People:
Duration: 3pm - 9:30pm
Tide: High down to none
Weather: Calm, dry, bright during day
Bait: fresh black lug, king rag, squid
Rigs: 2 up clipped, 2u / 1d flapping
Results: Codling, plaice, 3bd rockling, 5bd rockling, coley, flounder
Report:
After a bad couple of recent sessions, 2 of us got to the mark around 3pm HT with little optimism. Didn't rate our chances on a falling tide but with work, this was the only opportunity.
My friend got set up first and had a couple of casts close in with no luck. That led me to thump both my rods as far as I could. I'd rarely do that with both rods bit it seemed to pay off this time.
Had a couple of small plaice in the day time but generally slow. Never really took off but was steady come dark with the highlight being a codling of 2lb. I stuck to the cocktail baits, small ones at that which appeared more effective for some reason.
Anyway, a good few fish, mixture of species and a welcome codling, great day all-in-all.
Antrim Rock Mark 23/03/14
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Antrim Rock Mark 23/03/14
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
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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Re: Antrim Rock Mark 23/03/14
nice mix there man 
we were up that way ourselves on sunday and couldn't get over how nice it was
great day to be out fishing
we were up that way ourselves on sunday and couldn't get over how nice it was
great day to be out fishing