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Al and Jordan
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bangor harbour Co Down sunday 30th november

#1 Post by Al and Jordan »

People: just me

Duration: 5.30pm - 8pm

Tide: low then turning back in

Weather: 15mph wind, no rain but very cold

Bait: just rag

Rigs: 3 hook flapper

Results: 29 whiting (biggest 24cm) 2 pouting




Report: i got up at 5am to go and dig some rag, but only stuck it out an hour before my hands were frozen :? :? :? :? :? . i managed to get about a pound and a half of them which were fairly deep with the highest concentration of them 2ft down in the clay :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: not fun when you're on your own in the dark. i decided to stay local and headed for bangor with low tide around 6pm. i had all the intentions of fishing it out until around midnight, but the whiting scupperd any ides of that by hitting my baits before the lead had even hit the sea bed :shock: :shock: :shock: they were ravenous wee buggers. a rethink was needed as i was going to fish my usual 2 rods. but with the whiting hitting my baits before i could even wind in my slack line from casting made that impossible :roll: :roll: :roll: . so i packed one rod away and just fished on. it was crazy, i was pulling them in, in twos and threes at a time. you were only limited on how many of em you could catch by how quickly you could rebait and get back out again :D :D :D :D :D :D :D this kinda fishing soon had a detremental toll on my bait supplies as i was rapidly running low on worms :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( i even started to break up the worms and only use a half on each hook, but still they came in numbers. the last 2 casts brought in whiting and pouting which was nice. another species. but in typical form, as another species finally came on the feed i had ran out of bait :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: do'nt get me wrong i'm not complaning it was great crack, frantic and short lived, but still great crack :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: one of my shortest but most productive sessions yet. 31 fish in 2 1/2 hours :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#2 Post by boyler »

Nice session there Alan and plenty of fish for a short session Well Done.
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#3 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done Al, did you get Jordan to tie the rigs for you?? :roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol:
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#4 Post by Al and Jordan »

no dave. but if i had, i bet my bait would'nt have lasted more than an hour :wink: :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#5 Post by dan »

Where did you dig your rag.
Lure caught Fish 2014- Pollack, Coalie, Pouting, Poor Cod, Dab, Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Plaice, Bass, SeaTrout, Grey Gurnard, Scad, SandSmelt, Red Gurnard, Launce, Lesser Sandeel, Rock Goby, Black Goby, Shanny, Mackerel, Herring, Dragonet, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, GoldSinney Wrasse, Lesser Weaver, Butterfish, Perch, Pike

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#6 Post by Drew »

dan wrote:Where did you dig your rag.

Don't be so nosey. :lol:

Good Sesh AnJ, I started Shore angling on Bangor Harbour, Used to have whiting matches with my mate, Usually won with 50 or 60 fish! :lol:

They're small but they're fun!!!

8)

Bet you've got little whiting tooth marks on your fingers today! :wink:
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#7 Post by dan »

god wee session. mite give somewhere a go with a couple of mates in the next couple of weeks.
Lure caught Fish 2014- Pollack, Coalie, Pouting, Poor Cod, Dab, Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Plaice, Bass, SeaTrout, Grey Gurnard, Scad, SandSmelt, Red Gurnard, Launce, Lesser Sandeel, Rock Goby, Black Goby, Shanny, Mackerel, Herring, Dragonet, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, GoldSinney Wrasse, Lesser Weaver, Butterfish, Perch, Pike

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#8 Post by fishermannum1 »

great catch for 2 1/2 hours fishing,
the whiting are good crack on light gear, a lot of people hate it when the whiting move in, but i enjoy fishing for them. for there is days that if it wasent for them, we would blank.

BTW nice report + pic's.....
as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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#9 Post by Al and Jordan »

dan wrote:Where did you dig your rag.


ask your uncle drew :wink: he knows where i dig, but keep it to yourself. i've already had to chase off a half dozen commercial diggers off that stretch of beach :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: it's one thing to go dig a bit of bait for yourself or your mates. but when 6 guys appear with 10 gallon drums digging out a stretch of beach leaving it looking like the somme in 1916, thats just taking the piss :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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#10 Post by Al and Jordan »

fishermannum1 wrote:the whiting are good crack on light gear, a lot of people hate it when the whiting move in, but i enjoy fishing for them.



i know, i feel the same way. it was great crack. i've had a few cross words with guys in the past who killed all the whiting they were catching calling them " the rats of the sea ". i guess some people are just plain ignorant :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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#11 Post by dan »

i like roach gear for them from the shore.
feeder ros
6Ibs mainline
4Ibs hooklength
size 12-16 hook
worm or maggot as bait



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