Saturday 31 August saw leg five of our shore league sponsored by Daiwa. Here's our recorders report.
Venue: Carnlough 1900-2400hrs
Tide/sea-state: Fishing three and a half hours up and one and a half down on a calm sea.
Weather: A mild evening with a brisk south-easterly which died as the evening progressed.
Species caught: dogfish, flounder, pouting, whiting and rockling.
Fishing on the East Antrim coast has been patchy this past two months and this was the case again last night.
There were a few flounder caught almost from the off but not in great numbers or in an anyway frantic fashion. The rod tips were kept nodding by a plague of little weavers which kept anglers on their toes until darkness approached and the dogfish started biting. There were a few dogs caught but the general consensus was that they weren't feeding frantically with a lot of guys complaining about initial "doggie rattles" not developing into proper bites and a lot of dropped fish when they were reeled into the shallower water.
Our two zone winners however had no such issues, both winning with only dogfish!
Zone A
1st Drew Ferguson 9 fish 495pts
2nd Harry McKee 6 fish 298pts
=3rd Jonny Henry 3 fish 165pts
=3rd Trev Mooney 3fish 165pts
Zone B
1st Gareth Bell 7 fish 385pts
2nd Andrew Logan 4 fish 220pts
3rd John Rodgers 3 fish 133pts
4th Ali Wall 2 fish 110pts
Longest flat Christopher Mccook 23cm flounder
Longest round tied 18cm
Chris McCook
John Rodgers
Harry Mckee
Next leg is Ballycastle.
