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Carrick

#1 Post by round_ourway »

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Duration: 11:00 - 3:00

Tide: High tide at 11:27

Weather: very windy

Bait: Rag & Mack

Rigs: two hook clipped down

Results: lots of crabs

Catch and Release:: Yes/No



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I went to whitehead and portmuck but i didn't fancy staying there for any length of time with the waves crashing over me so i went for a bit of shelter and headed to carrick. not a thing and the crabs where eating everything in site. I used various different rigs but no luck. I did get a huge bite whilst drinking a cup of tea and i was to late and spilt my tea, :D :D
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#2 Post by jonny gilbert »

hey i was down last nite and had a conger of 6lb 9oz and lost one cause i couldn't get it up the side of the pier it was very big i reckon high 30's scared the life outta me when i got it 2 the surface and the 2 passer by's look a wee bit shocked at the size of it too....
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#3 Post by the-ghost »

sounds like a monster eel. there seems to be plenty of smaller ones about too.. plenty of small fish for them to feed on!
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#4 Post by round_ourway »

that would have scared the life outa me. I have only been a couple of times at night down in carrick. surprising how quickly it gets dark. That fella has some job ahead of him cleaning that watch tower. I think he's making it into a art gallery or something. I couldnt see him getting planning permission for it to tell you the truth. he needs to much exterior space for fire stairs and clearance around the perimeter and he doesnt have it to the waterside. But hey u never know
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#5 Post by jonny gilbert »

i heard rumors that he was plannin to live in it!?!?!? :?
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#6 Post by BigPhil »

did the conger bust your mainline or what jonny?
if you target them so much why not make a big drop net to take with you all the time so as you can get them up once you do get them?
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#7 Post by Drew »

I only ever fished Carrick Once, Got a Load of Piddly Wee Whiting and Pouting off it, Dead on Winter, Never went back... Can do that in Bangor... :lol:
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#8 Post by round_ourway »

no was talking to the fella who is restoring it. He said he's going to make it into an art gallery. Dont think he realised how much work was in it
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#9 Post by the-ghost »

strange place to have an art gallery!!! remember a few years ago someone bought it and tryed to start a radio station. zeni sound i think.. for about two weeks in july when the harbour was packed with mackie bashers they had big speakers out and the music pumpin. thats as far as it got. after that it became home to a million pigeons :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#10 Post by round_ourway »

i have been down there most weekends and i hav'nt seen him in a couple of weeks. I think the winds might have put him off for a while :) . dnt envy his task anyway
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