Bangor rock mark,Co Down,7-4-07

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#1 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:28 pm

People:me

Duration:2pm-7:30pm

Tide:high @ 2:40pm

Weather:nice

Bait:rag

Rigs:fixed pat with floating beads and 3/0 hook

Results:red cod,ballan wrasse and coalie

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:I thought i`d start my weeks holiday with a spot of wrasse fishing so i headed down to my favourite wrasse spot after work.I only waited 5mins for the first bite but i missed it,but i was still hopeful of getting a few fish.twenty mins later i had a cracking bite which resulted in a nice red cod of 2lb and 5mins later i got my second fish,a 2lb ballan wrasse.It wasn`t fast and furious fishing like it would be mid summer but every 20mins or so i`d have bites or get a fish.I ended up with four wrasse 1lb-2lb,two red cod 2lb & 2.4lb and two coalies both just over 1lb.A very enjoyable session,might try again tomorrow :)

Livid · #2 Post by **Livid** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:20 pm

8) 8) 8) 8) Excellent! I hope to aspire to such heights someday. :shock: :P :cry:

#3 Post by **rab01** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:28 am

thats good fishing davy! didn't realise the wrasse were in. i think one or two marks could be hit. great sport! :)

#4 Post by **rab01** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:29 am

thats good fishing davy! didn't realise the wrasse were in. i think one or two marks could be hit. great sport! :)

#5 Post by **Drew** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:43 pm

Livid wrote:8) 8) 8) 8) Excellent! I hope to aspire to such heights someday. :shock: :P :cry:

Only you could Hero-Worship Davy Murdoch... :lol:

Good Session there mate, wouldn't mind latching into a couple of those Red Cod... 8)

#6 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:50 pm

Cheers lads,it wasn`t a bad session but below average for there but then again it is only the start of april :)

#7 Post by **rab01** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:30 pm

i tried a good deep rock mark at orlock last week, the place is a great wrasse mark in the summer. i fished with rag and never got a touch all day!! u would think if they r in at bangor then they would surely be in at orlock?

#8 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:52 pm

People:me

Duration:6pm-9pm

Tide:high @ 8pm

Weather:sunny,calm

Bait:rag

Rigs:fixed pat with floating beads and 3/0 hook

Results:cod,ballan wrasse.

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:Thought i`d head down again seeing as i`ve loads of rag leftover from this weeks fishing.Bites came pretty quick again and my second cast produced a ballan of about 1lb but for some reason i couldn`t hook the fish every time i had a bite and ended up with a lot of missed fish :( .The last hour of light seemed to get the fish feeding and i was getting bites every chuck but i only had one more ballan which was about 8oz and another nice cod of 2.5lb :D It was too dark after that so i packed up.

Irish_Shamrock · #9 Post by **Irish_Shamrock** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:59 pm

Davy Murdoch wrote:for some reason i couldn`t hook the fish every time i had a bite and ended up with a lot of missed fish :(

This happens to me quite a lot when I go wrasse fishing, particularly when I'm using rag as bait.

I'm convinced it's small fish like pouting and poor cod (and small wrasse also) who are the culprits, mainly because I've caught them as a by-catch! :lol:

To connect with more fish, try tipping your rag baits with a bit of squid (or even a small section of an elastic band.) These smaller fish have an irritating habit of "sucking" the worm off your hook and leaving you looking like a sucker up there on the rocks...

#10 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:53 am

I`ve tried the piece of elastic band before but the fish still somehow managed to take the worm and leave the piece of elastic :roll:

#11 Post by **corbyeire** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:57 pm

would pennelling the worm help?

#12 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:15 pm

corbyeire wrote:would pennelling the worm help?

for the cod it would but not too sure about the wrasse,and its very rough ground two hooks would just increase tackle loss which can be quite high anyway :(

#13 Post by **Drew** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:41 pm

Went to Brompton for a while last night Davy, Good God that spots Snaggy! Does it hold many Wrasse?

#14 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:10 pm

Drew wrote:Went to Brompton for a while last night Davy, Good God that spots Snaggy! Does it hold many Wrasse?

plenty of wrasse there in the summer and red cod,mostly below 1lb.you should`ve tried further round for bigger and better fish