Soft plastic lures, RedBay, Co Antrim, short session 8 Oct.

[cathalger]

People:Chuckaroo and me.

Duration:1.5 hrs, dusk.

Tide:filling, just after low water.

Weather:Wet and windy.

Bait:shads, sidewinders, metal spinners.

Results:Pollack, Coley, Codling.




Report:
Following Charlies success with the pollack on plastic lures a fortnight ago, we went for a quick throw in the evening to the same spot. I started off fishing metal spinner, Charlie fished plastics. Both of us were getting many small coley and pollack to begin with, some of the coleys close to a pound. Had a feeling if any decent pollack showed up Charlie would be more likely to get them on his plastics, than I would on the spinner. Sure enough as the light faded he got a nice 2.5lb pollack and 2 casts later a fish of 2lb.

I stuck on a weighted shad and got a hit on second throw, fish got stuck in weed but after a bit of giving it slack and pulling at it it came free, nice wee codling of 1lb 12oz. I doubt if that fish would have been taken had I kept fishing the metal spinners, plastics (and fly rod too on other occasions) seem to be more productive than the metal sprat type spinners a lot of the time. Could well be something to do with being able to fish them slower, particularly where the water is shallow. Spinners great on their day but maybe not always the best thing to be throwing?

The 2 fish pictured were kept for eating, couple of dozen returned but mostly small.

[AlanF]

very very nice Pollack there That top is a beauty. The bottom one is that a pollack too, never seen one like that?

[fishy1987]

fine few fish their cracing pictures too!

[cathalger]

very very nice Pollack there That top is a beauty. The bottom one is that a pollack too, never seen one like that?

Hi Alan, believe it or not its actually the same fish, the pollack that is. Dunno what has happened its fins, damaged as can be seen in photo?

Cheers.

[dave316]

lovely wee session Cathal, well done

[fagan]

Well done guys. Nice 2 see the codling r coming in aswell. Great fishing.

[leadhead]

nice session lads & the codling with home made chips........yummy

[FISHYFINGERS]

Great result Cathal, pollack are hard to beat on the plastics, haven't managed to get out over the last few weeks, getting cabin fever!

[The Austrian]

wow, well done after reading your report I'm itching to go out, and, having the inlaws here for another week makes it all the easier to cope with less than desirable weather conditions

[chuckaroo]

good effort Cathal, enjoyed that wee session. hopefully get another go at it sometime soon enough.
have you tried the shrimp pot yet... ?

[bazzer74]

good fishin and good photos! bustin to get out proper angling after spendin 2 wks diggin bait and then scratchin with it at masters

[FisherKing]

Nice session lads I used to use soft plastic lures all the time at the marks I fish but have found over the years that the lead spinners have outfished them everytime good thing about the lead ones is you can put a nice bend into the them giving them a better action in the water but Im gona try the soft ones again on Thursday when im out spinning to see if how they fish!!!!

[sparkey+1]

Great fishing lads was on the plastics myself yesterday but no joy..... hope you had a good dinner.....

[cathalger]

good effort Cathal, enjoyed that wee session. hopefully get another go at it sometime soon enough.
have you tried the shrimp pot yet... ?

Havent tried it yet Charlie but will do soon, keep you posted.

[cathalger]

Great fishing lads was on the plastics myself yesterday but no joy..... hope you had a good dinner.....

Aye Sparkey the wee codling was good, just baked it on the bone with a bit of butter, gave the pollack to an old neighbour, I eat them the odd time, usually battered in deep fat, but my neighbour is always so grateful for a fish I try to get him one when I can. He's 73 and cant fish himself anymore, not very mobile. Charlie kept that pollack to give to him.

Cheers.

[cathalger]

Great result Cathal, pollack are hard to beat on the plastics, haven't managed to get out over the last few weeks, getting cabin fever!

Kev let us know if you and Paul are headed up this way anytime, maybe meet up for a chuck.

[cathalger]

lovely wee session Cathal, well done

Thanks Dave, have you been out much lately? Any codling down your way?

[cathalger]

Well done guys. Nice 2 see the codling r coming in aswell. Great fishing.

Cheers Fagan, here I know your uncle Martin in your photos from previous reports, tell him Seamys mate Cathal from Cdall. I didnt know he was a fisherman.

[dave316]

I've been out a few times mate, but not great with the weather and a lot of family stuff going on. Had a bad night in Glenarm last week with 5 species, but all small and long periods of inactivity (was an odd night weather and tide wise plus no moon). Locally i've been doing well for good sized Flounder, which i'm specifically targetting right now, and still plenty of big Pollack around. I fancy a wee fun session next with the lighter beach gear for Whiting, Codling, Pouting hopefully.

[tight lines]

well done lads great fishing and fine fish