too many dogfish.

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:31 pm

wel ive been shore fishing of the rocks in portstewart north antrim coast but all i seem to catch is dog fish. at the start i thought it was great but now im gettin fed up looking at them to tell ya the truth. it seems that they av took over the bay.lol happy

im using mackreal.

can anybody tell me what i can do to maybe catch somthing diffrent????

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:30 pm

There is not much you can do to avoid dogs im afraid.

One way would be to use a float rig with worm or crab for wrasse pollack mackerel and bass or you could spin with jellyworms or frozen sandeel.Great sport on light tackle.

I havent caught many dogs on lugworm so you could try that as a bait but it does reduce the species you are likely to catch and crabs make short work of any worm bait.

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:54 pm

hi,i was the same,dogs on both rods at same time and never got peace from them.did you lose alot of rigs? or was i in the wrong place? sad

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:13 pm

nah i didnt loose that many but then i know the good spots in the port behind the convend is the best place to fish but seriously man wats up wi the dogs.lol

we spent the whole day on saterday behind the convend first me and two other m8s was spinnin for pollock and mackreal for about to hours an not even a bite. so we went to the bottom an serously we must of took up between us 20 dog fish. it just aint rite.lol

it used 2 b if you caught a doggie u were over the moon but now im sick of looking at them.lol

i think ill try diffrent bait the nxt time see wat happins.

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:45 am

if the dogs are on the feed theres not a lot you can do about it. i was out last week with rag, razor and lug and they were taking everything. 2 secs after it was in the water and the rod would start bouncing. i heard they dont really take rag, but they did that night. i had at least 15 and they were doin my head in but at least its a fish. better than nothin.

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:02 am

ye i was the same,had a mix and match of all baits and they took all.but as you lot said better than watching paint dry. happy

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:27 pm

twitcher85 wrote:

wel ive been shore fishing of the rocks in portstewart north antrim coast but all i seem to catch is dog fish. at the start i thought it was great but now im gettin fed up looking at them to tell ya the truth. it seems that they av took over the bay.lol happy

im using mackreal.

can anybody tell me what i can do to maybe catch somthing diffrent????

use jellies shads greenfish and spin for pollack and mackeral and with other rod either float fish with rag/limpets or fish with a paternoster rig with crab rag squid cocktails. doggies are problem in the morning and late evening. I fish the ledges and can produce some good pollack but torr head produces double figured pollack spinning.

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:50 pm

sorry i am new torr head??

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:02 pm

denny wrote:

sorry i am new torr head??

torr head is a point on the antrim coast between ballycastle and cushendun if you drive coastal route you will see it signed but you must have a head for heights big grin

. if you leave your contact details or email address in at outdoor and country sports in coleraine il get back to you and il draw out some places with tips etc for you tonight and leave in at the shop for you with your name denny on it so you can collect when your free at country and sport coleraine or see me in person there tomorrow as i need some tackle and biat. i be there abount 4.30pm until after 5pm. anything else i can help you with or answer just ask mate. happy to help/assist you.