Duration: saturday,10.30pm-3.30am. yesterday 6pm-3am
Tide: high to low, low to high then dropping again
Weather: both sessions excellent, no wind, no rain or snow but freezing
Bait: rag, lug, squid, sand eel, mack and clams
Rigs: flappers
Results: flounder, whiting, coalies, codling and a five bearded rockling
Report: me, round_ourway, francis and dgp140 all headed to glenarm beach on staurday to see what was about for a bit. dgp140 arrived last and was the only one to catch, getting a flounder coalie and whiting. after 4 fishless hours me and francis decided a change of plan was in order and decided to hit waterfoot. we got a munch at the chippy in carnlough, and well fed and re-energized we made our way onto the beach at waterfoot. it was a busy old night on the beach with a dozen or so anglers fishing the same stretch. we got set up and francis was first into the fish with a double shot of flounder quickly followed with some coalies. my rod got a good knock producing a nice 30cm left handed flounder (my first lefty of the year), and not to be outdone francis pulled in his biggest flounder to date at 30cm too
a new p.b. for him . it has to be said he did better than me in numbers and species rounding off the session with a nice codling. some guys at glenarm were kind enough to leave us some bait, and along with round_ourways and francis left overs i finished the session going home with about 3lb of rag and 2lb of lug left over 
all the excuse i needed for a return trip yesterday 
SESSION 2 MONDAY 9TH FEB
i arrived at 6pm as the tide was beginning to turn back in. bit of a breeze blowing onshore, but i knew it would die off around 7pm. i could'nt fish my intended spot as it was thick with kelp
so i got set up on up the beach a bit furthur up. i was on my own (apart from being pestered by my mental mutt cody) with no other anglers about. the usual procession of flounder followed with some coalies and whiting. a double shot of flatties got my hopes up as at first glance i thought the wee one was a plaice, but a closer inspection showed him just to be a very spotty flounder . i spotted some lights over at the pier and was almost tempted to go over for a bit too see what was about. but it was nearly midnight and i could'nt be bothered with stripping rigs and setting up all over again. and besides that, cody has a history of taking the occasional nose dive off of harbours which has given me a few scares in the past. sammy and sally the resident harbour seals in bangor have some, not so fond memories of the crazy spotty dog who joined them for a splash during last summer 
i don't know what was more comical, the look on thier faces when she lept 15 from above splashing between the 2 of them, or the look on her face when they dissappeared under the water and resurfaced 100 foot away 
so i fished on as the guys over at the harbour drove off. more flounder, coalies and whiting followed and one of the lads who was fishing the harbour came over for a chat. they had a nightmare of a day starting at ballycastle beach blanking and only got a few coalies over at the harbour. as they had a slow day he gave me the left over bait (top bloke). i quickly cut one of the mackerel up and got my first shore caught 5 bearded rockling and fished on until 3 am when i finally wrapped it up. a great days fishing 
. i was suposed to get out this week again but forgot my car is booked in for MOT work tomorrow. so if anyone is heading out this week i have 2lb of rag free to a good home it should be ok until friday, so if anyone wants it just give me a shout. i live off the crumlin road, so if it's handy to anyone they're yours. it would be a shame to let them go to waste 
, its a sin to waste it.
