Up trumps at last, Co Down Rockmark

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Der Baron
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Up trumps at last, Co Down Rockmark

#1 Post by Der Baron »

People:Me and fishyfingers

Duration: 13:30-18:00

Tide: rise and ebb

Weather:overcast and balmy

Bait:Rag, Lug, Mac,Sandeel.

Rigs:Float,Spinner, Flappers

Results:Lost Count, endless Wrasse and Pollack, a few Coalies and Mackerel




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Well after what seems an age,and many rewardless trips exploring what we thought would be new productive marks, we decided to go back to a favourite of mine,and oh boy what a day. While I faffed about setting up a conger rig, and a flapper rig on my tripod, Kev was into a fish a cast, right from the off. Large Pollack were hanging themselves on the end of his rag worm. So it was to be for the rest of the day, and finally when I got my float rig set up, we both set about pulling out lunker fish after lunker fish, with the occasional Coalie, hookin itself up as well. After about an hour or so we had lost count of the fish we had landed. All in all an amazing day with some fine specimens. We finished it off with chucking out a spinner each and bringing in half a dozen Mackerel. A truelly memorable day, and I'm glad it turned out to be as good a mark as I had bummed it up to be to Kev! The pix below are really an average sample of the days fishing!
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#2 Post by doggie3131 »

sweet fishing lads,lovely when a day comes good like that!
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.

species 2010,(27)

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#3 Post by nicefish »

Great session lads 8)
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#4 Post by evan699 »

Lovely wrasse there lads. Glad to hear ye had a good day. Lovely when the work finally pays off. :D
Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

Species 2015: Ballan wrasse, poor cod, pollack, ling, flounder, turbot, mackerel, whiting, lsd, dab, grey gurnard, pouting, cuckoo wrasse, cod
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#5 Post by Donnyboy1 »

IS that a black pollock / coalfish in the last pic? Or is it a suntan ;)
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#6 Post by KERRY1 »

Excellent fishing lads, well done! 8) Some nice wrasse there, sounds like you's where kept busy the whole time bringing your fish in, nice one :D
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#7 Post by Dawsey »

Nice one man, looks like you guys had a great time of it. Hard to beat pollock and wrasse on the float. That general area should be fishing it socks off at the min.
[i]Species '10[/i] [b]23 Species[/b]

[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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#8 Post by tight lines »

well done great fishing
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#9 Post by Der Baron »

Thanks all, will be back out there shortly. Only regret of the day, was I left my fly rod at home. The Pollack were right under our feet! twas magic! :shock:
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#10 Post by eyesreilly »

well done that was a great day :wink:
Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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#11 Post by Drew »

Nice fishing lads! =)
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