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county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#1 Post by Al and Jordan »

People: just me

Duration: 3pm - 6.30pm

Tide: HW 5.10pm

Weather: 40mph NW gusting to 50mph and intermittant sleet and rain

Bait: lug and mackerel

Rigs: 3 hook flapper and 2 up 1 down

Results: after yesterdays trip got posponed i had 6 big mackerel thawed out in the fridge to use up and a few lug still alive in the fridge from last week. so a wee handy run up the coast was in order. i knew that yesterdays forecast was a hell of a lot more favourable than todays, but what the hell. there was bait to be used and i needed to get out and scratch the fishing itch :D :D :D
i drove up the coast road not really knowing where i was gonna end up at and called into larne angling supplies for a few bits and bobs and a chat with merv before heading off. good to get a yarn with ya man 8)
a few of the beaches on the way up the road seemed to either have loads of kelp and weed on them in the high tide line or a good 100 yards of brown rain water run off against the shore :evil: :evil: :evil: . so those plans were quickly aborted :roll: .
i got down to my chosen pier and things looked alright. the wind was blowing from behind me and out to sea and the water was cyrstal clear. as i was setting up 3 other lads came over and got to fishing. but no one was getting a knock, i think one of them got a wee coalie just before they left around 4pm, but other than that it was pretty quiet. but as always, as soon as the sun went down the coalies came out to play :P
these wee guys have saved me so many blanks these last few winter months it's unbelieveable. but a fish is a fish in my book and it beats the crap outta blanking any day 8)
most of the fish came in between 5.30pm and 6.30pm but the wind started to pick up and the rain turned to sleet and i decided to wrap it us as i could'nt feel my fingers any more. besides that i still had 8 cans of guinness in the fridge at home i could hear calling to be drank :D :D
not a bad way to pass 3 and a half hours and use up a bit of bait :D




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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#2 Post by FisherKing »

A few fish followed by a session of the black stuff happy days 8) Al & happy new year man
Cheers Brian
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#3 Post by yngkmd »

god bless them wee coalies
where would we be on the antrim coast in winter without them
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#4 Post by Drew »

Nice one bud! Always nice to get it kicked off! 8)
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#5 Post by fagan »

great gettin out al cant beat the coallies bitting on a winyers nite well done m8 :D :D
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#6 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done Al :wink: It's a sin to waste bait in my book :lol: Beat's me why lads don't wait a while into darkness to see if anything happen's,,,, i've seen it so many times :shock: Happy New Year to you mate :wink:
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#7 Post by grady »

good to see another report from you, fishing isn't great anywhere, but atleast there is a coalies which can bright your day
well done Al nice report, happy new year to your self and Jordan
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#8 Post by zud25 »

Well done Al 8) Good report-and nice result in that conditions.... :D
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#9 Post by tight lines »

well done al nice to kick the new year off with a few fish even if the weather was not playing ball a few of us were in youghal last night there was a few cod got but the driving rain and howling wind made it hard going

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#10 Post by tex »

Nice report as always
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#11 Post by mitch »

Nice session Al and you even got a few fish :lol: :lol:
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#12 Post by paul skelly »

Nice one man a few fish is always beter than non :wink:
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#13 Post by Al and Jordan »

FisherKing wrote:A few fish followed by a session of the black stuff happy days 8) Al & happy new year man
cheers brian, you cant beat a few fish and a few cans man :P :P
yngkmd wrote:god bless them wee coalies
where would we be on the antrim coast in winter without them
:lol: :lol: i know man, they have saved many an otherwise dull session this last few years :D
Drew wrote:Nice one bud! Always nice to get it kicked off! 8)
cheers man, time to put it into full gear. roll on the 14th!!!
fagan wrote:great gettin out al cant beat the coallies bitting on a winyers nite well done m8 :D :D
thanks man. and they seem to be getting bigger too :P . all hitting the mid 30s :D
eyesreilly wrote:Well done Al :wink: It's a sin to waste bait in my book :lol: Beat's me why lads don't wait a while into darkness to see if anything happen's,,,, i've seen it so many times :shock: Happy New Year to you mate :wink:
very true dave, even when we have bait left over it goes back into the freezer. still good for rockling bait or groundbaiting conger marks :wink: :P
happy new year to yourself man :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
grady wrote:good to see another report from you, fishing isn't great anywhere, but atleast there is a coalies which can bright your day
well done Al nice report, happy new year to your self and Jordan
thanks very much grady. happy new year too man and hope to wet a line with you soon 8)
zud25 wrote:Well done Al 8) Good report-and nice result in that conditions.... :D
cheers man. a bit of dogged determination goes a long way in this old fishing malarky :lol: :lol: :lol:
tight lines wrote:well done al nice to kick the new year off with a few fish even if the weather was not playing ball a few of us were in youghal last night there was a few cod got but the driving rain and howling wind made it hard going
all the best for 2012

cheers man. it was the same up here :shock: :shock: . the only saving grace was that at least it was blowing from behind me and out to sea. so at least you were'nt getting it square in the face :lol:
tex wrote:Nice report as always
thanks man :)
mitch wrote:Nice session Al and you even got a few fish :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: always a bonus ger :wink: :D :D
paul skelly wrote:Nice one man a few fish is always beter than non :wink:
and we've all had a few of those sessions :cry:
even the pin whiting are welcome when staring a blank in the face :lol: :lol:
oddly the pin whiting have dissappeared on the antrim coast at our marks :? :? :?
i think thee hoardes of coalies have eaten them all :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#14 Post by Creep »

See Al, ya made the mistake of not taking Jordan out with you and the dog!! If Ya had taken Jordan out you would have been busy with fish, and the dog would have kept ya warm :D :D :D
Nice to get out no matter what the weather ...either were all hardy bunch... or insane... my wife thinks were nuts! :D
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Re: county antrim pier 02/01/2012

#15 Post by Al and Jordan »

:lol: :lol: :lol: it's a fine line between being fool hardy or just hardy fools!!!

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