Date: Wednesday 7th July 2010.
Duration: 2 hours
Tide: Low up to high
Bait: Bread
Method used: Float set up (very light tackle)
Weather: Cloudy, dry with virtually no wind
Results: 2 thick-lipped mullet for K2
Report
With the tides for the end of the week becoming later and later it meant that K2 and I wouldn’t be able to fish one of our favourite marks in Strangford Lough any night for the rest of the week and so we decided that we would make the most of any chance we did have to go and headed out for a couple of hours.
It was another fine night and with a couple of hours of daylight left and after what was a bad day at work for me what more of an excuse or reason did I need to go out for a spot of fishing to clear the mind.
We fished the same state of tide that we have been over the past few times down at this particular location from low water on the rise up to high and with a bigger tide forecasted for the night we were hoping more fish would be pushed in and up with it and that was the case with a good number moving up as the tide flooded.
A mate of ours Tom H had contacted us earlier on in the night to see if we were going out for a session – err.....”Stupid question!” I said to myself with “Yes, we’re on our way over now” being the answer. When K2 and I arrived Tom was already there and so without hesitation we all took our places along the bank and waited patiently for the fish to make an appearance.
Conditions were ideal/perfect, and with hardly a breath of wind the water was like a mill pond. If any fish broke the surface or made a movement under the water we were going to have no problem spotting them tonight.
We didn’t have to wait long before we spotted bubbles rising to the top of the water along with some mullet that came up for a look too.
That’s all we needed to get us moving into position and so without further delay we baited up and got down to business in hand.
Like the few nights previous, most of the fish stayed down deep with only a few coming up and taking the bread that was floating on top of the water.
We got them feeding well and so it looked very promising. I got a few bites during the session and Thomas had quite a few early on in the night but then like for me, at the end for about the last hour things went quiet with not much action to report.
The same can’t be said for K2 who again, as always seemed to have the magic touch where the mullet are concerned.
Not long into the session he hit into what was to be his first fish of two caught on the night. It took his bread that he had sunk below the water hitting it hard as it flew by like a torpedo and from the battle was on!! As K2 played his fish, I ran over to Thomas who was beside us and asked him if I could borrow his net as our one was around the corner on another bank and I didn’t want to risk going around for it incase K2 needed a net quickly.
The fish gave K2 a good scrap, going on a couple or really big powerful runs trying to get away. After approx. 7 minutes (which felt like to me more like 7 hours) the fight was over and K2 guided the fish towards me slowly and carefully for me to net it. Once it was safely in the net we walked over to the bank, unhooked it, took a quick picture and it was released unharmed but perhaps a little daunted from its journey into outer space!!
The tide had started to flood nicely at this stage and so we moved to a different section of the bank that is just around the corner abit where a few fish had moved up to.
Within 10 minutes of fishing here, and on only his third cast in K2 hooked into his second fish of the evening
It was again caught using the same tactics as before, with bread that was sunk underneath the surface where the fish were feeding. In almost a repeat of the first time, the fish gave him a good old scrap before it tired out enough allowing me to net it successfully. Another quick couple of pics were taken and the fish was released back in by K2.
We all continued to fish on for a while after that until it started to get so dark that we weren’t able to see our floats very well anymore and so we called it a day and made our way back up to the cars and headed for home.
Yet again, I had another really enjoyable night out fishing and with both great crack and great company what more could I ask for..........apart from to have caught a fish myself that is!! Next time!!
To be continued.............
Below are a few pictures of our session for you to look at.
"STORMIN NORMAN" does the buisness again 
That Norman one is just greedy!! 
