Donaghadee, Co Down, 10/11/10

[Drew]

People: Me.

Duration: 10.30am - 3.30pm

Tide: Push n High, Very cloudy water.

Weather: Cold but nice

Bait: Lugworm, Mackeral

Rigs: Loops, Flapper.

Results:

2 Ballan Wrasse, 1x29cm 1x38cm, 10 Coalfish 23cm - 37cm, 1 Small Pollack

Report:

Made a special effort to get down and dig worms at 7am this morning, got enough for a session in about an hour then came home to get the gear sorted and a spot of breakfast.

Made it to the Dee at 10.30am and got the gear set up... My visions of a hectic session soon disappeared when I saw the water was a Chocolate brown colour, due to 2 solid nights of North Easterly and a lot of Dredging around the harbour area recently.

Started picking up a few coalies on the loop rig at distance, and also had a couple under my feet on my mini rod. The fish were covered in Specals and were a very light grey colour for coalies, maybe its just the time of year but these coalies were weird. 2 Bigger Coalies had the proper darker backs but the smaller fish were very, very light.

The 2 Wrasse came from the distajce rod and made their presence known, fighting the whole way in...

Nice to get out during a break in the weather and looking foreword to getting out again soon!

[corbyeire]

fair play drew on getting out - i know what you mean about the speckles - you sometimes see a pink sheen off them - see it on the whiting also

[Drew]

I've also seen it on Pollack, Not sure whether the pigmentation changes when they're in the dirty water or not....