donaghadee harbour county down friday 07 march 08

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#1 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:42 pm

People:
me and jordan
Duration:
6pm - 10pm
Tide:
low to rising
Weather:
really, really windy and wet
Bait:
mackeral belly strips, squid and someones left over rag
Rigs:
3 hook flapper
Results:

1 really decent cod and a poor cod

we arrived down and set up around six. i was fairly confident we were gonna catch after yesterdays session, i was there from lunchtime until half eight with 2 decent coalies and a nice poor cod to show for my efforts. it was nice to meet some of the guys from the forum yesterday, so a big hello to drew, dan and liam. ( GOOD BUNCH OF LADS) 8) well on this session with my son jordan i was playing second fiddle to junior. would you believe it, on his first cast he got a double header, a nice poor cod, and a codling that was anything but poor. 49 cm and 2lb 8oz!!!! :shock: the biggest cod i have seen taken from dee harbour to date. and to make things even better it was shortys first ever cod!! if your gonna do it, suppose its best to do it right :P . and me ,well less said the better seeing as i drew a blank :oops:

#2 Post by **Drew** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:50 pm

Well the Kid's beat me hands down too! :shock:
Brilliant Fish Jordan! and Yeah, Really good to meet you too mate!

#3 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:12 pm

cheers drew, there are other pics in our gallery that wouldnt upload with this report, some stupid upload error or something

#4 Post by **ginoceltic** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:21 pm

Nice codling you have to resize the pictures to fit them all into the report, heres a link to a photo resizer.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/down ... rtoys.mspx

#5 Post by **toaddi33** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:19 pm

great codling mate..well jealous :D

#6 Post by **brianbru** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:35 pm

nice codling mate was it nice!!!!!

#7 Post by **Jonny** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:56 am

Drew wrote:Well the Kid's beat me hands down too! :shock:
Brilliant Fish Jordan! !

I definitely think he deserves it anyway. There's not many his age would stick the conditions down that pier at times over the winter months but with him you don't even get a complaint. :shock:

Well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8)

Conor P · #8 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:37 am

Where did he catch the fish on the pier? over the wall or in between the two harbours?

#9 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:55 am

cheers everyone. the fish was lovely brian, 2 good fillets in beer batter :lol: . and i know jonny,there are times when me and the wee man are fishing and i'm whineing to him "are we going yet".there was a night in october when we arrived at the harbour at 4pm, caught 47 fish and only left at 5am when we finally ran out of bait :roll: oh and conor, he caught it in the middle of the gap between the harbour walls

Conor P · #10 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:22 pm

Thanks. Yea, that's where i usually fish.
I love fish in beer batter! The beer make's it taste nicer. Budweiser is best
mmmmmmmmmmmm

#11 Post by **eric** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:42 pm

i think youl find either a nice creamy stout or ale is best for beer batter, definitley not lager :lol: :lol:

#12 Post by **eric** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:42 pm

i think youl find either a nice creamy stout or ale is best for beer batter, definitley not lager :lol: :lol: oh and well done on the fish 8)

Conor P · #13 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:52 pm

I used budweiser and it tasted like heaven!

#14 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:41 pm

i'll have to try stout or ale next time, cheers for the tip :P

#15 Post by **jonny gilbert** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:04 pm

nice cod well done

#16 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:13 pm

cheers jonny, i'll tell the wee man. was looking at your pics in your gallery and spotted the matellica t shirt, nice to see there are still some people out there with taste 8)

#17 Post by **alannelson** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:26 pm

nice codling there happydays 8)

#18 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:33 pm

cheers alan. have you ever fished the old harbour past the yacht club in whitehead? fished there once in the summer and got a few wrasse, do you know what it fishes like this time of year?

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