Portmuck, Glenariff/Waterford, Cushendall.

[David]

Which of the above areas would give the better fishing, especially this time of year.
Thanks

[BigPhil]

waterfoot beach might fish ok after dark, as will carnlough; cushendun aint been great so i would imagine its a similar story for cushendall.

[geomac]

David go to reports . Gavin fished the coast the weekend geo

[glengormley-gavin]

Antrim coast has not fished well during the day over the last few weeks but as Big Phil says there have been fish caught at night.

Me and the bro took 22 fish from Portmuck last week - no keepers though (at least we were catching something!!!!)

GG

[The cod father]

I was fishing off waterfoot beach on saturday from about 10.00am to 1.00pm and neither myself or the other 2 anglers caught a tail. I left and went to ballintoy harbour and myself and another young lad caught a small plaice each about the size of your hand. Not much but at least it was a fish. :(

[David]

Is it the time of the year or are there no fish all year round now-a-days.

[BigPhil]

although the fishing in general may be poor it definately improves after march david
generally jan, feb and march are the quieter months
if you start around april say around rock marks in cushendall area more plaice appear, then around may portrush picks up, then generally during the summer months fishing is fairly good all over for almost all available species
then september to december you can get peace to fish venues like benone, portstewart strands etc for flounder and turbot etc
keep the chin up, keep putting in the practice and gather more knowledge of marks etc and trust me, you will see more productive catches....patience required for a couple of months though! :wink:

[glengormley-gavin]

What Big Phil said........

GG

[David]

Is there still a chance of catching anything decent in the next two months.

[BigPhil]

there is always a 'chance' but you can still have fun catching higher numbers of smaller fish if you scale your gear down a bit.
there are still some cracking big flounders that turn up around the coast occasionally at this time of year too., these will generally just turn up in through the smaller stuff.

[David]

Do all the doggies and the likes move away in winter aswell.

[BigPhil]

some still appearing around glenarm but in small numbers

[glengormley-gavin]

Do all the doggies and the likes move away in winter aswell.

I got a doggie from Glenarm Breakwater on Sunday.

I'm still trying to determine which type of doggie it was.

It was grey in colour with large grey spots on a white belly.

Any ideas???

GG

[x]

You didn't happen to notice what colour the inside of its mouth was? They do tend to colour themselves to suit the terrain the grew up in to some extent, so one that was always over a sandy bottom will not be as plainly marked in black and white as some of the ones from over harder ground.

You do get the odd one with some sort of genetic abnormality where the colourings way off - like the albino or electric blue lobsters you see occasionally.

Any pics?

Here's one you mightn't have come across - ever seen a doggie with an elastic band stuck into it's head - used to get a few of those off the boats. Never figured out how that happened. They all seemed to have been like that for some time as the band had kind of sunk in and deformed the head.

[BigPhil]

most likely just a normal lsd with colour change due to terrain ?

[glengormley-gavin]

that is what i suspected phil.....


GG

[Drew]

The Woofers off Donaghadee are always pretty Dark but beautifully marked... 8)