bangor area - 15/4/2007

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#1 Post by **jonny gilbert** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:20 pm

People:me, alan nelson, sam, ronald, and davy murdock

Duration:11.00am til 8.30pm

Tide:rising and falling

Weather:very very warm and sunny

Bait:rag and mac

Rigs:single hook pats with rotten bottom and conger gear

Results:ballan, corkwing, goldshinny wrasse, shore rockling, scorpion fish, pollock, coalie, cod, blennys and a lost conger

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:decide to hit bangor for a cjange of scenery cause antrim coast was fishing a WEE bit rubbish...started off at the peir on the right hand side of the rnli station and had 2 corkwing wrasse and sam had a nice ballan of 1lb 3oz...moved upto the peir and where joined by davy and ronald...fishing was excellent i had 16 fish all wrasse, rockling, pollock and a blenny and the best fish i had was a ballan of 2lb 8oz....alan nelson had 6 fish all wrasse, rockling and cod...sam blanked cause he feel asleep on the rocks.....not 100% on what davy and ronald had but i know davy had a crackin ballan wrasse of 4lb.....but i'm sure they will post what they had....all in all it was the best days fishin i've had this year...pics will follow

#2 Post by **Ronald** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:39 pm

I had a pretty poor day ,just couldn't hook the fish but had plenty of bites ,though I had 3 wrasse over 1lb with the best one just over 2lb ,hope sam's ok after his wee fall into the polo ,I just heard the thud and looked round to see him waist deep . Dont know him that well so didn't want to take the **** .

#3 Post by **jonny gilbert** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:53 pm

he falls everywhere ronald we can't take him anywhere with out him falling into somethin :lol: :lol:

#4 Post by **Ronald** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:59 pm

hes not the first to fall down there and he certainly wont be the last :lol: somebody must have put something in the lemonade .

#5 Post by **jonny gilbert** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:04 pm

i think so :lol: :lol: :lol:

#6 Post by **alannelson** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:18 pm

have to say lads was a good session although didn't hook as many as i would of liked to you soon know your arse from your elbow trying to manoeuvre a long rod into the fish holding areas shorter rod required. lol Sam's good for a slagging always the one to fall asleep when the fish are being landed but that's down to his favourite beverage it could of been worse he usually falls asleep in rockpools :lol:

#7 Post by **Ronald** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:20 pm

Now you know why we use such short rods ,though you do get some strange looks dandering down the pier with all the gear on and 4 foot 6 rods in a bucket :lol:

#8 Post by **alannelson** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:36 pm

you may get strange looks but catch all the fish lol have to say nice set up you guys are using me and gilly will have to try and find a pair from somewhere gilly was saying its hard to find somewhere that sells them

Livid · #9 Post by **Livid** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:27 pm

Excellent lads once again, sounds like a great session. Gonna try and learn how to do these rotten bottom rigs as it seems very worthwhile on ground like it is around Bangor.

#10 Post by **drewk** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:06 pm

Nice session guys, I'll have to give Bangor a go soon as it seems to be reasonably consistant (or maybe its just the best guys fish there) :D

#11 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:55 pm

glad you guys caught fish,normally its a bite a cast when the wrasse are in thick.my biggest wrasse was only 3.2lb not 4lb. maybe the next one will be :wink: just as you were leaving i had a tompot blenny,i was going to call you back so you could see it but you were at the far end of the pier.no doubt we`ll see you again down there.

#12 Post by **drewk** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:23 pm

There seemed to be a good variety of fish caught but could you teel me what fish preferred which bait (I usually catch Wrasse on rag). Also was the Rockling caught during daylight as I have only ever caught them after dark? This little bit of advice might improve my catches as things have been very poor recently.

#13 Post by **alannelson** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:13 am

[quote="drewk"]most fish that i know of drewk fell to ragworm baits although the rockling will take fish baits as well as rag all our fish were caught in daylight

#14 Post by **drewk** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:17 am

Thanks Alan