Donaghadee 02/11/08

[vamper]

People:Me and my father

Duration:1030 - 1330

Tide:rising

Weather:windy, then calm & sunny

Bait:mackerel strips, cooked king prawns

Rigs:Float, 3 hook paternoster, 2 hook bomber

Results:blank

A few nibbles on the mackerel strip fished straight down the side of the pier, but nothing else apart from that

Tried cooked king prawns (as bait, not dinner ) for the first time (on the advice of nobuzz), and they definitely stay on the hook better than the smaller prawns

[Conger]

Hard luck, better luck next time out, i have blanked the last 2 trips, going out on Sunday hope to Unblank !!!!!!!!!

[vamper]

Cheers Conger

I just have to keep reminding myself that it is called fishing, not catching!!

[Al and Jordan]

hard luck vamper, had the same results on friday myself. go back down and fish the incomming tide after dark and you will see a dramatic difference. the dee is back to fishing better after dark again. we've fished this mark heavily over the last 2 years and i've come to learn that if you blank during the day, then you'll fill your boots after dark

[rab01]

Alan is spot on with his abvice Vamper. Don't even waste your efforts fishing the Dee during daylight through the Winter. After dark you'll be hauling the fish in.

[vamper]

Cheers for the advice guys

I keep meaning to get out down there at night, but something else usually crops up (occupational hazard of having a wife and 4 kids lol)

[dan]

try it at night never blanked on the dee at night and only ever blanked once....