Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

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Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#1 Post by Drew »

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Duration: 1430 - 1630

Tide: Dropping

Weather: Sun, Rain, Wind, Hail, Wind, Rain, Sun, Rain, Sun, Sun, Sun, Rain, Hail, Sun.

Bait: Mackeral Strip

Rigs: 1up1down, 2up1down

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One wee flounder to save the blank...

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With a free afternoon in store I headed over to Trap and Tackle for a packet of mackeral fillets, then after lunch I headed to the mark.
The conditions that greeted me were very different to what I'd experienced here before, chocolate brown water, strewn with kelp stems, spelled disaster from the outset but decided since the water was slightly coloured maybe the bright sunshine wouldn't put the fish off as much, not that it was much of an issue as 20 minutes later there was some horizontal hailstones!
Battling the conditions for the entire session it wasn't until the last 1/2 hr of the session that finally there was some action as I saw the tip of the conoflex pull round, finally a blank saving fish, left it a minute just to be sure it was on, and right enough, the bottom snood soon broke surface with a 20cm Flounder on... Phew!
Fished on for another bit and had one more positive bite, which I was overkeen with and duly missed.
Not a bad way to spend your day off mind...
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#2 Post by saving private brian »

nice reel and fish :mrgreen:
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#3 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fair play Drew for sticking it out in that weather but we all do it and congrats on saving the blank
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#4 Post by tight lines »

one fish is better than no fish drew but the fishing should start picking up soon (lets hope :) )
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#5 Post by Dawsey »

Well done man, slower than usual. I love the way you put a pic of the reel just to make me jealous :P
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#6 Post by Tonyo »

Great pics well done
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#7 Post by yngkmd »

you should put up a pic of your monster sea scorpion
2012 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock, Whiting, Colefish (New PB), Shore Rockling, Flounder (New PB), 5 Bearded Rockling (New Species), Dogfish, Pouting, Plaice, Dab, Lesser Sandeel (New Species), Cod (New PB), Long Spine Sea Scorpion, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Goldsinney Wrasse, Butterfish (New Species), Ling (PB), Halibut (New Species), Haddock (New Species), Red Fish (New Species), Wolffish (New Species), Rockcook Wrasse, Shanny, Poorcod, Conger

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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#8 Post by Drew »

yngkmd wrote:you should put up a pic of your monster sea scorpion
Erm.... lol
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#9 Post by Al and Jordan »

you did well enough to get anything during the day down there man 8)
beats the hell outta blanking :wink:
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Re: Son of the Beach, Co Down, 07/03/12

#10 Post by round_ourway »

Terrible Line-lay on that reel lol
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