Ramore Head portrush Co.Antrim

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#1 Post by **Ronald** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:00 pm

People:Me

Duration:6HRS

Tide:LW UP

Weather:Bright and very warm .East wind

Bait:Rag worm and crab

Rigs:single hook paternoster/rotten bottom

Results:30+ballan wrasse and a corkwing wrasse.

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:decided to head up the north coast today to see what was about ,it was a bit of a last minute thing after sleeping in and missing an early morning tench session :oops: after a few phone calls I managed to book a pound of ragworm and took a run down to the shore to collect a few crabs ,arrived in portrush for 12.30 ,collected the worms from causeway tackle and headed over to ramore head ,I found a nice comfy spot out of the wind and set up camp ,tried one rod with crab and the other baited with rag ,it was strange as there was no interest on either bait in close so i hoofed the rag baited rig out about 70yards and had hits straight away .
Most of the fish were a half decent size ranging from 1lbish to my best so far this year of 3lb 2oz ,also lost the most amount of leads in a long time and had to resort to tying on 2oz ball weights after losing about a dozen 3oz leads :oops:

#2 Post by **coaster** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:06 pm

Great session Ronald and a good pic too.
I wish they would start showing like that down here.
Well done.

#3 Post by **stevecrow74** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:10 pm

ronald wrote:it was a bit of a last minute thing after sleeping in and missing an early morning tench session

turning into a freshwater fisher now :shock: .. or just trying to increase your species list :D ..

nice ballan.. good catch (bigger than that sandeel i caught up at the meet :oops: :oops: :lol: )

#4 Post by **Adam S** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:14 pm

absolutely stunning colours on the wrasse, i love em. hows the tenching going? loads down this way , will pop a report in the scombre

#5 Post by **Ronald** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:14 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:
ronald wrote:it was a bit of a last minute thing after sleeping in and missing an early morning tench session

turning into a freshwater fisher now :shock: .. or just trying to increase your species list :D ..

nice ballan.. good catch (bigger than that sandeel i caught up at the meet :oops: :oops: :lol: )

Trying to increase the specimen count more like it :lol:
At least you caught something at the meet :oops:

#6 Post by **stevecrow74** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:17 pm

karma :D :D :D :D

wish our ballan were as brightly coloured... ours are mostly greens and blues

#7 Post by **Ronald** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:23 pm

Its amazing the variation in colours you can get from one mark ,loads of the fish were that red colour but also a fair few green ones as well .

glengormley-gavin · Tue May 01, 2007 11:51 pm

Nice one Ronald - well done.

Jude

#9 Post by **pete** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:51 am

Colour on that fish are quite stunning :)

#10 Post by **MAC** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:26 am

Totally agree Pete...... Stunning colours.

Kev

Thu May 03, 2007 1:15 am

Superb wrasse Ronald 8)

As everyone says, absolutely stunning colours :wink:

Steve

#12 Post by jg » Fri May 11, 2007 7:14 am

Hello Jim here, always have a look at your reports , in this pic do I see a blade on the trace can you enlighten me .

#13 Post by **Ronald** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:31 am

Hi jq ,its a floating bead you see on the snood ,it helps to pop the bait up of the bottom ,plus the colour seems to attract the attention of the fish .