waterfoot peir and antrim rock mark 28th and 29th may

[Al and Jordan]

People:waterfoot, just me. rock mark me, jordan, dawsey, ronald then minty

Duration:thursday 12pm-5pm friday 4pm 11pm

Tide: all states

Weather: sunny and mild winds

Bait: rag, mack, squid

Rigs: pulleys and simple 3 way swivel to 1 hook and a lead

Results: thursday 6 plaice, 1 long spined sea scorpion and a 1lb pollack. friday around 16 dogs between us, a couple of shannys and jordan lost a 15lb conger




Report:

THURSDAY WATERFOOT
i had the afternoon to myself so i got a run up to waterfoot peir to see what was about. i put one rod out at distance on a pulley with a 3/0 loaded with a whole squid and a mackeral fillet which kept coming back in untouched and all the rest was caught on rag. the plaice were around in good numbers just 50 yards out and the pollack at the end was a bonus as i have'nt got one in a while. i did get a bit of a panic at the end when i noticed the car keys were still in the ignition and the battery was flat . and despite a few lads giving me a bump it was'nt for kicking over. thank god the lads tending to the salmon cages came in and one of them had a jumper pack which started he first go . i was having notions of my wee session turning into an overnighter

DAY 2 ANTRIM ROCK MARK (AKA THE DOG HOUSE)
after an unsucessful look around a few county down mullet marks in the morning me, dawsey and ronald picked jordan up from school and set out to the mark to see what was about. with 8 rods out we were bound to get a better idea of what was lurking around this place and ronald was first off the mark with a dog, then another, then another. dawsey then got a timid knock and landed his first ever doggie . i think he got another 2 before jordan got into the action landing a wee dog himself. both dawsey and ronald lost a couple of heavy fish that got down into the kelp. we'll never know what they were but they had a good bit of weight to them which was even more of a sickner minty arrived down and got set up next to me and got a bait out in eager anticipation after his 5lb huss at this mark on his last outing then came the highlight (or lowlight in jordan's case). jordan struck into something that put his 11ft bass spinning rod to it's absolute test. there was a bit of a tug of war between him and the fish until he started making ground on it. ronald helped him to pump and wind it in and a bloody big 15lb conger broke the surface just in front of us for all to see jordan carefully got it over the kelp bed without getting snagged up. then disaster struck. i had the start of the trace in my hand and the eel was no more than 2 feet from me as the 20lb snood length snapped and the eel was lost . the rigs we were using were just not ment for conger eels. 20lb snoods on size 1/0 abereen's a'int exactly conger gear. then to make matters worse the eel just sat on the surface of the water taunting us for about 2 mins before slinking away down into the kelp never to be seen again i've always laughed about not having to buy a landing net as we never get anything that would justify it but you can all guess what jordan has given me orders to go out and buy first thing on monday when the tackle shop opens again . i really felt for him as his wee heart was broken and that would have easily his biggest ever shore caught fish to date. but he just resigned himself to putting it down to another story of the one that got away

[Al and Jordan]

county antrim rock mark pics and video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8QmUNvtIg

[tight lines]

well done mate cracken couple of days fishing and a nice mixed bag of fish send some of them plaice down this way nice to see the young lad getting a few fish

[eyesreilly]

Well done lads, i'm gutted for jordan on losing the conger, but at least he caught one , which i havent yet Sounds like a great couple of days fishing At least the car was still there when you got back to it

[nicefish]

Dog Day Afternoon comes to mind hard luck Jordan on the Conger, brilliant sessions lovely Plaice and Dogs.

[minty]

well done lads, ya had better luck than i did, hotwheels has the bragging rights over me again
some nice wee plaice you got there,
the dog i got was near jet black mate hardly any marking on him.

[rab01]

Well done again lads. Seems to be a good number of mutts at your mark. Unlucky with the eel Jordan but you did get it to the surface.

[Bass Buster]

well done al another cracking report there. unlucky for jordon lossing the eel its disheartening wen its so close to you and something like that happens just nothing you can do about it,but i would say jordon will get his revenge plenty of times this year with the eeels.....................bryan......................

[Dawsey]

Great report as always mate. SOme nice video footage, I didn't actually know you were recording half of that

[Al and Jordan]

well done mate cracken couple of days fishing and a nice mixed bag of fish send some of them plaice down this way nice to see the young lad getting a few fish

cheers man. waterfoot seems to be carpeted with wee plaice at the moment, and jordan caught more than me (again )

Well done lads, i'm gutted for jordan on losing the conger, but at least he caught one , which i havent yet Sounds like a great couple of days fishing At least the car was still there when you got back to it

it's one of those marks where you can park on the peir beside where you were fishing. the downside of it was not bothering to take the keys outta the ignition now i've no stereo as the things locked into safe mode as the battery was completely dead . i'll have to hoke out all the documents for the car to see if there's a code for it somewhere but it was nowhere near the despair that junior felt as the conger got away . we were all truely gutted for him as he worked so hard to first get it to the surface and then over the kelp only to watch it snap the snood and escape

Dog Day Afternoon comes to mind hard luck Jordan on the Conger, brilliant sessions lovely Plaice and Dogs.

cheers man. 2 great days fishing. the fish were plentyfull and the banter was flying thick and fast

well done lads, ya had better luck than i did, hotwheels has the bragging rights over me again
some nice wee plaice you got there,
the dog i got was near jet black mate hardly any marking on him.

cheers minty. jordan was at his usual form beating me again too as i only managed one dog myself . that's why i go out for the odd sesh on my own. at least then i stand a chance of getting a few fish most of the dogs at that mark are very dark if not black .

Well done again lads. Seems to be a good number of mutts at your mark. Unlucky with the eel Jordan but you did get it to the surface.

cheers rab. jordan made the point that in a lot of the fishing programmes on tv if you touch the trace the fish counts . but he was still distraught that it got away. we had to hold him back as he was for going in after it . i should'nt have let him watch the tv show with the guys wrestling the sharks outta the tuna pens in australia. he reckoned he coulda taken the eel on and won

well done al another cracking report there. unlucky for jordon lossing the eel its disheartening wen its so close to you and something like that happens just nothing you can do about it,but i would say jordon will get his revenge plenty of times this year with the eeels.....................bryan......................

thanks bryan, that's what i was telling him. it's still early days for the congers. we have'nt even set out to target them yet. i'll get him up to garron point for a go at them and he can seek his revenge

Great report as always mate. SOme nice video footage, I didn't actually know you were recording half of that

well, i had plenty of time on my hands to video seeing as you 3 to my right were catching all my fish

[fishermannum1]

great report Al/pic's an video,
good job them guys had a starter pack at hand pity about the eel, the wee man must have been guted wont be long before i get out again myself......cant wait !!!!!!:D

[Dave]

Good work lads, looks like you had a great couple of days fishing there. The little videos are great, keep them coming. Hard luck to Jordan on the Conger, he must have been gutted especially after seeing it on the surface but there is plenty of time for him to catch another before the year is out.

[gfkelly1969]

hard luck on the conger jordan,nice session with a lot of fish caught and a good report as usual

[rustyhookthomas]

superb report, vid and pics, ye gotta do a full conger trip!
never fished there before, but it's given me a goo to conger fish
the breakwater at roadstone, arklow! caught monsters there as a kid
in the 80's. and lost a few monsters too, not to mention nearly
skiing with seals!!!
class report, keep it up.
now that's fishing!

[bigsod]

great report, pics and video, your setting the standards for reporting keep it up, always a great read

[round_ourway]

well done lads. sounded like a great day out. great report as always pal

[saltydog]

Great stuff lads videos are class keep em coming

[boyler]

Well done lads,cracking session with plenty of Fish caught

[Al and Jordan]

great report Al/pic's an video,
good job them guys had a starter pack at hand pity about the eel, the wee man must have been guted wont be long before i get out again myself......cant wait !!!!!!:D

cheers don. we have a club comp on fahan on sunday 14 june, if you're free and well enough get a race over and wet a line

Good work lads, looks like you had a great couple of days fishing there. The little videos are great, keep them coming. Hard luck to Jordan on the Conger, he must have been gutted especially after seeing it on the surface but there is plenty of time for him to catch another before the year is out.

cheers man, i was gut wrenching to see it come so close then get away my heart really went out to him. i told him not to worry as next time we'd catch his daddy eel no sense in messing with tiddly wee congers

hard luck on the conger jordan,nice session with a lot of fish caught and a good report as usual

cheers man, this weather is powerfull at the moment. gotta make the best of it while it lasts

superb report, vid and pics, ye gotta do a full conger trip!
never fished there before, but it's given me a goo to conger fish
the breakwater at roadstone, arklow! caught monsters there as a kid
in the 80's. and lost a few monsters too, not to mention nearly
skiing with seals!!!
class report, keep it up.
now that's fishing!

thanks thomas. that 15lb'er was nearly pulling him in if we go out targeting anything bigger i'll need to tie jordan to a rock with some rope or something

great report, pics and video, your setting the standards for reporting keep it up, always a great read

thanks man, jordan loves watching his vids of him catching fish. give him another few years and he'll have a whole bloody production crew in toe i wonder could i get discovery real time or shed to fund our trips in the future

well done lads. sounded like a great day out. great report as always pal

cheers stevie, roll on the 20th so we can have a go at the silver chaps

Great stuff lads videos are class keep em coming

will do conor only problem is that i'm now relegated to cameraman and photographer instead of angler

Well done lads,cracking session with plenty of Fish caught

cheers paddy, all those blanks are now a distant memory. amazing the difference 4 weeks can make

[fishermannum1]

cheer's Al, should be able to make on the 14th.
will let you know before hand, do you have the tide times for that day??????