Well, yes, actually!
Dermo and I went down to Port Muck on Friday night to do a spot of fishing. I had never done it before so began by casting the line into a few rocks. But by the time we waited for some German's to leave the good spot I seemed to be doing ok.
I must say I'm not too good when it comes to worms, cutting up fish and all manner of stuff for bait. I'm also not great with the fish themselves!
But I got my first catch! As I reeled it in there was a point when I thought I simply managed to hook into another rock but as it turned out it was a dog fish. They are strong little fellas - apparently related to the shark family. As Dermo removed the hook (I wasn't for touching it) it squirmed and wrapped itself in a circle! Anyway, the pic isn't of my fish but of of one another fisherman got but you can see what I mean.
It was a lovely evening. The sunset that sillouetted some other fisherman on a rock was complimented by an equally lovely moon rise.
The Causeway Coastline that is. I spent most of the 12th July with Dermo and Debbie. We travelled to Portstewart with the aim of doing a spot of fishing. But we didn't do much until we got to Portballintrae, and the fish didn't really do much at all. They must take the 'July Fornight' off too. Everyone we spoke to had similar luck but for me the day was not wasted. It was great to just be out in the open, breath the sea air and feast my eyes on some of our quite spectacular countryside and coast.
