People: myself and friend
Duration: two four hour sessions
Tide: was in and didn't move
Weather:calm
Bait: mack sand eels and king rag
Rigs: flapper
Results: blank
Report: hi lads just back from gorey after a hard session of no fish which in perfect conditions was very odd the tide was ment to be going out and never did the both sessions. not even a bite to be had baits were perfect coming in not even a.crab in site there were bass in the small surf tried spinning with no joy. so all in.all a crap session.
regards Mark
ballymoney beach
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Re: ballymoney beach
Hard luck man,,,tides in that area have a mind of their own,,so do the fish it seems
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better luck next time

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Re: ballymoney beach
Perhaps the conditions weren't perfect with a lack of tidal flow?mark12976 wrote:People: myself and friend
Duration: two four hour sessions
Tide: was in and didn't move
Weather:calm
Bait: mack sand eels and king rag
Rigs: flapper
Results: blank
Report: hi lads just back from gorey after a hard session of no fish which in perfect conditions was very odd the tide was ment to be going out and never did the both sessions. not even a bite to be had baits were perfect coming in not even a.crab in site there were Bass in the small surf tried spinning with no joy. so all in.all a crap session.
regards Mark
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Re: ballymoney beach
Pity you didnt have any crab,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you never know ,,,there could have been smoothies out there
I've had sessions like that though,,,conditions are perfect but the fish dont seem to know that 


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Re: ballymoney beach
yeah crab cud have worked butt I suppose
that's y it's called fishing and not CATCHING
that's y it's called fishing and not CATCHING

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Re: ballymoney beach
Ya still would have been wastin your time mate myself and jhcabs were in the same area using peelers, mack, lug and rag and all we got was one doggy, a fairly big one by the way, but nothin else