waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

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waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

#1 Post by Al and Jordan »

People: me and the dog

Duration: 4pm to 9pm

Tide: 5pm HW 11pm LW

Weather: bit chilly, but no wind or rain

Bait: squid, lug and rag

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: 12 flounder and 2 coalies




Report: i was out digging lug this morning and it was one of those sessions where i seemed to be cutting more of them in half than getting them up in one piece :roll: :roll: :roll: so 50 or so damaged lug was all the prompting i needed to get out for a session that evening :lol: :lol: well it would have been a shame to let them go to waste :wink: :wink: so it was off to waterfoot to do a bit of flattie bashing :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: so i packed the car and got the dog ready and hit the road. things were looking up as it was a cracker of a day. the sun was shining and it even felt like the start of summer :P i arrived at the beach to see a couple of families having a day out at the spot i wanted to fish :roll: :roll: so i moved a couple of hundred yards on up the beach. the first 2 hours were dead with not so much as a nibble. but i fairly much expected it to be like that until i lost the light. i was kept entertained by the 2 surfing ducks who were 12 foot out in front of me :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i wish i'd brought the camcorder with me as they were putting on a cracking performance :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: . they followed the surfline up and down the beach for an hour or so riding the crest of the wee waves at the tide line. they were class, and seemed to be really enjoying themselves :mrgreen: :mrgreen: then as the light began to fade i got a knock and landed a wee flounder, quickly followed by another. by now the sun had set and bites were fairly frequent with flounder after flounder and the odd coalie. i even got a double shot of spotty orange flounder. i remember when i first got one of them last year i was convinced they were plaice :roll: :roll: :roll: :oops: :oops: :oops: . but we live and learn. the biggest fish of the night was the last fish i caught. a 30cm flounder with some old scar tissue across his skin. it looked like something had grabbed him in the past, but he lived to swim another day :lol: :lol: :lol: . all the fish were returned and swam away to grace my hooks another day(hopefully when they're a bit bigger) :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

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#3 Post by round_ourway »

Good man, sounds like your doing a wee recce for saturday. We are heading up early to try and pick a spot to find.

the easiest way I tell the difference between flounder and plaice is running my hand over the back the fish, smooth = plaice, rough = flounder.

great report and those ducks look like proper wee surfers hehe
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#4 Post by saltydog »

Good to see your digging rewarded nice session .... surfin' ducks class :)
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#5 Post by paulybo »

nice one exellent result :)
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#6 Post by doggie3131 »

jesus alan, i thought you would still be asleep :D :D :D nice fishing,you dont need much for an excuse to go fishing,do you!! :D :D
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Re: waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

#7 Post by Bass Buster »

well done al another top quality report. Those ducks look class.
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#8 Post by shamoo0804 »

Decent haul of flounder there Al, welldone mate :wink:
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#9 Post by minty »

well done big fella, good haul of fish, deffo think the beach fishes better than the pier for the flatties,
hope it fishes as well on sat evening.....................
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#10 Post by Dawsey »

Nice going mate, I hope tomorrow throws up some nice fish along with our little boat session :wink: Looking forward to meeting the rest of you guys tomorrow evening.

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Re: waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

#11 Post by JULIO RAGWORM »

Nice session there AGAIN. :lol: , I had planned a wee trip up that direction on Sunday but my usual fishing nemisis is off to watch the footie. Instead I have been roped into a fishing session on the Bann :oops: (yuk, river fishing), no matter the ammount of times I have coarse fished I just cant get into it, its those tiny frikkin hooks that get me, anyhows im rambling now. Well done to you and the dog!

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#12 Post by alannelson »

not bad fishing better than blanking :)
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Re: waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

#13 Post by alannelson »

JULIO RAGWORM wrote:Nice session there AGAIN. :lol: , I had planned a wee trip up that direction on Sunday but my usual fishing nemisis is off to watch the footie. Instead I have been roped into a fishing session on the Bann :oops: (yuk, river fishing), no matter the ammount of times I have coarse fished I just cant get into it, its those tiny frikkin hooks that get me, anyhows im rambling now. Well done to you and the dog!

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#14 Post by the-ghost »

good fishin, some nice fish there!!!
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#15 Post by fishface »

nice wee bunch of flounder there alister what did you have to eat when you went home, crispy duck with plum sauce? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#16 Post by fishermannum1 »

nice session again al, great stuff mate.
nice pic's of the ducks 8)
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#17 Post by eyesreilly »

Not bad for a short 5hr session i suppose Al :lol: :lol:
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#18 Post by Al and Jordan »

cheers lads. it was a good short session :lol: :lol: :lol: and the ducks were amazing. they were there again yesterday. i'm only getting round to replying to all your posts as we had a bit of a hetic day yesterday. we were out in red bay on the boat from 10am to 3pm with not so much as a nibble :cry: :cry: but on the up side we did get to meet immunecfg from the site as he was booked out on the boat too :P :P . always good to put a face to a name. and dawsey learnt a valueable lession. never have a hard night on the beer before a boat trip :? :? :? :? :? i don't know what was more lumpy. the sea,,,,, or the contents of his stomach :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: then we headed on round to waterfoot again as our club had a roving comp from 5pm to 10pm. so by the time we got dawsey dropped off home we did'nt get back in ourselves until near 2am :shock: :shock: :shock: long day was had by all :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: but good craic all the same :P
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#19 Post by Dawsey »

A long day was definitely had by all, enjoyable, (well most of it) :mrgreen: Felt rough on the boat but I'll know better for next time :lol: was good to meet up with a few of the guys from the site. Some nice fish were taken last night.
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Re: waterfoot Co. Antrim thursday 19th march 09

#20 Post by nifisher »

Nice one Al,

Pity about the boat. Sorry I didnt get back to you but the times we were fishing clashed with yours so I knew you werent going to be able to join us maybe next time.

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