port oriel clogherhead co. louth wed 18th and fri 20th nov

[Al and Jordan]

People: just me

Duration: wed 6pm to 3am and fri 11am to 2pm

Tide: all states

Weather: wed. gales and occasional torrential rain. fri. sunny and 15mph westerlys

Bait: harbour rag, white rag, lug, razor mack and sand eel

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: WEDNESDAY 2 whiting 1 dab 1 shore rockling and a codling. FRIDAY 2 dab and 2 whiting




Report: WEDNESDAY. anytime we head out on a fishing trip down the east coast i always make a point of stopping off here for a session as it was the place where jordan caught his first ever fish (mackeral) and where i got my first full house of macks. so armed with an array of baits and 2 rods i almost felt compelled to fish it . sadly it was blowing a bloody gale and bite indication was out the window . so i just reeled in every 20 mins to see if i'd been robbed or if there was a fish attached to the trace i must have missed loads of bites due to the weather as the hooks kept coming back in stripped. but at least it ment there were plenty of fish out there the first fish was a dab who fell to the razor. then a shore rockling on mack and 2 micro whiting who were no bigger than the strips of mack they impaled themselves onto . i rounded off the session with a codling who was about 30cms and had taken the fat juicy lug with gusto . it was the only bite that registered all night and i honestly thought he was gonna be a bit bigger, but it turned out that he had bitten well above his weight . by 3am i was soaked and frozen to the bone. so i headed on to bed to get my head down in anticapation for my session with the east coast lads. (eyesreilley will put up a post of our exploits later today )

THURSDAY
i decided to use up my left over bait on the way home to see if a bit of daylight fishing would reap a different result. the wind had calmed down a good bit and it was unusually sunny and bright . i also discovered a wee fish mongers shop in the harbour which is handy to remember should i ever run low on bait when i'm ever out that way again . i got set up and landed a dab almost instantly and a couple more micro whiting. i put the last bit of mack on and cast out and landed another dab . but sadly the bait was all gone and i had to pack for home. 2 other anglers turned up and i at least had a bit of company for the last hour. all in all a good wee trip. clogherhead was good to me again and i did'nt blank at any of the marks in the 3 days i was away. so i was well made up no bass, but plenty to keep me entertained all the same

[Bass Buster]

well done alan another cracking report......tight lines...

[doggie3131]

nice one al,sorry our plans fell apart,but thats life,glad ye got fish,pity about the bass.

[liam78]

nice one there am thinking of heading around that part for beach fishing after xmass

[eyesreilly]

Well done Al , glad you got a few species,,,,,,that codling beats my pb hands down . You left out the part where the gardai arrived to see if you needed some psychiatric help .Gales and torrential rain , that was just preparation for your trip down to us ,,,,,,,,hopefully the weather will be better next time Great catching up with you again,
Dave

[clownfish]

Well done Al ,good session and well done , have had numerous blanks here over the years (except for the mack bash sessions) so good to hear positive results and to make it more positive my brother lives in Clogherhead and on a promise to fish here with him saturday week ,so would be truly greatful for a location on your productive mark ,pm me if poss.
Thx jay

[colin c]

Nice one Al

[aaronjunited]

happy days al, well done mate, no blanks is good. :):)

[FisherKing]

Nice session fine Codling

[bpmurray]

I fish there regularly and have never caught a rockling - well done!

I took the dogs for a walk over that way today - with the storm, the water is brown from the sand and whatever, so my guess is that there won't be anything caught there for the next week or 10 days.

[Al and Jordan]

well done alan another cracking report......tight lines...

thanks bryan. we'll have to get a session in sometime up the antrim coast man

nice one al,sorry our plans fell apart,but thats life,glad ye got fish,pity about the Bass.

cheers noel. sure it just gives us an excuse to plan another trip for the future

nice one there am thinking of heading around that part for beach fishing after xmass

cheers liam. the port beach north of the harbour is supposed to fish well

Well done Al , glad you got a few species,,,,,,that codling beats my pb hands down . You left out the part where the gardai arrived to see if you needed some psychiatric help .Gales and torrential rain , that was just preparation for your trip down to us ,,,,,,,,hopefully the weather will be better next time Great catching up with you again,
Dave

when the cops saw my car parked at the end of the pier they could'nt believe anyone was mental enough to be out fishing in those conditions it was good meeting up again and hopefully we'll make it to the RNLI comp in january

Well done Al ,good session and well done , have had numerous blanks here over the years (except for the mack bash sessions) so good to hear positive results and to make it more positive my brother lives in Clogherhead and on a promise to fish here with him saturday week ,so would be truly greatful for a location on your productive mark ,pm me if poss.
Thx jay

hey,, no probs jay. only the dabs were taken at distance. but the hot spot where i get most of the fish is just 10 feet from the railing slightly to the right towards the breakwater boulders. you'll need to use sacrificial rigs thow as you'll get snagged up and loose leads and some hooks. but that's where the fish come into nose around and feed on the small stuff hiding in the kelp a simple 3 way swivel and a lead and hook will do the trick and keep tackle losses to a bare minimum . hope this helps man.

Nice one Al

cheers colin. that mark has'nt let us down yet

happy days al, well done mate, no blanks is good. :):)

always good to beat the blank man

Nice session fine Codling

thanks FK. he was about 30cms. i had to go out and buy another measure as my dog decided to eat my new one and the one i had got for fishface . but we've had codling there up to about a pound in the past

I fish there regularly and have never caught a rockling - well done!
I took the dogs for a walk over that way today - with the storm, the water is brown from the sand and whatever, so my guess is that there won't be anything caught there for the next week or 10 days.

thanks man. we love that mark and it always surprises the hell out of me when we fish it in the winter as you hardly ever see another angler at it . it's usually packed with the macky bashers in the summer so best avoided with the bait fishing unless you like sorting multiple tangles and the rockling are there, but they like to hide in the gaps in the boulders to the right of the railings. but you can tempt them out easy enough with a chunk of mack or prawn just be prepared to loose a bit of tackle

[clownfish]

Thx Al know exactly where your talking about and have plenty of them sacrificial rigs too can you drive on to the pier as far as the railings

[clownfish]

Thx Al know exactly where your talking about and have plenty of them sacrificial rigs too can you drive on to the pier as far as the railings

[fishermannum1]

great stuff al, and nice results too!!!!! up this way the weather is madness cant get out anywere, ( so i was "FORSED" to sit threw that x factor jes; never again, so zig & zag have now left the building ) " rant over "
but the weather looks as if it is easing up a bit, so i'll get my fix soon

[eyesreilly]

cant get out anywere, ( so i was "FORSED" to sit threw that x factor jes; never again, so zig & zag have now left the building ) " rant over "
but the weather looks as if it is easing up a bit, so i'll get my fix soon

I feel your pain Don,,,,,,,I watched a man film on Sat night (letters from iwo jima ) but she "thoughtfully" taped the x factor for us to watch later on

[topman]

do you get many cod up in that part of the country i was told the fishing is usually bad up there.

[Al and Jordan]

Thx Al know exactly where your talking about and have plenty of them sacrificial rigs too can you drive on to the pier as far as the railings

yes man, you just might need to move it as the trawler guys sort their nets, but they're spot on about it

great stuff al, and nice results too!!!!! up this way the weather is madness cant get out anywere, ( so i was "FORSED" to sit threw that x factor jes; never again, so zig & zag have now left the building ) " rant over "
but the weather looks as if it is easing up a bit, so i'll get my fix soon

jeysus,,,, the x factor... i'd rather go bobbing for apples in a deep fat fryer we'll have to get out up your way with you again before christmas man try and get jordan a flattie with a bit of weight to it

do you get many cod up in that part of the country i was told the fishing is usually bad up there.

county antrim & down or county louth???

[daminim]

Great report - let us know in advance when your around again.

Conor