Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

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Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

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People:Just Me.

Duration:15.00-20.30

Tide:Rising

Weather:Lovely :D

Bait:Rag, Squid, Mack

Rigs:2 up 1 down

Results:4 flounder, 1 plaice (I hope) and 2 Coalies




Report: Headed up the coast to try and land my first Plaice. I tried Larrybane from 3 to 6.30 to no avail the baits just kept coming back untouched. Lovely place the scenery is amazing and I will be back!! (Arnie would be proud). I then made the move to Balintoy as a last hope of not having my first blank of the year. I was not dissapointed. From the off I was getting knocks and it was not long until I landed a nice flounder. My second rod wa also getting small knocks but as the first flounder was deep hooked I was kind of occupied. After alot of fumbling I finally remembered Stevecrows post about deep hooked flatties. I only had a gemini disgorger and wasnt sure if it would be too big. Carefully I fed the disgorger through the gills and wrapped the line round, removed the disgorger with the line and bingo the hook was easily removed and fed back through the gills and popped out the mouth. So thanks to Stevecrows post a nice flounder swam away to fight another day !! :D

The second rod was still nodding so I brought it in to see what is hopefully my first ever Plaice.

I managed another few flounder and a couple of coalies on my mini rod before I really had to pack up and head for home.
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[color=#0000FF]Species 2010: 5[/color]Codling, Coalie, Flounder, Plaice, Turbot.

[color=#0000FF]Species 2009: 20[/color] Flounder, Dab, Coalie, Shore Rockling, Pollock, Pouting, Codling, Poor Cod, Whiting, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Turbot, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Ballan/ Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Sea Trout.

[color=#0000FF]Species 2008: 20[/color] Coalie, Pollock, Whiting, Poorcod, Pouting, Mackeral, Ballan/Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Black Goby, Thornback Ray, Doggie, Flounder, Codling, Shore Rockling, 5 Bearded Rockling, Bull Huss.
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#2 Post by seanie35 »

well done on the flats, stunning bit of scenery aswell. 8)
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#3 Post by jfkireland »

Sure looks like bass country in those photos. Any caught up here?
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#4 Post by saltydog »

Nice session thats a smashing looking mark 8)
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#5 Post by gfkelly1969 »

lovely looking spot,well done on getting the plaice
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#6 Post by mrjed »

Good going mate, where bouts in Ballintoy did you fish?
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

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mrjed wrote:Good going mate, where bouts in Ballintoy did you fish?
Just off the rocks to the right of the pier across the beach.
jfkireland wrote:Sure looks like Bass country in those photos. Any caught up here?
JK
Ive not heard of many being caught up the antrim coast but a few do turn up from time to time.
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

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saltydog wrote:Nice session thats a smashing looking mark 8)
gfkelly1969 wrote:lovely looking spot,well done on getting the plaice
One of the nicest marks I fished scenery wise.

Is it definately a Plaice ?? I think the bones on the head make it a plaice?? Dont they :oops:
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#9 Post by shamoo0804 »

Great to see a change of venue providing instant results, when I'm suffering the dreaded blank I dont too often think about moving on somewhere else.....mental note to myself :idea:

Your plaice looks like a west coast plaice to me.....but we call 'em flounder on the east coast :lol:












....defo a flounder, sorry mate :wink:
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#10 Post by bigballs »

shamoo0804 wrote:Great to see a change of venue providing instant results, when I'm suffering the dreaded blank I dont too often think about moving on somewhere else.....mental note to myself :idea:

Your plaice looks like a west coast plaice to me.....but we call 'em flounder on the east coast :lol:












....defo a flounder, sorry mate :wink:
have to agree with shamoo i think its a flounder mate sorry :wink:
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#11 Post by nifisher »

I thought that it was Plaice that had the bones on the head and that Flounder didnt. Im confussed now. :oops:

Heres a close up of the head. There are clearly bones running from the eyes to the laterial line.
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[color=#0000FF]Species 2010: 5[/color]Codling, Coalie, Flounder, Plaice, Turbot.

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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#12 Post by shamoo0804 »

http://www.sea-fishing.org/sea-plaice.html

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/plaice.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_plaice

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/flounder.html

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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#13 Post by Al and Jordan »

well done jonny on getting out to a few new marks and beating the blank :P :P :P :P unfortunately i think it's a flounder man :x :x we've got loads of those spotty orange flounder lately, but unfortunately no plaice this year as yet either :roll: :roll: :roll: here's some pics of em and only the top one is a plaice. the plaice don't tend to be that sandy colour, more of a darker brown. p.m. ronald and he''ll be able to tell at first glance :wink:
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#14 Post by fishermannum1 »

nice session, and nice pic's too 8) 8)
looks like a real nice place to spend a days fishing....
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#15 Post by eric »

going to have to say plaice on this one, the nodules around the head are a dead give away, the lateral line appears smooth
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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

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Well done mate. :)

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Re: Larrybane and Balintoy 20-4-09

#17 Post by Bass Buster »

well done mate ballintoy can be a lovely place if ya can get the wEATHER FOR IT LOL.IT USUALLY PRODUCES THE GOOD FOR ME BUT AINT BEEN UP IN A WHILE BUT NOW I HAVE SEEN YOUR REPORT I THINK I MAY HAVE TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP.WELL DONE AGAIN THE PICS ARE CRACKER LOOKIN.
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