ramore head portrush

[minty]

People:gadsac club comp

Duration:2-7.00pm

Tide:rising

Weather:fairly good

Bait:rag and mack

Rigs:everything i had

Results:conger 5 1/2 lb, 3 wrasse and 2 pollack




Report:

Met up with the lads from the club and and got set up on the rocks, was ready about 1.30 so decided to have a few casts before the 2.00pm start. Within minutes the rod was nodding, struck in to the bites but lost it bringing it back through the weed, another lump of mack was quickly put on and blasted out. I did'nt have time to sit when the rod went again, only this time i got it through the weed and seen what i thought was a decent doggie, it was only when i got in to the edge i nearly shat myself when i realised it was a decent sized conger . I've never been close to one of these chappies let alone caught one, after a few deep breath's i got it up on the rocks, after a few snaps and weighing it, it was very carefuly released .
Quick smoke got the nerves sorted and was i ready for the start of the comp, things did'nt go so well from here. I lost a rig a cast and snapped the handle off my reel while getting through the weed, switched to the float and this seemed to be the better option as i landed a few wrasse, although they were under sized to be classed as counters . Then i landed a nice wee pollack of 27cm, my first counter of the day and also my last, as i only landed a couple of under sized one's till at about 6.30 i lost the float set-up too.
Decided to call it a day and packed up, happy with the fact i'd caught my first ever conger caught my first ever wrasse then landed a bigger one ( not much bigger ) and caught my first pollack this year . So all in all it was a nice session for me besides only having the 1 counter.

[dan]

nice one minty.

[eyesreilly]

Well done Minty ; think i'd be in the same boat myself if i caught a conger ,congrats on the new species ,im sure you went home happy

[gfkelly1969]

well done minty,great fishing, lovely fish the conger,i am still looking forward to landing my first one

[Fentster]

Well done, nice catching the first of anything, except crabs of course The Conger does seem to have a bit of a reputation but then again my mother told me girls had teeth down there........didn't stop me mind!

[vamper]

Well done on the new species mate

[crazyfish1983]

Nice one Minty- love to see the conger's showing up. Well done on boosting the species count.

[minty]

nice one minty.

cheers dan

Well done on the new species mate

thanks mate building them up slowly and surely

Well done, nice catching the first of anything, except crabs of course The Conger does seem to have a bit of a reputation but then again my mother told me girls had teeth down there........didn't stop me mind!

cheers mate, dont think i'd be so nervous next time as it seemed to be timid enough when i was un hooking it, but i did'nt know if was only luring me in to a false sense of security or not.

well done minty,great fishing, lovely fish the conger,i am still looking forward to landing my first one

cheers mate, yes they are lovely looking fish if not a bit evil, hopefuly you'll get one soon

Well done Minty ; think i'd be in the same boat myself if i caught a conger ,congrats on the new species ,im sure you went home happy

thanks mate, was hoping one of the other lads would unhook him for me but no joy, hard to belive this time last year i was nervous unhooking flat fish , went home happy alright

Nice one Minty- love to see the conger's showing up. Well done on boosting the species count.

thanks mate, not sure if i'm happy they're showing up as i would like it to be while till i get one again . thankfuly the species count is building up

[boyler]

Well done fella,congrats on the new species and the conger is a beaut

Paddy

[round_ourway]

well done minty. I was hitting into mackerel and greater sandeel, with that I thought there was going to be a load of fish out there. I will definitley be back. cracking spot.

[Ronald]

Nice going on the new species Minty, your first photo is a ballan wrasse and the second one is a female corkwing so 3 new species for the day

[saltydog]

Nice session lads well done

[Dawsey]

Nice going there minty, ya did well lad. Unlucky about the broken reel handle and lost rigs but hey ya got a few new species.

[rodbender]

Hard luck on the tackle losses Minty, well done on the fish catches. Unlucky catching only one conger, Portrush is full of them and some very big ones.

[Al and Jordan]

good stuff minty. 3 new species in one day, way to go mate . i'm just gutted we missed the comp as it clashed with a boat trip we had organized from weeks ago

[BigPhil]

well done on the conger.... just a pity it wasnt in the comp! would have bumped the points up nicely for you im sure!

[jonny gilbert]

where abouts were ya fishing minty round the back of the head or on the point. i would usually head around the back past the pipe for the congers and i've had some really good ones too. but congrats on the new species and its a dam shame the eel wasn't during the compo.

cheers jonny

[minty]

Well done fella,congrats on the new species and the conger is a beaut

Paddy

cheers boyler, dont know if i'd call it beauty, maybe evil

well done minty. I was hitting into mackerel and greater sandeel, with that I thought there was going to be a load of fish out there. I will definitley be back. cracking spot.

cheers lad, have to agree mate its a belter spot, first time i'd been there.

Nice going on the new species Minty, your first photo is a ballan wrasse and the second one is a female corkwing so 3 new species for the day

thanks ronald, cheers for pionting that out, i've no idea about the differences was just glad to eventually catch one

Nice session lads well done

cheers salty, great wee session, i'm not in it to win, just good to get out with lads that'll keep me on the right track

Nice going there minty, ya did well lad. Unlucky about the broken reel handle and lost rigs but hey ya got a few new species.

cheers dawsey, the new species made up for the systematic disasters i had that day, second reel wrecked in as many comps , have to learn to tie my own rigs

Hard luck on the tackle losses Minty, well done on the fish catches. Unlucky catching only one conger, Portrush is full of them and some very big ones.

thanks mate, will just have up the line strenght next time i'm there and i'm glad i only got the one conger, i can say i got one now so thats enough,

good stuff minty. 3 new species in one day, way to go mate . i'm just gutted we missed the comp as it clashed with a boat trip we had organized from weeks ago

cheers al, i'd have been happy with one new species the rest were the icing on the cake, we'll have to get out again soon, did you have much luck out on the boat?

well done on the conger.... just a pity it wasnt in the comp! would have bumped the points up nicely for you im sure!

cheers phil, few extra pionts would have been nice but i'd a cracking day, one counter is enough to keep me happy

where abouts were ya fishing minty round the back of the head or on the point. i would usually head around the back past the pipe for the congers and i've had some really good ones too. but congrats on the new species and its a dam shame the eel wasn't during the compo.

cheers jonny

thanks jonny, i was fishing off the point i think although there were other lads fishing on round from us, but i think i was the only one to hook into one

[Al and Jordan]

cheers al, i'd have been happy with one new species the rest were the icing on the cake, we'll have to get out again soon, did you have much luck out on the boat?

we were out with brian on the bangor boat (blue aquaris). got 118 mackeral, so the bait freezer is now stuffed to capacity windy off the site and another mate from work both got a red gurnard each, and it was their first time out with brian.. jammy gits,,,,, i've been trying for one for 3 years now and still no luck go figure

[minty]

we were out with brian on the bangor boat (blue aquaris). got 118 mackeral, so the bait freezer is now stuffed to capacity windy off the site and another mate from work both got a red gurnard each, and it was their first time out with brian.. jammy gits,,,,, i've been trying for one for 3 years now and still no luck go figure [/quote]

well done man, that'll save you a fortune , do you know anyone that sells lug, was told they'd be best for the next comp