What about ye"s
So Thursday there i went an picked up our Darren about 3pm and the heat in Belfast was mental:eeks: could not wait to hit the road and get a bit of cooler air about us.
We had these snoothie sharks on our minds but i was worried the rain and the fresh water washing down the Foyle might have driven them off:wink:
So we gets down to the Strands and my blood drained,, i have never seen such an amount of touriods packed in like sardines along Strands. bloody hell both me and our Darren agreed:run:holy heck i felt sick just thinking of that amount of human bodies all breathing each others farts an such,,, Quickly!!! i says to our Darren to Checkers:cool2: us being from Belfast an being chippy eaters we felt more at home eating burgers and chips an battered sausages than in amongst the throng of happy happy beach goers:confused2:
Well we came to fish, an damnit! fish we will, we where feeling brave after our chippy and just headed for the nearest beach, got a parking spot that was not close to the masses and set our stall out, oh aye its good be to home again fishng with bait after the non stop spinning me and the Jonny fella have been doing this past three years.
I release the Apollo:inlove: and my 13ft Conoflex Beach Flyer, oh how i have missed ye rods our Darren unsheaths a Mk1 Kompressor and an President 11ft bass rod, old school rods for two old schooled anglers, we bolt the sloshes and 7000s onto the MAN rods:whistling: an 5500cts to the Bass rods, we have near 30quids of biting fresh Rag some Lug and last years ( that i caught) Mackerel, oh happy days
Now in amongst the hundreds of people we have rocks to our right and a small burn to our left, an island of fishing glory in the vast swave of touriods, we are left near enough alone the whole time we fished which was from about 6pm to near 3am.
Out go Mackerel baits beyond the surf and in tight we set the Rag on flappers.
I dont know anything about Smoothie fishing, but with daylight i expected no small Sharks but putting the Mackerel out into the tide and changing it often we had hopes of maybe attracting those wee Sharks in after dark ? as i always say
A plan
any plan
is better than no plan
We fish and we change baits we drink tea, we wait for dusk and high tide:whistling:
During this time we are accousted by only two groups of Touriods and one very fine gentleman who spent a brave few hours wading/spinning :cool2: now this gentleman in question turns out to be a Fisheries Protection Officer:cool2: we chatted for maybe 40 to 60 mins and i enjoyed hearing his tales and admiring the effort and work that those guys do, i mentioned i might write a report on a fishing forum and would it be alright to mention i was talking to an Officer " oh by all means he replied, an dont forget to mention that i was a fine looking gentleman and rather eloquent to boot:rofl: ( he honestly said that as he walked off flicking his rather sparse hair like a super model) hahahahah. Like i say well done to guys who are out at 3am in a boat lifting illegal nets:cool2:
So anyroad bout 9 oclock our Darren gets a wee flounder the size of his hands, which was not bad considering our Darren is 6ft 3 or somfink:wink:
High tide come and high tide go and no smoothies, we had by this time switched the heavier tackle to rag instead of Mackerel, Nowt nadda nofink!! ah well thats fishing guys an girls, but being as thick as two short planks which if you do the sums makes us about as thick as two short planks and long one? we fish on.
Tides about two hours down an i dander up to our Darren and say, " think we are on a beaten docket Darren" no sooner had i said that i notice our Darrens Kompressor give a bounce and then we hear a short ratchet pull, Darrens onto the rod and waits for a second or two , i start to give advice but walk away to let our Darren make the decision on when an if to strike.
I"m in! states Darren and we both know what it is, an sure enough in thrashes a wee school Bass, we go full re--tard, start our chant and dance, now i know some might laugh at me an Darren getting on like we have won the grandnational, but in our eyes after the long hours fishless this is a wee blessing and we enjoy the moment.
After a few minutes with Darren holding the schoolie in the surf it kicks a few times and Darren releases the wee tiddler, off it skulks out beyond the breakers:cool2:
Right Darren i say get another bait out and dander up to me and tell me we are on a beaten docket and maybe i will catch one:roflpuke: no such thing, i dander up to my rods check the lines and would ye believe it!!! glorious magical, unbelievable slack line:rofl: i says nothing and reel the Bass in which i may add was bigger than our Darrens:happy:,, oh such relief on two small fish but like i say we had stood hours fishless an after my schoolie is released fit and fine we once again do the Ballymoney Red Indian dance taught to us by our Sham the one and only Jonny,
(Indian chant, an acompanied by trotting on the spot in time to the chant)
" Go"wan ye boy ye
on ye boy ye
go" wan ye boy ye
on ye boy ye":happy:
We fished on until bout ? 3ish them decided we had had enough, whch was well timed, as we got to the motor it started raining not heavy but wet all the same.
Wheres Lou, LOU, LOU oh there ye are:thumbsup:, the weed was still around but ye have to fish it a certain way and like is say, we are not ones for going home without at least hurting oursleves :ugh2:
Not a great catch report as such, but a Bass is a Bass and unlike smooth Hounds we at least know how to fish for Bass, go cast an await
Mighty Day out with my Nephwe our Darren always good steam out with Darren:roflpuke: we have fished together for years an know the score.
Tight lines lads/ladies:inlove:
Fed...
So Thursday there i went an picked up our Darren about 3pm and the heat in Belfast was mental:eeks: could not wait to hit the road and get a bit of cooler air about us.
We had these snoothie sharks on our minds but i was worried the rain and the fresh water washing down the Foyle might have driven them off:wink:
So we gets down to the Strands and my blood drained,, i have never seen such an amount of touriods packed in like sardines along Strands. bloody hell both me and our Darren agreed:run:holy heck i felt sick just thinking of that amount of human bodies all breathing each others farts an such,,, Quickly!!! i says to our Darren to Checkers:cool2: us being from Belfast an being chippy eaters we felt more at home eating burgers and chips an battered sausages than in amongst the throng of happy happy beach goers:confused2:
Well we came to fish, an damnit! fish we will, we where feeling brave after our chippy and just headed for the nearest beach, got a parking spot that was not close to the masses and set our stall out, oh aye its good be to home again fishng with bait after the non stop spinning me and the Jonny fella have been doing this past three years.
I release the Apollo:inlove: and my 13ft Conoflex Beach Flyer, oh how i have missed ye rods our Darren unsheaths a Mk1 Kompressor and an President 11ft bass rod, old school rods for two old schooled anglers, we bolt the sloshes and 7000s onto the MAN rods:whistling: an 5500cts to the Bass rods, we have near 30quids of biting fresh Rag some Lug and last years ( that i caught) Mackerel, oh happy days
Now in amongst the hundreds of people we have rocks to our right and a small burn to our left, an island of fishing glory in the vast swave of touriods, we are left near enough alone the whole time we fished which was from about 6pm to near 3am.
Out go Mackerel baits beyond the surf and in tight we set the Rag on flappers.
I dont know anything about Smoothie fishing, but with daylight i expected no small Sharks but putting the Mackerel out into the tide and changing it often we had hopes of maybe attracting those wee Sharks in after dark ? as i always say
A plan
any plan
is better than no plan
We fish and we change baits we drink tea, we wait for dusk and high tide:whistling:
During this time we are accousted by only two groups of Touriods and one very fine gentleman who spent a brave few hours wading/spinning :cool2: now this gentleman in question turns out to be a Fisheries Protection Officer:cool2: we chatted for maybe 40 to 60 mins and i enjoyed hearing his tales and admiring the effort and work that those guys do, i mentioned i might write a report on a fishing forum and would it be alright to mention i was talking to an Officer " oh by all means he replied, an dont forget to mention that i was a fine looking gentleman and rather eloquent to boot:rofl: ( he honestly said that as he walked off flicking his rather sparse hair like a super model) hahahahah. Like i say well done to guys who are out at 3am in a boat lifting illegal nets:cool2:
So anyroad bout 9 oclock our Darren gets a wee flounder the size of his hands, which was not bad considering our Darren is 6ft 3 or somfink:wink:
High tide come and high tide go and no smoothies, we had by this time switched the heavier tackle to rag instead of Mackerel, Nowt nadda nofink!! ah well thats fishing guys an girls, but being as thick as two short planks which if you do the sums makes us about as thick as two short planks and long one? we fish on.
Tides about two hours down an i dander up to our Darren and say, " think we are on a beaten docket Darren" no sooner had i said that i notice our Darrens Kompressor give a bounce and then we hear a short ratchet pull, Darrens onto the rod and waits for a second or two , i start to give advice but walk away to let our Darren make the decision on when an if to strike.
I"m in! states Darren and we both know what it is, an sure enough in thrashes a wee school Bass, we go full re--tard, start our chant and dance, now i know some might laugh at me an Darren getting on like we have won the grandnational, but in our eyes after the long hours fishless this is a wee blessing and we enjoy the moment.
After a few minutes with Darren holding the schoolie in the surf it kicks a few times and Darren releases the wee tiddler, off it skulks out beyond the breakers:cool2:
Right Darren i say get another bait out and dander up to me and tell me we are on a beaten docket and maybe i will catch one:roflpuke: no such thing, i dander up to my rods check the lines and would ye believe it!!! glorious magical, unbelievable slack line:rofl: i says nothing and reel the Bass in which i may add was bigger than our Darrens:happy:,, oh such relief on two small fish but like i say we had stood hours fishless an after my schoolie is released fit and fine we once again do the Ballymoney Red Indian dance taught to us by our Sham the one and only Jonny,
(Indian chant, an acompanied by trotting on the spot in time to the chant)
" Go"wan ye boy ye
on ye boy ye
go" wan ye boy ye
on ye boy ye":happy:
We fished on until bout ? 3ish them decided we had had enough, whch was well timed, as we got to the motor it started raining not heavy but wet all the same.
Wheres Lou, LOU, LOU oh there ye are:thumbsup:, the weed was still around but ye have to fish it a certain way and like is say, we are not ones for going home without at least hurting oursleves :ugh2:
Not a great catch report as such, but a Bass is a Bass and unlike smooth Hounds we at least know how to fish for Bass, go cast an await
Mighty Day out with my Nephwe our Darren always good steam out with Darren:roflpuke: we have fished together for years an know the score.
Tight lines lads/ladies:inlove:
Fed...