Duration: 5 hours 17.00-22.00
Tide: 20.38
Weather:Too good....no surf
Bait: Rag, lug, crab, sandeel, mackerel, razor
Rigs: various
Results: bass, flounder, whiting, coalies, dogs
Report: The evening was glorious. Unfortunately, fishing was slacker than it should have been due to lack of surf. First cast by one member was a double of two fat flounders. Then all went quiet. About 6pm I landed my smallest ever bass ( 25 cm). It took ragworm. Despite people saying crab is your only man in this area rag works very well. Nothing much happened until darkness started to appear. While fishing wasn't hectic lots of fish were caught. 13 fish ( I think) won the comp. There were only a couple of blanks. The quality of the fish was much better than on the East coast and no doubt the Borough will venture down south again.
Richard Butler caught the fish of the evening with a beautiful bass.
One matter that I find deeply disturbing is to hear that the wholesale slaughter of common shore crabs by a commercial fisherman is still going on. I do believe that this will destroy a wonderful fishery. The bottom of the food chain is being removed and there will soon be no reason for fish to come to Youghal. Once this happens a superb venue will be lost forever. As many anglers travel to the town I think that their spending must be of benefit to the area. No doubt it is worth more to the town than the amount being earned by this greedy individual who does not care what damage he does to the environment.
People may doubt this. However, many anglers will remember that Greystones was once a superb venue for cod and plaice. Then the mussel beds were dredged out. The cod and plaice disappeared never to return.
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