Donaghadee co. down monday 4th august into tuesday 5th

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#1 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:32 am

People: me

Duration: 7pm - 4am

Tide:low to high

Weather: dry and flat calm

Bait: rag, lug, mack, cooked peeled prawn, squid

Rigs: 2 hook flappers and float

Results: 14 pollock, 4 pouting, 2 poor cod, 3 shore rockling and a bright orange sea scorpion :? :?

Report: i have'nt fished this mark for well over 2 months so i decided to give it a go to see what was about. i could'nt believe it, i arrived down to see only 2 other people fishing and neither of them were at the spot i was hopeing to fish :D :D :D :D so i set up as quickly as i could with 2 rods plopped over the edge and a float cast at distance. the first 2 hours were really quiet with only the occasional nibble but nothing solidly taking the bait. all except for the strangest coloured sea scorpion i've ever seen in my life :shock: :shock: :shock: he was bright orange!!!! he must have been on his summer holidays from cellafield over visiting relitaves or something :lol: :lol: :lol: . as soon as the light began to fade my float started to get hits :) the pollock were on the feed and they were enjoying the rag and strips of mack at the bottom of my float rig :P :P then around midnight the rockling made an appearance on the bottom happily munching the squid that was on offer. i decided to cast into a different area with the flappers to see if there was anything else feeding and i was almost instantly into a pouting followed by a poor cod :lol: :lol: :lol: which were all taken on prawn. they did'nt seem interested in the rag, squid or mack :? :? :? fussy fishies :roll: all the pollock were taken on the float and every thing else on the bottom. i'm just glad i brought a float with me as all the rockling were taken in a half hour or so, and the same went for the pouting and poor cod, so the pollock kept things going :) . some of the local kids were showing me pics on thier mobiles of the conger caught earlier in the day. it weighed in at 17lb and they said the guy who caught it reckoned it was only a babby for this mark :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: might just have to break out the conger tackle on my next trip down :wink: :wink: all in all the dee treated me well :D :D .

arkis · #2 Post by **arkis** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:28 pm

excellent session matey,

where abouts did the fella take the conger from ? :?:

#3 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:12 pm

the kids said just at the corner of the railings, but he had to climb the wall and land it on the back slope off the wall

#4 Post by **round_ourway** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:16 pm

another class session alan. well done fella. sounded like a good ole night. cracking pictures there. funny looking wee sea scorpion alright

arkis · #5 Post by **arkis** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:06 pm

alandjordan wrote:the kids said just at the corner of the railings, but he had to climb the wall and land it on the back slope off the wall

excellent

#6 Post by **Dawsey** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:32 pm

Hey Alastair! Great fishing mate, was waiting for you to post your report and it has confirmed where I will be at the weekend alrite. Some lovelly Pollack there. Thinks we are going to head down on sunday afternoon if your up for it? Ya gotta show me these spots :wink:

#7 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:04 pm

no problem dawsey, me and junior are headed down on friday morning at low tide to fish the north harbour. we're gonna fish it through to low tide at 10pm before we can get back to dry land :D :D :D :D :D . but it dose'nt take much to bend my arm for another session on sunday :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: , what time are you gonna head down at?

#8 Post by **andydee** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:40 am

Hi Al , heard reports from my 2 young uns that the muppet catching the congers is killing them . :evil:
When questioned by one of the kids , why he felt the need to kill them his answer was so the conger didnt bite any of the kids jumping of the pier :roll:
I think a little education is needed
Hopefully not a member of the site

Andy

#9 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:58 am

hi andy, the kids i was talking to helped him land it and they said he had taken it with him for eating :? :? :? :? so i'm not sure what the intent was, but the kids did say he stuck a knife into it's skull as soon as it was landed :? sounded a bit more like bravado than efficcent euthanasia to me

#10 Post by **andydee** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:14 pm

Hi Al , didnt realise the guy took it for the pot , each to their own i suppose , as long as it didnt end up bucked in the bin . My kids saw him stabbing it in the head, though like you say probably tryin to impress the kids or something . :shock:

Andy