antrim beach sat 13th nov

[Al and Jordan]

People: me, jordan, liam78 and dan belfast

Duration: 3pm to 7pm

Tide: HW 4pm

Weather: bitterly cold but dry and not a breath of wind

Bait: rag, mack, razor and sand eel

Rigs: 3 hook flappers

Results: ME: 5 coalies, 4 whiting and 6 flounder. JORDAN: 2 whiting and 1 coalfish. LIAM78: coalies, whiting and flounder 21 in total. DAN BELFAST: whiting, flounder and coalies. about 15 in total

Report: we decided to give one of our winter beaches a go and quickly rounded up some of the lads for a night out. we got set up and were fishing for 3pm but the bites did'nt begin until we began to lose the light after 4.30pm. so it looks like it's time to wait until dusk to head out again. everyone except dan was fishing 2 rods and they were all nodding away with the micro whiting attacking all and sundry that was put in front of them it was a bit embarrising pulling in whiting that were smaller than the worms they were trying to eat but i suppose it beats blanking. liam78 was on fire pulling in doubles and trebles all night while jordan decided he'd rather walk up and down the beach chittering away in liam and dan's ears all night (sorry lads). there was nothing of any size caught and we did'nt even break the 30cm barrier but we had a bit of banter and no one blanked. so it could have been worse. but by 7pm we decided to call it a day as i wanted to get back to watch the fight on box office, and to be honest it ended up being as mediacore as the fishing but a few cans of guinness made it all better . not the greatest of sessions, but what we lacked in quality we made up for in quantity i suppose

[Al and Jordan]

last pic

[Drew]

I was sitting in the bar before the fight, the lads were going to the bookies... and I kept saying, Haye in the 3rd Round to them! Wouldn't listen to me! So needless to say they lost their bet!

Good fishing there lads, always good to get a wee Saturday night out...

[saving private brian]

atleast ye got fish all.i didnt get a thing all weekend.the flounders on that beach r very dark coloured,the 1 in the 3rd pic is a fine flounder by the looks of it.well done to ye all.nice to get out and have company

[dan belfast]

it was great amount of fish for a 4 hour session i really enjoyed it cheers again Al for letting me tag along hpe to do it again soon mate

[bigbadtom]

Good session there Al and the lads. Good to see everyone catching a few fish.

[razor2]

thats some amount of fish for few hours

[Conger]

Well done Al, some amount of fish, fished a pier last year and like that we were mangled by pin whiting, could not get beyond them

Regards

[gfkelly1969]

well done lads lovely session,great report al

[fishermannum1]

good amount of fish for four hours fishing guys, nice session

[tight lines]

great session lads well done

[liam78]

i enjoy the wee sesson could of stay on didnt want to fishing alone in the dark nice to meet you there dan
i

[FisherKing]

Nice one lads, keeep them comming!!! Cant wait to get out soon myself & wet a line

[RockHunter]

but by 7pm we decided to call it a day

7 pm ???? I was expecting 7 am at least or maybe 7 pm the following day - but at least you have fair few fish for the time fishing.

we got set up and were fishing for 3pm but the bites did'nt begin until we began to lose the light after 4.30pm. so it looks like it's time to wait until dusk

I have more or less given up on beach fishing in daylight - maybe get set up in daylight but I dont expect much until dusk. Although I guess there are certain beaches that will produce fish in daylight (particularly those near estuaries) but in general dusk seems to bring them in.

[Al and Jordan]

I was sitting in the bar before the fight, the lads were going to the bookies... and I kept saying, Haye in the 3rd Round to them! Wouldn't listen to me! So needless to say they lost their bet!
Good fishing there lads, always good to get a wee Saturday night out...

cheers drew. yeah it was a bit of a miss match,, a very one sided fight thankfully UFC 122 on sunday night was much better

atleast ye got fish all.i didnt get a thing all weekend.the flounders on that beach r very dark coloured,the 1 in the 3rd pic is a fine flounder by the looks of it.well done to ye all.nice to get out and have company

cheers brian. i was reading about all your recent disasters man . boy your getting it tough man. very dark flounder alright, but not that big..... just perspective with the camera that's why i photograph all the decent fish on the measure. a fish held at arms length towards the camera looks twice as big as it really is . seems to be the favourite pose for a lot of the angling mags with wildly exaggerated weights

it was great amount of fish for a 4 hour session i really enjoyed it cheers again Al for letting me tag along hpe to do it again soon mate

no problem dan, your always more than welcome man

Good session there Al and the lads. Good to see everyone catching a few fish.

cheers tom. at first i was'nt too impressed with the session,,,, but after reading a few of the other lads reports from the weekend i reckon we did well enough

thats some amount of fish for few hours

thanks man

Well done Al, some amount of fish, fished a pier last year and like that we were mangled by pin whiting, could not get beyond them
Regards

cheers conger. even when we dropped down to size 4 hooks the wee whiting still managed to rob all the bait off the hooks . i think next time i'll just let them stay on the hooks and do a bit of live baiting for something bigger

well done lads lovely session,great report al

cheers gerry. just glad to be still catching

good amount of fish for four hours fishing guys, nice session

thanks don. thankfully it was'nt as cold as up your end of the world those pics in your report looked like the artic circle man

great session lads well done

cheers man

i enjoy the wee sesson could of stay on didnt want to fishing alone in the dark nice to meet you there dan
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no probs liam. just glad i picked a venue where we all got in on the action. just gotta decide where we're for at the weekend now

Nice one lads, keeep them comming!!! Cant wait to get out soon myself & wet a line

cheers brian. it's just a matter of waiting for a break in the weather now to get out

but by 7pm we decided to call it a day

7 pm ???? I was expecting 7 am at least or maybe 7 pm the following day - but at least you have fair few fish for the time fishing.

we got set up and were fishing for 3pm but the bites did'nt begin until we began to lose the light after 4.30pm. so it looks like it's time to wait until dusk

I have more or less given up on beach fishing in daylight - maybe get set up in daylight but I dont expect much until dusk. Although I guess there are certain beaches that will produce fish in daylight (particularly those near estuaries) but in general dusk seems to bring them in.

just a short one this time . back to vampire fishing man