Duration: 4 hours
Tide: 2 hours either side of high water
Weather: overcast, dry and minimal winds
Bait: slug-gos on 1oz and 3oz lead heads and a 60g german sprat lure
Rigs:
Results: pollack and coalfish
Report: well only a short one this weekend. i had a charity do to go to on satuardy evening in the ballyclare comrades social club and it was a great night. plenty of money was raised for a kids charity and plenty of pints were sank


so after 5 hours kip i was up and feulled up on coffee and ready to go out and try for a few fish. i had some furniture to deliver to my mates house in annalong in the afternoon, so we just lifted a spinning rod each and a hand full of lures and off we went

so after passing through newcastle we stopped of at one of our summer spots near bloody bridge to try for a bit. i was back out with my replacement rod after the disaster with the last one exploding mid cast

but as ever the customer service at belfast angling center was second to none. i explained what happened to the last one and harry replaced it on the spot for me. top bloke



the fishing was slow enough with us only getting a coalfish and a pollack each, but they were better fish than what we've been getting of the beaches recently. both of my fish fell to a slug-go on 1oz lead heads and jordan got his coalfish on a german sprat lure. the best method seemed to be just giving 5 or so quick turns of the reel and letting them flutter down through the water. all the fish hit them as they were dropping down. we both lost a better fish each, with jordans being pretty decent stripping line off his reel before going ground into the kelp


but hey, thats just the way it goes


for once i got the heaviest fish of the session and junior did'nt beat me for a change



not a bad way to kill 4 hours on a sunday afternoon with just a spinning rod each and a pocket full of lures


