Duration: 13th, 5pm-1am. 14th, 5pm-9pm
Tide: 13th, low through high and first 4hrs of drop again. 14th, low to 1hr before high
Weather: 13th torrential sleet 30mph winds
14th dry, cold and 15mph windsBait: squid, mack and razor
Rigs: flappers and 1 hook pulley
Results: 13th 8 coalfish to 2lb 10ozs, 2 pollack, 2 whiting, 1 codling and 1 flounder
14th 3 coalfish, 1 codling and 1 rockling
Report: WED 13TH JAN county antrim beach
another site member had told me he had a great session on a beach where there were decent flounder to almost 2lb knocking around
. and anyone who knows me could tell you that was all the encouragement i needed to justify a run up the coast 
. worm baits were killing on the beach so i phoned round a few tackle shops and secured a pound of rag for a good long session 
. the guy in larne told me to call him on the mobile when i got to the shop and he would come round and open up and sort me with the rag. so i called him and the phone rang for a bit then went to answer machine. i told him i was on my way down and would call again when i got to the shop. i did and it just went straight to voicemail 
panic began to set in as i realized he was gonna let me down with the bait. needless to say i was less than pleased with the guy . to make matters worse i had only brought 2 wee macks with me for tipping off the worms 
and them on their own would only last an hour at best. so what was i to do?,,, drive all the way back to belfast to lift more bait out of my freezer and waste £15 petrol or go through my phone book to see if any of my fishing buddys could sort me out. thankfully conor came to the rescue and drove 8 miles from ballycastle to meet me at the mark with a box of squid 
. (top man conor i owe ya big time). he would'nt even take any money for them or for petrol, just told me the next time i'm out that way to chuck a box back into him 
. so back to the fishing. i walked onto the beach and the wind was blowing hard from left to right and the sleet was coming down like hail . the tripod got blown over 3 times while i was rigging up and my first cast resulted in a mountain of weed and kelp stalks pulling the rod and tripod over into the sand within minutes. this was not fun fishing 
. the weed was a serious problem, and even dropping down to a 1 hook rig did'nt help matters. that cast resulted in a mountain of weed that snapped my 30lb braid 
. so i packed up (admitting defeat) and drove round the coast looking for somewhere i could fish from the boot of the motor. i found a small pier i was able to back the car down and began fishing. bites were instant and in 3 hours i got a good mix of species . another guy saw me fishing from the road and came over looking shelter and set up too. i got chatting to him and he told me he had the same problems with the weather at glenarm and no bites either. i was doing my usual bit, fishing with 2 wee spinning rods and one of them almost bounced off the tripod . at first i thought it was a seal but felt the tell tale head shaking of a fish on the end . he scrapped well and i was amazed at the size of him as he broke the surface!! not a kick in the bum off 3lb my biggest shore caught coalie yet. i was chuffed to bits. then another 2 good ones soon followed suite . i was made up and headed on home 30mins or so later when the bites stopped.THURSDAY 14TH JAN DONAGHADEE HARBOUR
not much to report. i was surprised how badly this mark fished really
. i brought some fresh mack and razor along with yesterday's squid. started fishing at low and only stuck it out to 9pm. bites were scarse to say the least and what was there was all small 
. 5 fish for 4 hours was pretty poor for here and when the rain started at 9pm i decided that 6 cans of guiness and a movie was the better option 
, and fair play to Conor for sorting out the bait for you.
. 
If only we could win the Lotto and spend all our time fishing 
well you sure did turn it around ,some realy nice coalies 
just give me a call when you get back man and we'll get a wee session sorted out 