ballintoy,co.antrim 22nd august

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#1 Post by **BigPhil** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:20 am

People: me and steven

Duration:roughly 2-7

Tide:slack and fill

Weather:sunny, then overcast, calm light breeze

Bait:sandeel and rag plus spnners etc

Rigs:spinning rigs for sandeel, float rigs, leadheads etc

Results:for around an hour just as the tide started to fill it was brilliant with a pollack every cast mostly to sandeel deep spun, best around 4.5lb, then it stopped all of a sudden.
then seen dogs coming up out of the rough ground and feeding along the rocks and weed in only a bout 2ft of water right below us, tried, but to no avail, then a shoal of mullet appearred, all around the 5-6lb mark, by the time i got geared up for them they dissappearred, then changed to a leadhead baited with mackerel fillet, lost a conger on it, then for the last hour we changed to float for the wrasse, got 2 small ones in but lost a cracker.

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#2 Post by **Drew** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:17 am

Sounds like a Good Day Phil 8)

zensor · #3 Post by **zensor** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:49 pm

Wanted to go to ballintoy this week, talked myself out of it. The doggies dont seem to be too keen there as when i fished Ballintoy last summer it was the same with them just swimming up and down the rock edges and showing no interest in baits we dropped right in front of them. Bit strange for them not to be keen.

#4 Post by **rab 525** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:41 pm

where did u try phil ? at the blow holes or at the harbour
rab

#5 Post by **hairyconger** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:55 pm

is there a beach at ballintoy

#6 Post by **Drew** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:12 pm

No Mate, don't think so.

#7 Post by **hairyconger** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:15 pm

google image search give me this dosent look like much of a beach but its a beach

[img]http://www.cottageguide.co.uk/harbourcottage/6094A.jpg[/img]

#8 Post by **Drew** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:38 pm

Is that not the wee goofy beach you walk over to get to the mark?

#9 Post by **hairyconger** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:13 pm

Dunno never been at it.....i always thought there was a beach thats all

#10 Post by **rab 525** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:55 pm

this beach is on the whitepark side of ballintoy no good for fishing, if u walk round the corner it takes you to white park bay

#11 Post by **Spurs_boy** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:44 pm

There's no real beach, Big Phil was at the blowhole i would say...

#12 Post by **Spurs_boy** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:44 pm

There's no real beach, Big Phil was at the blowhole i would say...

#13 Post by **BigPhil** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:02 pm

just kept moving around all the accessable rocks in the area.