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#1 Post by **yorkshire man** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:52 pm

any one know where cod can be caught up here north mayo, sligo south donegal?
seeing all the reports from other area,s has got he int rested.
thought i might try the river at rosses point on rising tide as i know the water is pretty deep in the main channel and only a short cast out

#2 Post by MC » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:53 am

never had any around donegal, but i am still looking, they must be at least one out there?

#3 Post by **kieran** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:18 am

yorkshire man, you have mail. Donegal Bay is a desert these days...

#4 Post by **drseafish** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:19 pm

Hi,

You can get the odd coddling at the spot you mentioned. The last time I fished it, two of us had about 3 small coddling (~20cm), returned. It looks like the perfect place with a deep channel fast moving water. In the right conditions you could get lucky. I would use crab if you could get it, fish it in darkness from the rocks in front of the Yacht club from low water up.

I believe that the place just does not get fished for reliable information. You should get the odd decent coddling but nothing like other venues down south.

Drseafish

#5 Post by **kieran** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:31 pm

Hi Kieran

Yeah, the rocks just below the yacht club are the place and remarkably they produce the odd thornback as well. Had one around 6 lbs a few years back just at dusk to sandeel. Sea trout in the channel too but off season now and in season you will need a licence, fairly small stuff...

You need to fish just on the margin of the sand and rocks for the round fish, and well out into the channel for the flats. Big tide at night might produce a keeper...

Are you heading up this direction over the Christmas?

Cheers

#6 Post by MC » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:50 pm

er what area?

#7 Post by **drseafish** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:24 pm

Kieran You have mail.

MC

We are talking about the mouth of the Garryvogue River at Rosses Point. There is another mark just left of the Yacht club where the Channel passes very close to the shore, easily identified by a channel marker. As kieran said you can pick up good flats here. Your unlikely to get a lunker but should get the odd keeper as mentioned. Should be coalies there aswell but have never seen any, but again its not fished enough to know.

#8 Post by MC » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:53 am

thanks for that, think i know the spot, never fished it but

#9 Post by **pete** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:03 pm

Lads if your on for getting a few heads together to try the channel at Rosses Pt I'd be up for it, puts me in mind of the likes of the cod marks on the Blackwater

#10 Post by MC » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:49 am

i'll be up for it, just give me enough notice

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