Ferrypoint Youghal. 31/12/09

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#1 Post by **junior conger** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:52 pm

Tide:Low to high

Weather:East wind , very cold

Bait:Peeler & lug

Rigs:! hook flapper

Results:4 Codling

Frist 3 hours not a bite , on the turn of tide , 3 good size codling in ten minutes , went quiet until high tide , 1 small codling.

wind helped in casting , getting good distance

East wind , freezing.

Crab worked , nothing on the lug.

Good day out

Happy new year

#2 Post by **FMCN** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:17 pm

Well done. What size where the codling.

Happy New Year to all.

#3 Post by **junior conger** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:13 pm

1 and a half pound

#4 Post by **eyesreilly** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:30 pm

Well done and a Happy New Year to you

#5 Post by **JOHN1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:36 pm

good man junior well done

Dave i like your avatar brings back fond memories

And happy new year to all.

#6 Post by **eyesreilly** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:50 pm

JOHN1 wrote:good man junior well done

Dave i like your avatar brings back fond memories

And happy new year to all.

Happy New Year to you John, was in Bray Harbour tonight, i see someone demolished part of the wall on the pier. B careful reversing down it as the wall is on the ground

#7 Post by **JOHN1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:25 pm

should be no trouble to my 4x4

#8 Post by **Jon** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:13 am

Hi Junior Conger
I fished Ferrypoint yesterday afternoon from 2pm to 6pm catching 12 Codling in total mainly using frozen black lug and cooked peeled prawns for bait. The codling were small with 1.5lb being my biggest.

The wind was biting, very cold indeed. I was surprised that I have fished Ferrypoint twice this week and have yet to see any Whiting? Where have they all gone?

#9 Post by **RockHunter** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:40 pm

Well done - good to see that a few codling bigger than half a pound beginning to show up.

Jon wrote:I was surprised that I have fished Ferrypoint twice this week and have yet to see any Whiting? Where have they all gone?

Whiting seem very scarce this winter - last winter they were everywhere, ripping the bait to bits. But then cod were very rare last winter. I guess it is a cyclical thing.
Another thing I have noticed is that coalfish are much more common this year compared to last year, but they are a lot smaller. Two years ago coalfish were also very abundant but much bigger - generally 30-40 cm, with very few less than 30 cm. This winter I have got a bunch of tiny ones, seldom bigger than 20 cm

#10 Post by **junior conger** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:21 pm

i caught one good size whiting a month ago didnt catch one since in ferrypoint

#11 Post by **Jon** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:21 am

Strangely fished Ferry point yesterday afternoon. It was very busy and I couldnt get onto the point 9tide was coming in / on the top) and had to fish towards the open sea. Anyway, it was very slow, no codling showed for me although the guys next to me appeared to catch one, but I caught a Whiting and two coalfish.

All were very small.

Rockhopper, I agree with your observations. A couple of years ago we were dragging in big Coalies and a big cod. Last year I could only find Pin Whiting and due to the weather over Xmas 2008 they were all up the Blackwater at Templemichael. This year it's small codling by Youghal.....

Last few days I have also tried Ballyquin and Ardmore, without a single knock. Whilst teh codling are small they are at least there and providing sport!

Sea Angling Ireland

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