portmuck rock mark Co. Antrim friday 15 august

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#1 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:07 pm

People: me and jordan

Duration: noon - 3.45pm

Tide: high to dropping

Weather: overcast, but calm

Bait: rag and lug

Rigs: 2 hook flappers and single hook float rigs

Results: me: 1 corkwing wrasse 2 ballen wrasse
jordan : 2 ballen wrasse

Report: we decided to break the mould of late by trying a new mark. i think we've fished bangor and donaghadee out at the moment :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: so we decided to head up the antrim coast for a short session at portmuck. we arrived to find we could'nt fish the mark i was hopeing for as it was cut off by the tide :x :x :x but another decidedly fishy spot was quickly found :) :) :) we set up with a rod each on the bottom and a rod each on the float and my rod almost instantly got a hit on the bottom and i wound up a nice ballen wrasse. then it was jordan's turn. his bottom rig produced a ballen too :lol: then it was my turn with a little female corkwing wrasse, again on the bottom. we got another ballen each on the bottom but not so much as a knock on the float rigs :? :? :? :? go figure :?: by now it looked like the heavens were about to open and we forgot the wet gear :roll: :roll: :roll: so we quickly packed up and headed to bangor to meet up with dawsey, who got his first shanny, shore rockling and a couple of pollock and poor cod. jordan also got a couple of mack which were a decent size and eaten for supper :P we also met christina's brother jonny as we were leaving, nice to meet some guys from the site again, so we'll have to organise a meet for wednesday :wink: :wink: all in all a cracking day out :P

#2 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:08 pm

jordans ballen

#3 Post by **eyesreilly** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:02 pm

Well done lads, nice results there, nice to get a few species, but sure thats nothing new to you boys :wink: :lol: :lol: . Well done Jordan, a double of mackeral :shock: , and theres not too many about at the moment :roll: .

#4 Post by **Christina** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:46 pm

another good session lads. lots of nice wrasse there. nice one on the double macks there jordan!

sure lemme know what the story is for wednesday whenever you know what your at.

John

#5 Post by **captaink** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:39 am

You two always seem to have good fishing wherever you end up. It's great to see a couple of local spots providing good sport. Have you guys ever tried Newcastle or Ardglass? Al

#6 Post by **rab 525** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:02 pm

good to see the young ones involved that smiles priceless :D

#7 Post by **round_ourway** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00 am

cracking pictures lads. also good to try a new spot as well. well done

#8 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:56 pm

cheers everyone for the replies. jordan went to sleep with a grin on his face that would have put a loved up cheshire cat to shame :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D . we have been meaning to get up to newcastle and ardglass for some time now. but this bloody weather has been insane :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: we were supposed to go up this wednesday with john and dawsey but dawsey is working and i have other commitments to tend to. so we are gonna have to save ourslves for a trip on friday some where :roll: :roll: :roll:

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portmuck rock mark Co. Antrim friday 15 august

portmuck rock mark Co. Antrim friday 15 august

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