plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

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plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#1 Post by Al and Jordan »

People: myself and jordan

Duration: 3 hours

Tide: over high

Weather: wet but calm

Bait: lead heads and slug-go's

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Results: pollack




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well it's been a fair old while since i had the chance to sit down and write a report, so i'm dusting off the cobwebs here :P
between foul weather and unsettled seas our fishing has been seriously hampered since before christmas. on the few occasions we were able to get out, the weather destroyed our plans dead in their tracks :( :(
but not this weekend :twisted: :twisted: . a dawn raid to one of our deep water county antrim rock marks was in order with the promise of a boat trip tomorrow off the antrim coast, which had us full of beans and ready to go 8) 8)
it was sketchy enough scampering over the wet rocks. but with a bit of care we were perched on our summer platform that has just about enough room for 2 people to fish in reletive comfort :P
well the long and the short of it was that junior was at his normal work :roll: :roll: . and after 3 hours i had lost a good fish, and missed 2 decent hits :oops: :oops: . meanwhile junior had landed 2 pollack and lost 2 to the kelpy depths. no monsters by any means, but it was still good to get the heart going with the tell tale thump, thump, thump of a deep diving pollack :P :P
all the fish fell to the lunker city slug-go's which are rapidly becoming a favourite of ours. time to order a batch load of them for the summer months me thinks :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
not a bad way to blow off the cobwebs :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#2 Post by MC »

nice fish and bet your glad to get out
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#3 Post by FisherKing »

Nice Pollcok Al & Jordan 8) good to see you back with the reports man,I used to love using the slug-go's years ago & caught some great Pollock on them till the local shops stopped selling them :evil: but must try & get some again they had a red & black one that was a killer for the big Fish
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#4 Post by Conger »

Well done in getting out lads, great to read the reports again Al, well done on the fish Jordan, your making it an art to out fish the ould lad :D :D :wink:
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#5 Post by saving private brian »

the duo get off to a cracking start to the new year
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#6 Post by wobbie10 »

Well done :D

I'd be well happy to catch that any day of the week :)
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#7 Post by fishmad »

well done, great report ! must try some local marks just got light rod for lure fishing , you lads just proved never to early
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#8 Post by razor2 »

Fine pollack lads looks bigger then 2lb
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#9 Post by declan65 »

Nice going there Al and Jordan 8) , the slug-go is a great sp for a variety of species and I reckon that second pollack is a bit more than 2lb maybe 3lb might be closer.
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#10 Post by Drew »

Brilliant lads. :)
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#11 Post by cathalger »

Nice pollack Al and Jordan, nice calm sea also! You were on the east of Co Antrim I reckon cos I was around the corner on the causeway coast and the breakers were as tall as my fishing rod.
Nice pollacks!
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#12 Post by lucky »

nice going lads,,,
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

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#13 Post by Al and Jordan »

MC wrote:nice fish and bet your glad to get out
more than you'd believe martin. we were starting to get cabin fever :lol:
FisherKing wrote:Nice Pollcok Al & Jordan 8) good to see you back with the reports man,I used to love using the slug-go's years ago & caught some great Pollock on them till the local shops stopped selling them :evil: but must try & get some again they had a red & black one that was a killer for the big Fish
cheers brian. it's the same myself. i ended up having to order them online. i got the silver and black, and gold and black. both work really well. but now you have my attention with the thought of red and black ones too :P
i'll have to get some of them for the summer in my next order. i'll get you a pack and bring them over with us on our west coast excursions :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Conger wrote:Well done in getting out lads, great to read the reports again Al, well done on the fish Jordan, your making it an art to out fish the ould lad :D :D :wink:
cheers man. sure you know jordan, just business as usual :roll: :lol: :lol:
saving private brian wrote:the duo get off to a cracking start to the new year
thanks brian. it's nice to get out and catch something bigger than the bait you using :lol: :lol:
wobbie10 wrote:Well done :D
I'd be well happy to catch that any day of the week :)
thanks woobie, roll on the summmer so we can catch mummy and daddy pollack instead of the kids :wink: :D
fishmad wrote:well done, great report ! must try some local marks just got light rod for lure fishing , you lads just proved never to early
cheers man. you'd be surprised just how many deep water rough ground marks hold a resident head of pollack that never seem to leave the area. they are there to be caught all year round if you put in the effort when the weather eases up long enough to get a crack at them :wink:
razor2 wrote:Fine pollack lads looks bigger then 2lb
declan65 wrote:Nice going there Al and Jordan 8) , the slug-go is a great sp for a variety of species and I reckon that second pollack is a bit more than 2lb maybe 3lb might be closer.
thanks razor and declan. it came out at 2lb 5oz on the scales. thats why i usually photograph them on the measure. photographs can be very misleading at times. just look at most angling magazines. if you hold it right, a 12oz flounder can look like a specimine lol.
Drew wrote:Brilliant lads. :)
cheers dude :D
cathalger wrote:Nice pollack Al and Jordan, nice calm sea also! You were on the east of Co Antrim I reckon cos I was around the corner on the causeway coast and the breakers were as tall as my fishing rod.
Nice pollacks!
:lol: :lol: :lol: you'd need to get up early to get one past you cathal :P
it was a lot more sheltered around towards garron road :wink:
lucky wrote:nice going lads,,,
thanks alan. good to be getting back on form man :P
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#14 Post by the weasel »

Great report lads and some decent pollack to go with it and some nice photos.

Congrats and well done

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#15 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done lads, glad to see you were finally able to get out and nab a few decent fish :lol: . Fantastic fishing for this time of the year and sure beats the whiting fest down here :wink: And isn't Jordan growing up :shock: Keep them reports coming :wink:
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#16 Post by red »

Fine pollack for the time of year lads. Well done.
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#17 Post by fishy1987 »

Great to see a report up from ye guys again keep them coming :D :D Nice pollack best of luck for todays boat trip.
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#18 Post by thelegend »

nice to see you two out again,great pollack, and a nice few hours fishing,wow,the lil man , not so little anymore,well done and more of the same please:)
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#19 Post by nicefish »

Nice session lads some nice fish and to be able to wear a T shirt in February. 8) 8) 8)
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Re: plastic fantastic ! co antrim rock mark sat 9th feb 2013

#20 Post by stevief54 »

nice pollock lads well done

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