 5mins very cold

Livid · #11 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:32 pm

I don't see why this should be kept a secret, it wasn't a perticularly outstanding mark or anything so i'll go ahead and post the pics, most will automatically know where it was.

#12 Post by **liam78** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:33 pm

of course we do well i do anyway

#13 Post by **hairyconger** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:37 pm

bigliam wrote:of course we do well i do anyway

shuss ya hallion theres more to come from that mark if you ask me

Livid · #14 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:39 pm

hairyscallion wrote:
bigliam wrote:of course we do well i do anyway
shuss ya hallion theres more to come from that mark if you ask me

Yes i'm sure too but i'm also sure that a lot more people know about it than you and Drew think.

#15 Post by **johnson1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:40 pm

sounds like u have a good mark there then livid. ive never really fished it never liked the look of it. only fished it from boat and it was crap.why did the guy kill the conger then? probly no reason i suppose didnt know strangford any good for congers cheers for the info il have to give it ago soon.

Livid · #16 Post by **Livid** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:41 pm

johnson1 wrote:sounds like u have a good mark there then livid. ive never really fished it never liked the look of it. only fished it from boat and it was crap.why did the guy kill the conger then? probly no reason i suppose didnt know strangford any good for congers cheers for the info il have to give it ago soon.

I think i heard somebody say it was sold to the Chinese.

#17 Post by **liam78** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:43 pm

they will east anything even wrasses

#18 Post by **the-ghost** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:44 pm

wreck fishing from the shore sounds interesting.. have never seen one sticking out of the water.

#19 Post by **Drew** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:05 pm

The Most Scenic Mark I've Had The Priviledge to Fish on Our Coast, can't wait to get back.

Livid · #20 Post by **Livid** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:33 pm

More photo's added.