Donaghadee- 3rd Jan 2010

[dan]

People- A Mate (Curtis) and Myself
Duration- 2.30pm-6.45pm
Tides- Drop
Weather- Nice, but a bit cold
Rigs- pulleys, conger rigs, 2 up 1 downs and 2 and 3 hook Flapper
Baits- Mack, Lug, White Rag, Rag, Sandeel and Squid
Results- Curtis- 2 Codling and 2 Pouting and a Velvet Crab
Me- 12 Pollack (to 20cm), 1 coalie (22cm), 6 Codling (to 25cm), Pouting (to 19cm) and a Poorcod (12cm)

Report- I texted Curtis a few Days back to see if he fancied heading out fishing tonight, he said yea he would come, so we hit the Dee at around 2.30pm, in the Day light fishing was slow, a few slight rattles and a Velvet Crab, as it began to get dark bites were more frequent and i started with 2 very small Pouting at around 10cm. Curtis then got a 16cm Pouting, after this is i got a 15cm Pouting, a 19cm Pouting and a 25cm Codling, this was followed by a nice 22cm Coalie, after this i continued to get Codling, Pouting and a plague of small pollack to 20cm started, in this session i also had a run from a conger, but i think i may have struck into it a bit early, best bait was Rag and Mackerel. All in all a fantastic Session and i look forwar to getting out again.

[junior conger]

well done dan

[dan]

thanks mate

[mitch]

its always nice to get out dan, a few fish is always a bonus

[kaylemf]

nice variety of fish there dan, well done

[dan]

cheers lads

[dan]

Pictures

[dan]

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[eric]

your pouting is poor cod and your possible poor cod is indeed a poor cood. nice one dan. lovely pics too

[Al and Jordan]

nice one dan. good to see this freezing weather is'nt putting you off man i always like to fish there from low to high, so good to see it still fishes well enough on the drop i'll have to give it a go myself soon,,, althow i doubt i'll be lucky enough to get a jammy mackeral there in january this year . but it's funny that you got a sand smelt out that way recently as it was jan 09 when dawsey got his one there with us. still trying for a haddock there as i missed out for the 2009 species count and good to see you remembered the camera, just keep it in the box for when you get something out of the ordinary well done again man

[dan]

Yea, no dobt the haddock are still there, although they seemed to be feeding through the day before and eased off in the dark, but there were loads. im still on the look for my conger eel

[davy mccormick]

Dan if you havent caught a conger at the Dee by now you have probably left it to late. Im not saying you wont get one but there are better venues close to you for congers.

[dan]

yea, i still just fire a rod out for them whilst fishing for other species in the hope that there might be one comes across it and yums it!!!!

[round_ourway]

well done dan.. good pictures