Duration: 2.5 hours each session
Tide: out first session. in second session
Weather: fine but very cold
Bait: black lug and squid
Rigs: aye
Report:
just thought i would put a report up as somebody has been saying that there have been a lack of reports lately......
Session #1: Friday 30th Nov - North Antrim
Being off work on Friday I decided to try a new mark that a friend had told me about. Made the journey north, parked up the motor and, after descending down a steep face
had my rod in the water for about 1pm.Had this one rod at distance baited with frozen black lug and tipped with squid so i left it there whilst i set about trying with the fly rod and spinning rod round the shore. Nothing was interested in my newly tied flies
nor my sidewinder soft plastic for that matter, not a touch. Whilst working the shore i was keeping an eye on the baited rod but there wasnt much happening there either. i saw a couple of very small bites on it at one stage but they didnt develop.After 2.5 hours I had to give in, not only was the fishing non-existent but the cold was starting to get to me.
The highlight of the session was when I saw a huge fish leap from the water!
It was either a small whale, I kid you not, or a very large dolphin. I dont know for sure exactly what it was and i wasnt totally sure about the exact size of it (it was just a little too far from me) as i only saw its large dark body as it came down re-entering the water after having breached/jumped; it made a huge splash. i kept my eyes pinned to the whole area waiting for it again but it didnt reappear soon after. It wasnt until about at least 30mins later that I saw another splash way off to my left. Still not sure what it was but my gut instinct was a whale! 
Has anybody else seen anything up this way??Final Result Sessions #1: BLANK
Session #2: Sunday 2nd Dec - Red Bay
Sunday came around and due to having had a quiet Saturday night in I saw the opportunity to make amends for Friday. It was another very cold day (3'C) so I got well wrapped up, i arrived at the coast for 1.30pm.
There were 2 guys fishing close to where i wanted to try so i decided to move down the shore a little. It was a pleasant but cold day, the tide was well up, but as soon as i started to bait my rods a fresh biting breeze came down the glen. By the time i had 2 rods baited with 2 sets of baits my fingers had gone numb.
Sitting down to warm the hands and have a smoke the first rod had a good rattle about 10minutes in. I leapt and grabbed the rod but again the bites hadnt developed..
This gave me high hopes but 2.5hours later and without another nibble I gave in - it was still very cold, the darkness was descending and i had somewhere to be.
No whales/dolphins this session just a couple of large seals that were working close to shore, that soon moved off.
Final Result Session #2: BLANK
