waterfoot beach 7/2/09

[minty]

People: just me

Duration:3.30pm - 12.15 am

Tide:low through to high

Weather:mild, dry and calm

Bait:rag and mack (soaked in coffee to thaw it out)

Rigs:3 hook flapper and 2 hook flaper

Results:1 coalie ,14 flounder (10cm--33cm including my pb to date)




Report:Decided to head for Waterfoot beach,so packed up the gear, collected the bait and was on the road for about 1pm. Was nearly turning back when i seen the amount of snow lying in the glens as i was told to expect snow by midnight, made it to the pier about 3.30 and the lads on the pier had told me that nothing had been caught since they arrived at 11am. I was going to give it a bash at the pier for a while till the tide pulled in a bit, but with no bites i had nothing to lose on the beach at low water. Had been fishing about 2 hours before landing the 1st fish(flattie)and as the tide turned so did my luck. Beach started getting a little busy with a good spread of lads fishing along the beach.( was good to meet darryl from here who fishing next to me) With the tide on the turn and the light fading i was kept busy with the flounder and could'nt belive that i landed one at 33cm using mack soaked in coffee (needed to as it would'nt thaw out)
My personal best before the session was 21cm so i was over the moon .Was good steady fishing with just the one coalie among the flatties,called it quits about midnight as i'd been up since 7am and did'nt want to caught in the snow if arrived..............all in all a great nights fishing and all fish returned

[roger de dodger]

fair play great flounder it would seem they have finished their jiggy jiggy and are back on the beaches the two big ones seem to have full stomachs

[minty]

was told by a fella up there that i'd be lucky to get a flattie until about april or so as they would
be off-shore spawning, unless i caught all the wee gay fella's i think he full of crap. yes rodger
the big ones were a good weight, i'd never felt any as chunky as them, just hoping to get a nice
cod now that my lucks in

[contender]

Well done. Good to see some Flounder back on the beach

[darryl]

Rite Minty nice 2 put a face 2 the name.. top up on mity's report

I arrived bout 4pm packed 12.30am

Tide...wasnt fussed

Bait... alsorts but lug best results

Weather... best dam nite in ages altho a bit cold

Me + 4 mates
Results.. Me 21 flounder mostly hand sized & 5 coalie minnie me's, last cast produced best fish flounder nudgin 1lb
rest of the lads 30 odd fish between them much the same stamp as me mostly flounder, coalies with a surprise plaice very small tho
Over all a very enjoyable nites fishin but must hav been very cold but i didnrt notice until relized the sand was frozen along with the bait that didnt defrost and the real give away was the outside temp sensor on the pickup on the way home... -7 yes me thinks now it was a tad cold

[dan]

1lb flounder isnt a bad fish, havnt had one this year yet so i will hit somwere this thurs or friday, maybe bring a couple of m8s to see.

Rite Minty nice 2 put a face 2 the name.. top up on mity's report

I arrived bout 4pm packed 12.30am

Tide...wasnt fussed

Bait... alsorts but lug best results

Weather... best dam nite in ages altho a bit cold

Me + 4 mates
Results.. Me 21 flounder mostly hand sized & 5 coalie minnie me's, last cast produced best fish flounder nudgin 1lb
rest of the lads 30 odd fish between them much the same stamp as me mostly flounder, coalies with a surprise plaice very small tho
Over all a very enjoyable nites fishin but must hav been very cold but i didnrt notice until relized the sand was frozen along with the bait that didnt defrost and the real give away was the outside temp sensor on the pickup on the way home... -7 yes me thinks now it was a tad cold

[Al and Jordan]

nice fishing minty and darryl must have been a night of personal bests. francis and myself did'nt get there until 10.30pm. we must have walked past you we were the only ones left on the beach until 3.30am. were you at the river end or down where the big fire was blazing? we both got good flounder to 30cms too and a new p.b. for francis we were at glenarm beach from 5pm and both blanked, so we headed to waterfoot to fish the tide on the drop to quickly put the blank behind us gonna try greys point in helens bay during the week with dawsey if your up for a wee handy one. sure drop me a p.m. and let me know mate.

[darryl]

We wher down closest to the river must hav missed you arriving ... funny on the way up we wher considering fishin glenarm instead of waterfoot just as well we kept driving ... fair play stayin til 3.30... hopin 2 do a session mid wk myself was gona try ballyhomme c if the flounder wher in ther... weather/wind depending

[neil t]

was thinking of my mates last night out fisin in the snow and ice at waterfoot but have to say it was great sitin in front of the fire making traces for the season ahead fair play to you darryl & happy !!!!! :

[darryl]

You wont catch much sittin in front of the fire Neil but i can see the plus sides

[darryl]

Here Neil ask Happy why he didnt catch as much as me he's dangling his worm for catchin something else

[round_ourway]

wish we went to waterfoot beach. I left glenarm thinking the night was a loss. well done lads. That beach fishes brilliant on the drop.

[dgp140]

Well done you guys for sticking it out, but I was still happy with my Whiting, Coalie and Flounder at Glenarm!!! I was surprised to hear Fra and Al had even got to Waterfoot, I didnt think they would have made it past the chinese!!!!

[Dawsey]

Sounds like a great wee session lads, some nice flatties there. You boys up for a mid week session?

[minty]

cant make it for a mid-week trip, normaly get out every other weekend,
think a few of the other lads are heading out tomorrow evening though.
if i'm lucky i might get back out this weekend and give the flatties another
bash.

[darryl]

Hitting Ballyhome 2morrow nite if any1 fancys it