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#1 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:32 am

[b]People:myself,marty

[b]Duration:3hrs

[b]Tide:filling

[b]Weather:cloudy,calm

[b]Bait:rag,hardbacks

[b]Rigs:fixed pats

[b]Results:ballan wrasse,red cod.

[b]Report:fished near bangor for a few hours to see if there was any wrasse about and it turned out to be better than expected.my first cast produced a nice red cod of 2lb 8oz which put up a cracking fight on the pike rod,i also managed to get 3 wrasse all 1lb or just over.we both had a good few bites and marty lost something decent on the bottom.a very enjoyable few hours fishing and turned out better than expected.nice to see the wrasse are back :D

#2 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:45 am

:cry: Typical ,i couldn't make it ,good to see the wrasse are in though , i seen marty lose some more weights as i passed in the the boat though :lol: hope he's got a good supply of spark plugs .

#3 Post by **Drew** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:59 am

... Did Marty..... BLANK?!? :lol:

Esox lunatic · #4 Post by **Esox lunatic** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:08 pm

Good to sea the wrasse returning. I always enjoy fishing for wrasse: one of my favourite fish. Use harbour rags or small hardbacks. I've also used mussel (tied on with bait elastic) and resorted to limpet when the other baits have been scarce or ran out.

E.L

#5 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:16 pm

report: fished bangor again last night using rag and had two wrasse of 2lb and 2.3lb also had another red cod but it was only small.not a bad nights fishing :)

#6 Post by **nobuzz** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:12 pm

I assume you guys are fishing off the back of the pier.

I take my son (8yo) down to the pier in the summer and he catches dozens of wee whiting and pollack (up to 6") but I have never seen anything any bigger caught. We fish straight down the wall on the inside just at the bend.

I would be keen to give it a serious go but am concerned that the back of the pier might be too dangerous for him, what do you think?

Livid · #7 Post by **Livid** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:40 pm

Probably safe enough during the day at the back of the pier, just keep an eye on him, obviously...

When i was about 8 myself, i used to fish the inside bend of the Pier, just dropping it off the edge on a very light rod, great fun at that age but never anything significant whatsoever. The only time i have ever caught anything substancial from Bangor pier was when i was around that age and my dad had a boat in the marina, just fishing off the jetty i landed a flatty of well over 1lb anyway, back then it seemed huge! Incidentally i haven't caught a flatfish since!! :shock: :cry:

Drew, next week, we're going to Ballyholme again, dammit you owe me! :lol:

#8 Post by **Drew** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:16 am

Don't annoy those who are BLOCKED 8) :lol:

Livid · #9 Post by **Livid** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:57 am

Drew wrote:Don't annoy those who are BLOCKED 8) :lol:

I'll block you ya feckin crudhole. :x

#10 Post by **Jonny** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:01 am

Nobuzz just watch out for the wake of the HSS when fishing the back of the pier.

#11 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:49 am

b]People:myself,darryl

[b]Duration:9hrs

[b]Tide:all states

[b]Weather:cloudy,calm

[b]Bait:rag,sandeel,squid

[b]Rigs:fixed pats

[b]Results:ballan wrasse,red cod.

bites were slow but any that we did get were good.only had four fish each but we had two good wrasse,mine tipped the scales to 3.65lb. .very nice fish for this time of year.i also had two red cod,biggest about 1lb,and another wrasse of 1lb.all darryls fish were wrasse,two 1lb`rs and a nice one around 2.5lb,but the biggest fish of the day was his wrasse of 3.9lb.not many fish but a very enjoyable day anyway.

#12 Post by **Drew** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:08 am

8) Good to hear Davy, keep it up...

#13 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:22 am

cheers drew.im glad to see fish moving in for the summer.if you want to see what a fish over 1lb looks like check out my gallery :lol: :lol: i posted photos of my latest catches.

nobuzz if you are wanting to fish bangor seriously bring plenty of weights,the whole bangor area is very tackle hungry and the snaggy parts are where the fish are,nothing on clean ground at all.the inside of the harbours not too bad some nice wrasse.my son has had them to 1.5lb and he was only three when he caught it,he`s had one of 1lb this year so far.probably caught bigger fish than drew :wink: :lol: :lol:

#14 Post by **nobuzz** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:11 pm

So theres decent fish inside the harbour as well as outside.

I presume you should be looking to fish near the boulders for the wrasse.

#15 Post by **andydee** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:48 pm

Nice cod and wrasse Davy m8 , particularly like the way you air-brushed the back ground out to keep the mark a secret :wink: :lol:

Andy

#16 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Tue May 02, 2006 11:02 am

b]People:myself,michael,joined later by ronald

[b]Duration:7hrs

[b]Tide:all states

[b]Weather:cloudy,breezy and very choppy

[b]Bait:rag

[b]Rigs:fixed pats

[b]Results:ballan wrasse,coalies,corkwing and goldsinny wrasse.

Report: wanted to get fishing early in the morning but the sea was horrible so we waited to see if it would calm down.ended up heading down at 2pm not a lot of fish about but we had 7 coalies,1 corkwing,1 goldsinny and 3 ballan wrasse.i lost a very big fish because it straightened the hook :cry: . moved to a different spot when it calmed and had a few wrasse to 2lb.not a bad day

#17 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Tue May 02, 2006 12:31 pm

andydee wrote:Nice cod and wrasse Davy m8 , particularly like the way you air-brushed the back ground out to keep the mark a secret :wink: :lol:

Andy

cheers andy,i had hoped no-one would notice my airbrushing skills :wink: i dont want people thinking im too miserable to reveal where i fish :lol: :wink:

#18 Post by **Drew** » Tue May 02, 2006 12:55 pm

*Slapz* Where do you Fish!?!

Livid · #19 Post by **Livid** » Tue May 02, 2006 1:11 pm

Anyone in the Bangor area shouldn't take too long to work it out :wink:

#20 Post by **Ronald** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:50 pm

Yeah but most people in bangor only want to fish for mackerel :lol: and are to tight to lose lots of gear :lol: