Cushendunn beach 14/10/2006!!!amazing story!!!

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Cushendunn beach 14/10/2006!!!amazing story!!!

#1 Post by hairyconger »

People: Myself and Mate Jonny

Duration:4hrs

Tide: ????

Weather:calm slight brezze

Bait:rag, mack, snadeel , squid

Rigs:1up/1 down , 3 hook flappers

Results:Flounder, coalies, pollack, whiting, codling and GODZILLA (conger):shock:

Catch and Release:: Yes

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Decided to take a run up to the beach tonight for a chuck with a mate....fishing was quite steady with loads of small fish stripping the baits...my mate caught a pollack of about a 1ib or only to his surprise the rod stopped dead took two off us two pull in what felt like a brick 10 or 15 mins later up comes a conger of i reckon about 15ib, cudnt believe it to be anust...CONGER ON A BEACH????? :shock: ....Notice in one of the pics below a huge chunk out of the fish's back, maybe the congers were feeding of the beach? :roll: :roll:

ps we we were to scared to weigh it,got soaked trying to realease it kept rolling back up into the sand, found it a real struggle to get it to go back


loads of eye candy :D

pics are large.. enjoy

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http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/760/conger013mh5.jpg

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http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/181/conger021qb1.jpg

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#2 Post by nige »

well done mate.

got soaked trying to realease it


dont wear runners the next time u go fishing :lol:
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#3 Post by hairyconger »

nige wrote:well done mate.

got soaked trying to realease it


dont wear runners the next time u go fishing :lol:


i was panicing left the wellies in the car at home ffs :? .....i wasnt driving just sat back at chilled 8)
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#4 Post by stevecrow74 »

hairy.. dot forget to thank me for putting up your pics... nice conger by the way :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#5 Post by hairyconger »

stevecrow74 wrote:hairy.. dot forget to thank me for putting up your pics... nice conger by the way :lol: :lol: :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks Steve........
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#6 Post by Drew »

Nice one Stevie! :shock:
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#7 Post by Livid »

Lovely fish you jammy git. :shock: :D
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#8 Post by glengormley-gavin »

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Cracker Mate!!!!!!

Must have been that magic rag!!!

That is a real good story and a real surprise to land a conger off that beach.

I'm due to fish it next week - hopefully some of the same.....

I take it that you were onlt using light beach gear and not conger rigs. The clean ground allowed you to land that beast - any other type of ground and you were b*gger*d.

Well done mate 8)

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#9 Post by jonny gilbert »

excellent fish thats the 2nd conger i've heard of comin off that beach i've also seen a 9lb bull-huss come off it in one of my clubs master angler compo...well done again :D
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glengormley-gavin wrote::shock: :shock: :shock:

Cracker Mate!!!!!!

Must have been that magic rag!!!

That is a real good story and a real surprise to land a conger off that beach.

I'm due to fish it next week - hopefully some of the same.....

I take it that you were onlt using light beach gear and not conger rigs. The clean ground allowed you to land that beast - any other type of ground and you were b*gger*d.

Well done mate 8)

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No jude deffo light beach lol some criaic on standard beach gear....i believe the rag palyed a part in it....Cheers :D....Notice the last pic the small size 1 hanging from its mouth :roll:
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#11 Post by Norfolk and Goode »

Hairy, I had the same encounter a couple of years ago at Cushendun. Rod was going mental with whiting and then it took off toward the sea, managed to pull and haul for approx 10 mins and out came a fair size eel. It looked to be something similar to the one you caught. I only managed to get it to the tide line though. It was holding onto a whiting until the very last minute and then it just spat it out and off it went. I was on my own that night and whenever I mentioned it to others they mostly laughed.

Well done matey anyhow 8)
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Norfolk and Goode wrote:Hairy, I had the same encounter a couple of years ago at Cushendun. Rod was going mental with whiting and then it took off toward the sea, managed to pull and haul for approx 10 mins and out came a fair size eel. It looked to be something similar to the one you caught. I only managed to get it to the tide line though. It was holding onto a whiting until the very last minute and then it just spat it out and off it went. I was on my own that night and whenever I mentioned it to others they mostly laughed.

Well done matey anyhow 8)

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#13 Post by hairyconger »

Norfolk and Goode wrote:Hairy, I had the same encounter a couple of years ago at Cushendun. Rod was going mental with whiting and then it took off toward the sea, managed to pull and haul for approx 10 mins and out came a fair size eel. It looked to be something similar to the one you caught. I only managed to get it to the tide line though. It was holding onto a whiting until the very last minute and then it just spat it out and off it went. I was on my own that night and whenever I mentioned it to others they mostly laughed.

Well done matey anyhow 8)


Maybe theres resdient congers :shock: :?:

I wish you could use the lighter gear when fishing for them over the ruff stuff , some fun i tell ya..... 8) .................Might be worth bringing down heavier gear the next time for a spot of livebaiting :shock: .....Theres a spot for congers at the side of beach of the rocks , i will be paying it a visit soon to have a crack at them :wink:
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#14 Post by the-ghost »

nice haul of fish lads, congers a cracker! srange of the beach
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#15 Post by liam78 »

you lucky duck :D verybody will have their eye on that beach
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#16 Post by rab01 »

cracking conger hairy! from the photos it looked like u were scared s**tless of it! lol. first time i heard of a conger from the beach, especially at redbay, its such a sandy bottom around there.
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#17 Post by rab01 »

sorry got mixed up with the reports. u were obviously fishing from cushendunn beach. gotta stop drinking and sending reports! :oops:
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#18 Post by merv147 »

nice fish hairy what was the weed like down there i know the last time i went to fish it the weed was relay bad like. i often think of fishing the rocks to the left i know you can get biggish collies of it spinning. its nice to see the cod coming in now i will have to get digging for some lug the next time i plan to fish it they always fall for it
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#19 Post by hairyconger »

merv147 wrote:nice fish hairy what was the weed like down there i know the last time i went to fish it the weed was relay bad like. i often think of fishing the rocks to the left i know you can get biggish collies of it spinning. its nice to see the cod coming in now i will have to get digging for some lug the next time i plan to fish it they always fall for it


for the record lads i was scared, really scared........merv the beach is still covered in weed :? ........
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hairyscallion wrote:
merv147 wrote:nice fish hairy what was the weed like down there i know the last time i went to fish it the weed was relay bad like. i often think of fishing the rocks to the left i know you can get biggish collies of it spinning. its nice to see the cod coming in now i will have to get digging for some lug the next time i plan to fish it they always fall for it


for the record lads i was scared, really scared........merv the beach is still covered in weed :? ........


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