Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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Date :21/3/09

Venue:Dalriada Rocks

Duration: 17.00 – 22.00

Tide:high water approx 20.00

Weather:sunny

Bait:Lug, Rag, Mack, Sandeel, muscle

Rigs:2 hook flappers, 2 hook clipped down

Results:2 coalfish, 2 codling


Report: Arrived at dalriada rocks for a club comp got set up for a 5 o clock start. Fishing dead for the first 2 hours, with baits coming back untouched bites. The action only started when it started to get dark with a coalie 22 cm a double of coadling to 18 cm and a coalie 39 cm. Bites died off after 9 o clock. All fish came to lug and mack on 2 hook flapper with loads of bling. Sonic rod survived another outing and gived the small size of the fish gave pretty good bite detection.
Overall the competition results varied with another 5 anglers on dalriada rocks having a similar number of mainly small fish however other rock marks proved more productive and it was won with 17 fish 25-44 cm.
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Re: Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

#2 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice one smicker, we fished the beach at waterfoot. i got 18 fish but only one counter :cry: :cry: what sort of distance did you get him at?
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Re: Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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well done lad, i fished the beach at waterfoot with al but did'nt land as many and no counters, well done with the codling
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Re: Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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alandjordan wrote:nice one smicker, we fished the beach at waterfoot. i got 18 fish but only one counter :cry: :cry: what sort of distance did you get him at?
Fairly close, i was using a multiplier and not confident to try and wack it in the dark, i would gestimate approx 30 40 yds
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Re: Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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Nice work smicker, definitely more nice "counters" to be had round at the rocks it seems, even though I only joined the lads at the beach for a leisure trip :mrgreen:
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Re: Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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as usuall, the best fish came from the rough, rougher the better. Dalriada rocks tends to be clean after the first 20 yds. I think only 3 counters came from dalriada out of 6 anglers
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#7 Post by round_ourway »

well done smicker. we were to the left of ya but moved to the beach. sorry we didnt get chatting to ya.
myself and fra 1 counter each with 20 odd non counters. it was a good day out
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Re: Dalriada Rocks 21/03/2009

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Round_ourway wrote:well done smicker. we were to the left of ya but moved to the beach. sorry we didnt get chatting to ya.
myself and fra 1 counter each with 20 odd non counters. it was a good day out
It was a good day out, pity the fish didn't come on until the light went but i was glad to get out. Last time i got out was October. Hope to get in some more.
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#9 Post by dfella25 »

Nice Coalie there. I was hoping to land one (First) on Saturday but no luck. :oops:
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#10 Post by glengormley-gavin »

'twas a tough night alright lads...

I had 12 in all but only 2 counters. I managed all my fish at distance 100yds+ and all fell to sandeel.

Roll on Ballyhornan....

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