Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

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Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#1 Post by dave316 »

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Duration: just over 1 hour

Tide: after high tide

Weather: nice, bit of a breeze

Bait: 6 day old Ragworm

Rigs: 2 hook flapper

Results: 2lb Flounder




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I decided to hit a spot tonight on a mission for Flounder if I managed to get everything wrapped up that I needed to get done at home. I had hoped my sister would head down with me, but her husband's motorcycle broke down on the way home from work so I had to go alone. The spot is quite isolated and dark and I forgot to recharge my headlamp batteries and inevitably it packed in. Also, as I don't drive and needed the wife to pick me up I could only stay for an hour because my kids go to bed early. Anyway, on my 3rd cast the Mrs. turned up and as I was throwing the worms in my rod buckled over. I was fishing nice and light with a Bass rod, tiny reel and 3oz lead and I got myself a beautiful, hard-fighting 2lb female Flounder. My favourite fish is the Flounder followed closely by the Ballan Wrasse and I am a very happy man now plus I had set myself the target of a 2lber from this particular spot so a great start to the year for me. Just a pity I couldn't fish on for a while longer. Headed straight up to my parent's house and my dad was inhaling the smell of the fish as if it were a fine wine. Just like the old days when we used to get bags of large 2-4lbers from Ballycarry Bridge, and we now have a session arranged for Friday night hopefully.
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#2 Post by Creep »

Secret Location :roll: Its your kitchen Sink!! :D :D :D (If rodger can catch Bass in his bathtub, why cant someone else catch flounder in their sink??) :D

Well done on the 2lber!!
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#3 Post by lucky »

nice going mate, for one hour a good result, would have like to seen if you where there longer what the report would say then.... remember always carry a small spare torch or something like that ... i always make sure i have two headlamps when fishing night, you never know if one was to brake or something.....anyway good result.......
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#4 Post by paul skelly »

Well done lad, lovely flounder 8)
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#5 Post by Monty156a »

Nice one man, flounders are good sport. Mind you that rag must have honked abit :lol:

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#6 Post by alannelson »

Monty156a wrote:Nice one man, flounders are good sport. Mind you that rag must have honked abit :lol:

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#7 Post by the-ghost »

crackin flounder. afew chips and your sorted..
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#8 Post by SlackLiner »

Nice one! Let us know how you get on at Ballycarry Bridge as well will ya, haven't fished there in years, would love to know if there's still a fish or two knocking about it! :D
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#9 Post by chuckaroo »

very nice flounder Dave, cracker! 8) 8) 8)
great result for an hour mate, well done
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#10 Post by cathalger »

:mrgreen: Nice one Dave :mrgreen:
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#11 Post by dave316 »

Thanks for the kind words guys and yes the secret's out: I actually caught it on a plug in my sink :lol:
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#12 Post by Creep »

dave316 wrote:Thanks for the kind words guys and yes the secret's out: I actually caught it on a plug in my sink :lol:
KNEW IT!!! :lol: :lol:
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list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#13 Post by weedave »

nice fat flounder there mate. good job.

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#14 Post by chris84 »

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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#15 Post by tight lines »

cracker of a flounder dave well done great fishing
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#16 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done Dave,great to hit a target so early in the year :wink:
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#17 Post by grady »

some nice size flounder, rear enough for nowdays, well done
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#18 Post by fagan »

well done m8 nice flounder, im heading out myself this weekend hope te get a few myself, good job :D :D :D
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Re: Secret shore location, County Antrim, (17/01/12)

#19 Post by Al and Jordan »

that's a cracking flounder dave. well done man 8)

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