2 days in Co.Down 10th & 11th april

[Al and Jordan]

People: me mark and jordan

Duration: 10th 2pm to 9pm & 11th 5.30pm to 9pm

Tide: 10th hw 9.30pm & 11th hw 10pm

Weather: excellent

Bait: rag, lug, mack, razor, prawn, squid and sand eel

Rigs: flappers and 2 up 1 down

Results: male dragonet, shanny, long spined sea scorpion, whiting and a pollack




Report: i'll try and keep this short as i'm getting ready to head out again today . we decided to try one of our summer rock marks on saturday. i thought we'd have relative peace as it's a bit off the beaten track, but we'd no sooner arrived and got set up as we saw 5 other anglers head our way. we moved over a bit to give 2 guys a chance to fly fish for pollack to our left and 3 young lads were spinning to their left too. the conditions were perfect, but no one had informed the fish about that i got diddly squat on my bait rod and lost 2 pollack on a lure. my mate did'nt get a touch either and jordan saved our blushes and got a male dragonet . the other 5 lads to our left hooked 1 fish for the whole day and lost it in the kelp . but jordan was made up as he'd said from the start all he wanted was a dragonet, and thats what he got . i hooked into a big brown crab about the size of a dinner plate and my mate was licking his lips as he eats them. but it was only inches from the net when it let go of my rig and returned to the depths .

DAY 2 BANGOR HARBOUR
we decided to give the minis a go to see if there was any about, but it was pretty quiet to be honest. i got 2 tiny whiting and a long spined sea scorpion and jordan got a shanny and a wee pollack and mark blanked again . kerry 1 and her fella called down to say hi and ask for jordans autograph as they had spotted him in this months edition of total sea fishing . he's already sent me out to buy multiple copys to keep all over the place . one for his school bag, 1 for his mum's and 1 for his room . i was just made up to see his wee face light up when he spotted his pic in the magazine

all in all not a bad weekend. not too much fish about, but with this weather it's just great to be out by the sea soaking up the sun

[marky]

well done say ur mates face dropped when he seen his dinner fall of de rig well done jordan on getting the dragonet and getting ur pic in total sea fishing

[Tony Fella]

nice pics there. seen Jordan in total sea fishing

[dfella25]

Sweet looking dragonet lads. I've never caught one. Looking forward to a mini session soon myself and see whats about. Mind you most of the fich this year have been mini's Big well done to Jordan in TSF. I hope he gets to keep the prize Al?

[saltydog]

That Dragonet is class looking nicely done Sir

[KERRY1]

Well done everyone
Thanks for texting me yesterday Al to tell me about Jordan being in the magazine, you must be well proud of him. Well done Jordan.
It was good to see you's last night and meet your mate mark. When Norman and I first went down for a walk we didn't think anyone would be there so we got a surprise when we seen you's.

[eyesreilly]

Daylight fishing will hopefully pick up soon Al ,,,,Well done Jordan,i'm dead jealous of that Dragonet,its a little beauty ,,and well done on getting your little mug in the TSF,I'LL HAVE TO BREAK OPEN MY PIGGY BANK AND GET MYSELF A COPY ,,,,,,,,,,,,,seeing as i know a celebrity now,,,,,,,youre the second most famous person i've met after Paul Young

[bsloan]

those dragonets are a nice looking fish. Well done!!!!
Ive been trying to convince my 9 year old to go fishing but all i get is a blank face and a "WHY?!"

[paddygoodfish]

[/b] Well done lads. Brilliant looking fish,

[FisherKing]

Them Dragonets are a cool looking fish Nice one Jordon Great weather & a few fish

[bhoy32]

nice pictures well done on getting a few fish

[nobuzz]

Nice Dragonet.

I assume the female of the species is a bit less vividly coloured.

I caught one at Donaghadee last summer and it was really drab in comparison with Jordan's.

[markh]

nice fish as usual and congratulations for the pic in the magazine just seen it last night

[fishermannum1]

cool looking Dragonet guys, its been a good few years since i got one of them, nice wee session's guts + pic's and congrat's to the wee man jordan, bet you he had a smile like a cheshire cat

[Al and Jordan]

well done say ur mates face dropped when he seen his dinner fall of de rig well done jordan on getting the dragonet and getting ur pic in total sea fishing

thanks marky. every time my mate put the net into the water we ended up loosing whatever we were trying to net . he got a fair bit of stick about his "NET OF DOOM"

nice pics there. seen Jordan in total sea fishing

cheers tony, he's made up about it

Sweet looking dragonet lads. I've never caught one. Looking forward to a mini session soon myself and see whats about. Mind you most of the fich this year have been mini's Big well done to Jordan in TSF. I hope he gets to keep the prize Al?

thanks man. he waiting for his prize to arrive in the post

That Dragonet is class looking nicely done Sir

thanks conor. i was trying to get him into a pool of water that was deep enough to support his big dorsal fin when it stood up. the colours are amazing on those wee fish

Well done everyone
Thanks for texting me yesterday Al to tell me about Jordan being in the magazine, you must be well proud of him. Well done Jordan.
It was good to see you's last night and meet your mate mark. When Norman and I first went down for a walk we didn't think anyone would be there so we got a surprise when we seen you's.

cheers paula, sure you know us. while there's petrol in the car and bait in our fridge, we'll be out somewhere fishing

Daylight fishing will hopefully pick up soon Al ,,,,Well done Jordan,i'm dead jealous of that Dragonet,its a little beauty ,,and well done on getting your little mug in the TSF,I'LL HAVE TO BREAK OPEN MY PIGGY BANK AND GET MYSELF A COPY ,,,,,,,,,,,,,seeing as i know a celebrity now,,,,,,,youre the second most famous person i've met after Paul Young

thanks dave. he's a ledgend in his own lunch hour now he has me waiting on this months sea angler coming out too

those dragonets are a nice looking fish. Well done!!!!
Ive been trying to convince my 9 year old to go fishing but all i get is a blank face and a "WHY?!"

start him on the float so he has something to keep his attention . when jordan was 6 i got a wee bait net that we put out with a few old mackkie skeletons into. it kept him interested with all the sea life that came up in it when the fishing was slow might work for your wee man too

[/b] Well done lads. Brilliant looking fish,

thanks paddy. those wee fish would'nt look out of place in a tropical fish tank

Them Dragonets are a cool looking fish Nice one Jordon Great weather & a few fish

jordan saves the blank again . but like you said. with weather like that it was just great to get out

nice pictures well done on getting a few fish

thanks man. it can be tough going at the moment roll on the wrasse

Nice Dragonet.
I assume the female of the species is a bit less vividly coloured.
I caught one at Donaghadee last summer and it was really drab in comparison with Jordan's.

yes alan. the females are more drab and have different coloured eyes. they also have a short dorsal fin. the males are a dead give away with the neon blue eyes

nice fish as usual and congratulations for the pic in the magazine just seen it last night

cheers mark. jordan is still on cloud nine after getting into the magazine

cool looking Dragonet guys, its been a good few years since i got one of them, nice wee session's guts + pic's and congrat's to the wee man jordan, bet you he had a smile like a cheshire cat

thanks don. his face lit up when he spotted himself in the magazine,, i did'nt let on and handed it to him a cheshire cat would'nt have got a look in

[RockHunter]

Well done to Jordan on the dragonet - that's an interesting looking fish.
I saw Jordan's pricture in Total Sea Fishing yesterday - I dont normally buy it but I was travelling back from a meeting in the UK and picked up a copy in the airport to have someting to read on the plane - I would say he is well pleased alright.