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What are the chances of catching tope from the east coast shore at this time of year? Have the tope moved offshore for the winter?
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hope this will help to answer your question:

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in summer i recon theres some on the county down coast, dont know about the winter.
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Cheers, nice Guides there mate! I am aware that the Tope may have different feeding patterns on different parts of the east coast, especially the Greystones area considering Coalfish at this time of year. Definitely an area I'm thinking of hitting just need a bit more up to date info if anyone can help.

Some great threads I remember from about 4 years ago such as this one

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board//viewtopic.php?f=1&t=351&view=previous

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#5 Post by dbrock »

there are pleanty of tope about the east coast its just a matter of getting the tides right and doing your homework on the mark,, oh and make sure ya got a beach with room to run :lol: the gannons aint a good idea in greystones , i lost a few there due to the fact i couldn move, but ive seen more takes there than any were,,make sure the weed aint there and stick it out it will happen,
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dbrock wrote:there are pleanty of tope about the east coast its just a matter of getting the tides right and doing your homework on the mark,, oh and make sure ya got a beach with room to run :lol: the gannons aint a good idea in greystones , i lost a few there due to the fact i couldn move, but ive seen more takes there than any were,,make sure the weed aint there and stick it out it will happen,


Have there been tope showing in greystones at this time of year, say in the last 3 years or so?
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#7 Post by dbrock »

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13477&p=99977&hilit=tope#p99977

that was last year,, there are some pics on it i didnt get out enough this year but they were there there was a few missed runs
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#9 Post by mann »

dbrock wrote:http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13477&p=99977&hilit=tope#p99977

that was last year,, there are some pics on it i didnt get out enough this year but they were there there was a few missed runs


oh man that was / is a fine fish... i know it was last year but i have to say well done on landing it... didnt think they would be around at that time of year... but I'm still learning, 8)

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