Portaferry, Co Down 11.01.10

[GarethM]

me and GHRE

16.00 - 21.00

Tide incoming

Very cold and windy with light rain towards the end of the session

Mackeral

3/0 pulleys and a conger rig

3 Coalies, 5 Codling and a pouting




Decided to give portaferry a blast and there was a strong easterly winds and anywhere along the antrim coast would have been windswept. We started off at the ferry terminal with no success (first 2 hours) and ended up moving to the pier at the end of the town. Started getting bites almost instantly with the biggest fish being a codling just short of 30cm. We had no takes on the conger line. We could actually see good sized fish swimming (50+ cm) close to the surface every so often as a red light from the pier lit up a section of water beside the pier. Next time we'll be bringing float/spinning gear to the mark, no idea what type of fish they were? All in all a good session apart from the weather. Headin to Waterfoot tomorrow evening to see what it can produce this time of year.

[Al and Jordan]

nice one gareth , and welcome to the site man. i've not fished there since the summer but good to hear there are a few big fellas scooting about down there. just a pity you did'nt have a float set up with you . sounds like the move was a good idea thow . keep the reports coming mate (how did you get on at waterfoot?)

[crazyfish1983]

Welcome mate. Good report. It would be interesting to see what the fish on the surface were. Could maybe even be sea trout. worth a trow with a float or a spinner.

Nice one on the fish caught- 30 cms isnt too bad a codling in my book (given my pb is around 10 cms). Congers can frustrate from tiime to time... .

[KERRY1]

Well done Gareth and welcome to the site!

[GarethM]

Cheers everyone, I'll definitley be back there with float gear to try it. You can literally only bottom fish for the first 20-30 meters out from that pier then its tackle graveyard. Has anyone ever caught sea trout off the pier? I think strangford is well known for its sea trout population.

[chrisfeeney30]

well done! those fish could also be mullet?