Anglers at bridge in Whiteabbey village

[MARRCO7]

Can or does anyone know what the people fishing off the footpath across the road from the chip shop in Whiteabbey village are catching or trying to catch , this last few nights on high tide there have been lots of people fishing never saw this in Whiteabbey before.

[johnston]

i've heard rumours that theirs flatties about round their and up at the old whiteabbey boat club but never tried cos the guy that said it has a habit of talkin for his exhaust port


but ive never seen anyone fishing whiteabbey before either.

[te ariki nua]

there is a trout river flowing into the lough at that point could be sea trout salmon they are trying to catch although it could be flounder or eel

[andyjaffs]

I run past there at lunchtimes the odd time and have seen the boys fishing, some young lads fish for mackerel with feathers. I stopped one day to ask one of the boys fishing the mouth of the river and he told me that you can often see sea trout coming up under the bridge. He, nor his friends had ever caught any though.
One of my colleagues lives in Whiteabbey and he tells me he has seen large fish entering the fresh water. You often see people watching over the bridge in the summer.

[rab01]

sounds more like mullet and it would probably explain why nobody's hooked one.

[round_ourway]

I heard from the grapevine that a few salmon were lifted in early june, probably sea trout if anything