Fishing North Antrim coast ?

Member Joined: Oct 13, 2008 Posts: 22

hey lads, pretty new to fishing but absolutely loving it. I was wanting to know where is decent to fish from Portstewart, portrush and further round the coast. Cheers

Member Joined: Sep 30, 2008 Posts: 6

there are a number of good marks on the north antrim coast you have Benone beach good for sea bass the blue pool Portrush good for pollack in summer and cod in winter i will send you a pm with some good info for you with a couple of links

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:05 pm

Theres a place on around the coast from portrush as you head towards ballycastle called ballintoy where you can catch near enough any species. try fishing pier first. you can park on the pier and there is public toilets and a cafe there also. Makeral bait is best. let me no how you get on if you decide to give it a go.

Member Joined: Oct 13, 2008 Posts: 22

cheers for that lads. Wont be able to get out this weekend, but gonna head out next week.

Member Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 8 Location: co antrim

North coast is fished out,have spent many days fishing on the north coast to be rewarded with very little.Then again it might just be me!!!!!

Member Joined: Oct 13, 2008 Posts: 22

I was out on saturday past, the two guys I was with got a nice Bass each (I got the cold!), so I am gonna head out on friday night to try again. happy

Member Joined: Jun 11, 2009 Posts: 10 Location: belfast

spinfisher wrote:

North coast is fished out,have spent many days fishing on the north coast to be rewarded with very little.Then again it might just be me!!!!!

at last som1 agrees with me lol mate please read my post in the forums home page.....stop the trawlers

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:52 am

I am well pleased that the Irish forum is picking up as I read all the posts on this forum as I lived over there for 6 yrs and enjoyed every miniute of it.

Well done to all of you for the help you are giving to each other and to newbies to the sport. You should be proud of yourselves and may it continue.

Good luck to you all.
Cheers keith big grin

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:01 pm

whereabouts on the emerald isle were you keith?

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:06 pm

Athlone, kinnygad, dublin, mullingar and cork for a short while
Cheers keith big grin

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:25 am

you should have skipped the rest and stayed in Cork for the whole duration. sure us langers down here know its the REAL capital anyway winking

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did you do much fishing while you were here?

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:40 pm

Not much fishing on the North Coast but Ballintoy Harbour at rear of the cafe has various species to offer you. Downhill for sea bass mackeral flounder. Portrush at Blue Pool spinning for pollack. Mackeral at present being caught in Ballintoy and Ballycastle. Torr Head is very good for Pollack reaching double figures but be prepared to lose tackle. Best fishing is Donegal if you want a place close to North Coast as you can get Ferry from Magillian oner to Donegal very cheap but but your bait before you go.