This weekend past saw the latest leg of our species hunt where anglers targeted a certain species over a 72hr period

This weekend past saw the latest leg of our species hunt where anglers targeted a certain species over a 72hr period.

This weekend was a double header where we targeted both conger eels and three bearded rockling as they live in the same sort of habitat.

Despite little rain, there was a very blustery wind which created quite a significant swell particularly on North Coast venues, which as well as making rock marks a bit "hairy" to fish also increased tackle loses as the surge moved terminal gear around a lot dragging it into snags.

Fishing hasn't been great in N.I this Summer and the lads that managed to catch this weekend really had to work hard with a lot of venue changes and long waits for bites when they found somewhere fishable.

Top rods on the conger where

1st Paul Hill 136cm

2nd Barry Platt 121cm

3rd Gareth Owens-Storey 120cm

Best three beard catches were

1st Barry Platt 48cm

2nd Stephen Hodge 35cm

3rd Drew Ferguson 30cm