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Co Down Beach 1st march

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People: Myself and GRHE

Duration: 2 Hours

Tide: fished full tide

Weather: 5mph southwesterly

Bait: sandeel / mackeral

Rigs: 2 hook flappers and light spinning gear

Results: 1 sea trout




Report: started off very slow no bites at all on both rods. decided to set up the spinning rod and give it a whirl as it started to get dark I hit this two and half pound seatrout. No other bites for the rest of the night.
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Re: Co Down Beach 1st march

#2 Post by grady »

lovely sea trout there, well done
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#3 Post by dave316 »

nice one, good job you brought the spinning rod.
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#4 Post by tight lines »

nice sea trout well done
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Co Down Beach 1st march

#5 Post by zeke »

congrats mate!thats a nice seatrout:-)


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#6 Post by Drew »

Great fish there Gareth, well done.. 8)
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#7 Post by fishy1987 »

Lovley sea trout there :D :D well done!
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Re: Co Down Beach 1st march

#8 Post by Tonyo »

Nice fish well done
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#9 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fair play nice sea trout there much of a scrap from it
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#10 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fair play nice sea trout there much of a scrap from it
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#11 Post by Al and Jordan »

lovely trout gareth. must have been great sport on the spinning set up :P
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#12 Post by GarethM »

Ill be bringing the spinning rod with me from now on everywhere lol. Yeah was a good scrap had the rod bent over double when it took for a second i thought i was stuck on the bottom until the thump... thump... thump.
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#13 Post by Dawsey »

Nice trout fella and on the light gear, you just can't beat it :mrgreen:
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#14 Post by johncasso »

well done nise sea trout
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#15 Post by nicki d »

Lovely sea trout. Well done
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#16 Post by dexs7 »

Lovely fish dude and always nice to get a big one on a quiet day, well done
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#17 Post by leadhead »

very fine trout,3rd week in a row,seen another double of trout :shock: :shock:

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