county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#21 Post by Dawsey »

awesome report mate. been itching 2 read this all weekend and only gettin a chance now. the ray's look sweet as. you boy's did very well that nite. hmm time 2 get a bit of time off work i think :mrgreen:
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[i]Species '11[/i] Coalfish, Pollock, Mackerel, Sea Trout, Flounder, Turbot, Dab, Thornback Ray, Smoothhound, Tope(pup), Tub Gurnard, LSD, Shanny, Ballen Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldsinny Wrasse

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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#22 Post by Mick001 »

Well done Al, Fantastic result with the Cuckoo Ray.
Nice amount of species as well

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Species 2010: Thornback Ray:Codling: 3 Bearded Rockling: Doggie: Common Smoothhound: Flounder: Ballan Wrasse: Starry Smoothhound:[color=#BF0000]Mayo Bass: [/color]Sea Trout

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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#23 Post by Drew »

Pure brilliant guys! Ur really packing the hours away atm!

Would love one of those beauties... 8)
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#24 Post by beachcaster »

very well done some lovely rays there,great report as usual.
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#25 Post by KERRY1 »

Well done guys, that was a super session 8) Those rays are pure class,nice one!
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#26 Post by tight lines »

super fishing lads great report and photos as usual and hope jordon get a ray soon
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#27 Post by Al and Jordan »

grady wrote:great report with the great catch, fair play on yas lads, congrads on cockoo ray super great looking fish, well done lads
cheers man. it was a very welcome surprise :D
vamper wrote:Well done on a few greta sessions lads, and congratulations on the cuckoos :D
i have to agree with you about litter being left on marks :evil: . If everyone just took 5 mins at the end of their session clear up their rubbish.
thanks man. sadly there seems to have been a group of lads fishing that spot hard since i put up the huss report :roll: . i would'nt mind so much, if only they cleaned up after themselves :evil:
FisherKing wrote:Well done lads 8) great report & pics Al, would love to catch a cuckoo ray or any Ray :wink: 8)
cheers brian. we've fished that mark a brave few times before and never had a sniff of one. so it was great to get 4 between us in a session :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
forest wrote:well done! that looked like a belter of a session would love to get one of them rays!!!!
thanks man. it will likely turn out like our bass session on the antrim coast the other year. 6 in one session and not a sniff of one since :roll: :roll: typical :lol: :lol:
junior conger wrote:well done lads :D
cheers JC :P
GEORGE H wrote:Hi Al
There was quite a few cuckoo rays caught last week from the same area. But they are very hit and miss. You could fish that same mark the next night and not get any.
Well done and I am sure young Jordan will get one soon enough. My own young lad loves catching rays or any flat fish ( as he likes to call them)
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thanks george. since putting up the report i've had a few phone calls from lads who have had the odd one in that general area. so, like you said. they are about, just gotta be lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time :wink: :P
saving private brian wrote:well done on the fishing but great to see ye get ray off yer mark.nice pics
thanks brian. i'm just gutted now that i never bothered to enter the site species hunt as i'm bagging them in rightly this year :cry: :cry: . ahh well,,, there's always next year i suppose :roll: :lol: :lol:
marshpike wrote:Well done on the Ray, cool as...
thanks robbie. thought the very same thing myself :P :P . we hope to get a few more species of ray down in co. kerry this weekend. apparently we stand a good chance for stingray, undulates and small eye's. so fingers crossed man :D :D
bigsod wrote:Them cookoos have to be one of the most beautiful fish on our shores 8)
could'nt agree more shane, they're right up there with the cuckoo wrasse :P
eyesreilly wrote:That was just marvellous Al, great reading altogether :wink: . You well deserve it for your efforts and I applaud your anti-littering message. And by the way,,,,,,,,,,you're a jammy git!!!!!!!There again , as the man says, the more you fish , the jammier you get :lol: :lol: ,,,,,,,,,,,well done again :wink:
:lol: :lol: :lol: thanks for the vote of confidence there dave :roll: :roll: and there was me thinking it was my great angling prowess and skill :( . but as jordan says "you stand a chance of beating a good angler. but stand no chance of beating a bloody lucky angler!!". i guess i must fall into the latter of te 2 :wink: :wink: :D :D
nobuzz wrote:Who was it that said 'the more I practice the luckier I get'. Great report.
:lol: :lol: nailed it in one alan :wink: :mrgreen:
richie1983 wrote:well done lads what a report a great read
and great fish and photos excellent
thanks richie. :P
mitch wrote:great report al
those cuckoo rays are beautiful looking fish ,you guys have
some super looking spots for fishing and great variety of fish :mrgreen: :mrgreen: .keep the reports comming al . :P
cheers ger. we don't have smoothies and only the odd bass, but we do get cuckoo wrasse and ray :wink: . only a small consolation,, but i think we'll settle for it :D . and besides, with the new motorway opened wicklow is only a 2 & 1/2 hour drive from our house :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
dfella25 wrote:Great read as usual Al and the ray are beautiful as they lads have said. Very well done 8)
cheers man. yet another sea angler, shimano accomplished badge to add to the collection :mrgreen:
Dawsey wrote:awesome report mate. been itching 2 read this all weekend and only gettin a chance now. the ray's look sweet as. you boy's did very well that nite. hmm time 2 get a bit of time off work i think :mrgreen:
always a spare seat in the motor for you man :wink: just gotta bribe the missus with something :lol: :lol:
Mick001 wrote:Well done Al, Fantastic result with the Cuckoo Ray.
Nice amount of species as well
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thanks mick. i'd have been happy with just the one. but 3 was something else :o . bet that means it will be another 4 years before i get one again thow :roll:
Drew wrote:Pure brilliant guys! Ur really packing the hours away atm!
Would love one of those beauties... 8)
thanks drew. once you get the old driving licence sorted i'd say there'll be a brave few marks up the antrim coast getting a rattle man :wink: :P
beachcaster wrote:very well done some lovely rays there,great report as usual.
cheers man :D
KERRY1 wrote:Well done guys, that was a super session 8) Those rays are pure class,nice one!
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tight lines wrote:super fishing lads great report and photos as usual and hope jordon get a ray soon
cheers man. i think i'll have to let him hit any slack line bites up there on my rod for the future until he bags himself one :lol: :lol:
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#28 Post by kaylemf »

brilliant fishing well done lads
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Species 2010 - (15) Coalfish, Whiting, 5 Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Shore Rockling, Codling, Turbot, Launce, Pollack, Blenny, Conger, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Sea Trout,


Species 2011:(11) Turbot, Whiting, Flounder, Coalfish, 5 Bearded Rockling, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Pollack, 3 Bearded Rockling, Spurdog, Mackerel,

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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#29 Post by plumster »

megga fishing lads , great report as always jordan :lol:
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#30 Post by Der Baron »

Envious of the rays man,fantastic result, yes keep that location under lock and key!
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#31 Post by doggie3131 »

fantastic few days fishing,and those ray are beautiful,dont remember ever seeing one before! 8)
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard

species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.

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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#32 Post by Al and Jordan »

kaylemf wrote:brilliant fishing well done lads
thanks man :P
plumster wrote:megga fishing lads , great report as always jordan :lol:
:lol: :lol: just gotta get him one now :roll: :roll: :D
Der Baron wrote:Envious of the rays man,fantastic result, yes keep that location under lock and key!
will do paul :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
doggie3131 wrote:fantastic few days fishing,and those ray are beautiful,dont remember ever seeing one before! 8)
cheers noel. if you and john get the chance to get a scoot over this end of the world in the wagon i'd be happy to take you to try for one :P .
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Re: county antrim and down. 4 marks from the 5th to 11th august

#33 Post by Tony Fella »

Very nice rays there lads
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Species 2011..(17)..Haddock..Ling..Cod..Whiting..Dab..Flounder..Coalie..Pollock..Pouting..Poorcod..cuckoo wrasse...Pouting...Launce..Plaice..Smooth Hound.. Turbot..Ballan Wrasse..

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