Culdaff Beach 28.02.09

[last cast lad]

People:Me and Mick

Duration:6.00-10.00pm

Tide: high at 8.40

Weather: mild and calm sea

Bait:Ragworm, Lugworm both tipped with squid

Rigs:3 hook flapper at close range, 2 hook clipped down further out

Results:Mick 19 coalfish 1 Flounder. Me 17 coalfish 2 flounder




Report:Arrived at the car park with a chilly off shore breeze but thankfully the sanddunnes sheltered the narrow beach so we could fish in fairly mild conditions. Immediately we started catching coalfish, nothing bigger than 24cm, and they were taking both rag and lug, to be honest it literally was a fish every cast with a number of doubles. I reckon if we had run out of bait they could probably have been caught on a bare hook! It wasn't until after the tide had turned and begun to drop that the flounders showed up, just as we were thinking of calling it a night.

[steyrman]

well done lads a hell of a bag were the coalies any size

[ROADRUNNER]

Fair play Lads a good night makes a change from catching b***Y Rockling

[last cast lad]

well done lads a hell of a bag were the coalies any size

nothing bigger than 24cm, they became a nuisance more than anything, however I have only caught one whiting this year so far!

[ROADRUNNER]

I have fished Culdaff beach a few times and i have noticed that if you fish straight down from the car park then you will catch loads and loads of small fish but if you fish of to the left or right then you will get fewer fish but the ones you get will be a lot bigger

I heard that there was some "bars of silver" caught there recently but not where you were fishing

The best advice i can give you is use fresh lug and go for a walk

[fishingquinn]

good stuff alistair glad to see mick get a few fish

[last cast lad]

I have fished Culdaff beach a few times and i have noticed that if you fish straight down from the car park then you will catch loads and loads of small fish but if you fish of to the left or right then you will get fewer fish but the ones you get will be a lot bigger

I heard that there was some "bars of silver" caught there recently but not where you were fishing

The best advice i can give you is use fresh lug and go for a walk

That sounds like fishing as it should be. The light was falling as we arrived and since I couldn't decide if the rocks or the river would be the best feature to fish we just set up where we stood in the daylight. I will definately do a bit more exploring next time, at least this session gives me something to compare against.

[nthclare]

Im heading up that way in a few months hopefully anyway my future brother in law's home place is a stone throw from that pier/beach

If any one has any info how it fishes Ill appreciate the help

Thanks

[dan]

nice sesh lads......... plenty of fish about.