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Co Antrim Rock Mark

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Duration:3 - 10pm

Tide: Couple of hours either side of high

Weather: Lovely

Bait:Mackeral Squid Rag

Rigs: 2 up 1 down, 3 hook flapper

Results:2 Plaice, 6 Flounder




Report: Headed up the coast for a flattie session since there seems to be plenty of the around at the minute. I arrived at the mark about 3 and got the rods in the water. The sun was shinning bright and there was no fish action for the first 3 hours. :cry: So I had to sit admiring the senery for a while in the sun :) . It began to cloud over a bit about 6 and as soon as it did the rod tip started to nod :) :) . I landed my first flounder of the year measuring in at 25cm. The sun popped its head out and no more fish for another while. Once it started to dull down again the fishing picked up with another couple of Flounder of the 25cm size. The next was a 28cm Flatfish which I think is a Plaice. I say it is a Plaice because the head had boney nodules and the lateral line was smooth as a babys bum,the only thing was the spots wernt as obvious. I would like to hear other peoples opinion :!: :?: :!: :?:The fish in question is in the top 2 Pics. Then I got a definate Plaice of 25cm, finishing off with another couple of flounder. There was two other guys fishing to my left who were fishless and were new to Angling and came over for a chat as the day went on I gave them some rag as I wasnt going to use it all. Just as I was leaving I went over to give them the rest of my Rag and Squid and one of them had caught a nice Coalie hopefully they caught a few more after I left :!: :!:
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[color=#0000FF]Species 2010: 5[/color]Codling, Coalie, Flounder, Plaice, Turbot.

[color=#0000FF]Species 2009: 20[/color] Flounder, Dab, Coalie, Shore Rockling, Pollock, Pouting, Codling, Poor Cod, Whiting, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Turbot, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Ballan/ Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Sea Trout.

[color=#0000FF]Species 2008: 20[/color] Coalie, Pollock, Whiting, Poorcod, Pouting, Mackeral, Ballan/Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Black Goby, Thornback Ray, Doggie, Flounder, Codling, Shore Rockling, 5 Bearded Rockling, Bull Huss.
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Re: Co Antrim Rock Mark

#2 Post by ShaneH »

lovely fish its been years since i seen a plaice
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#3 Post by dfella25 »

Nice one on the plaice man. Have not seen any yet on the east coast.
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#4 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done,and that sharing will come back to you sometime :wink:
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Re: Co Antrim Rock Mark

#5 Post by rab01 »

Some nice flats there. 8)
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#6 Post by bsloan »

My very basic knowledge would lean me on plaice for pics 1 and 2, no doubt about 3 tho. Is it right that you can also get spotty flounder?
A very well done on the flatties man, havent had a go this year at all what with work and pregnant wife holding me hostage in the house. chomping at thye bit to wet a line.

Anyone tried kilkeel pier for the flat fellas?

well done again! bet they tasted good (or were they put back)?
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#7 Post by eddie t »

Nice little plaice well done busy sesh thats what we go fishing for.
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#8 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice one jonny :P good to see you got a few man. the ridge of boney nodules behind the eyes on pic 1 & 2 would make me think plaice, just faint markings on the spots. but regardless of what it was,,,, it was a fish :D :D :D . one more than i saw yesterday :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#9 Post by nifisher »

Cheers everyone it was one of the few flattie sessions I will do this year probably, altough I would like to get a Dab and Turbot this year also.
bsloan wrote:Anyone tried kilkeel pier for the flat fellas?

well done again! bet they tasted good (or were they put back)?
They all lived to swim another day. I have only fished kilkeel pier for Mackeral many years ago (like 20 :oops: ).
Al and Jordan wrote:it was a fish . one more than i saw yesterday
Oh dear Al did you not have a good trip :?: :?:
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[color=#0000FF]Species 2010: 5[/color]Codling, Coalie, Flounder, Plaice, Turbot.

[color=#0000FF]Species 2009: 20[/color] Flounder, Dab, Coalie, Shore Rockling, Pollock, Pouting, Codling, Poor Cod, Whiting, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Turbot, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Ballan/ Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Sea Trout.

[color=#0000FF]Species 2008: 20[/color] Coalie, Pollock, Whiting, Poorcod, Pouting, Mackeral, Ballan/Corkwing/Goldshinny Wrasse, Rock Goby, Shanny, Long Spined Sea Scorpian, Black Goby, Thornback Ray, Doggie, Flounder, Codling, Shore Rockling, 5 Bearded Rockling, Bull Huss.
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#10 Post by Al and Jordan »

sadly not jonny. we all blanked with jordan putting us all to shame catching the only fish of the whole day, a nice wee male dragonet :P
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#11 Post by alannelson »

well done on the plaice 8)
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