courtown north 18/08/12
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courtown north 18/08/12
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Duration:all night
Tide: all stages
Weather: sunny partly cloudy, wind south @ 10kmh
Bait: crab and rag
Rigs:pulley
Results: 2 pup hounds
Report: alot of people on the beach sat night.. a few fish caught by anyone i was talking to, all small. dabs, dogs, hounds
thanks to the 3 lads from this site who gave me a few rag, i would have blanked otherwise
Duration:all night
Tide: all stages
Weather: sunny partly cloudy, wind south @ 10kmh
Bait: crab and rag
Rigs:pulley
Results: 2 pup hounds
Report: alot of people on the beach sat night.. a few fish caught by anyone i was talking to, all small. dabs, dogs, hounds
thanks to the 3 lads from this site who gave me a few rag, i would have blanked otherwise
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
atleast you have saved your blank even fish is small, well done
is great when someone helping you, "every little helps"
is great when someone helping you, "every little helps"
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
Wasnt a great night fishing wise Donal, all we had were small fish,,one of the lads had a pup tope.
We fished it for an hour the next morning and got zilch.
You were wellcome to the rag we had plenty
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We fished it for an hour the next morning and got zilch.
You were wellcome to the rag we had plenty

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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
I was on ballymoney late on Sat night with the young lad. Some amount of lads fishing there too and a load camping down the south end. All same species as yourselves. Young lad had a nice flounder but the rest were small. We left when we start getting eels every cast
Nice to be out though.
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
Do crab work up that way or is it rag only, going Friday night for a comp.. Was in donamore last night and the fish we had where on rag...
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
Yea apparently rag is the way to go round there. It was my first time fishing there. But tbh id always bring some crab. You just never know
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
Good crab will out fish rag in courtown any day Rag is ok for pups but you want crab for the big lads
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
I think I'll bring 6 crab for when the hounds are around, do ya know if maddies work well up there?
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
"Dats rite"ShaneH wrote:Good crab will out fish rag in courtown any day Rag is ok for pups but you want crab for the big lads

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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
it also works for ray 

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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
The maddies are good for ray Rodger did ya mean never caught one of them... Are they out far...
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Re: courtown north 18/08/12
That was a stupid question by me only realised after I posted it, if ya tried ta cast them maddies a 100 yards there be Notting on the hooks by the time it hit the water..
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