East cork, 7th April - odd session

[Tom Maher]

People:me

Duration:2 hrs

Tide:filling

Weather:clear, no wind at all

Bait:crab

Rigs:2 hook flappers

Results:16 cod, 1 dog




Report:Had crab left over from the weekend, as someone didn't pick up theirs and decided to try for a bass or some flats, as it is April thats what i was expecting.
No one was fishing in the spot i had chosen, so i set thinking it might be a bit quiet.
Wrong.
2 minutes after casting out, i started noticing a few little taps and after reading some of the recent reports i thought i might have a small coalie, i pulled in a double shot of cod in the 30cm range.
This set the tone for the next couple of hours, only had 1 cast with no fish, even the dog i caught had a small cod with it. Biggest cod of the night was over 40cm, chunky, and I'd say it was just under 2lb.
I was very happy with the session, fish every cast, best session since December.

[Tom Maher]

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[Al and Jordan]

excellent return for 2 hours fishing tom some plump codling there the time must have flew in, well done man

[RockHunter]

Nice session, well done.
There are still a lot of codling around alright - I was out last night fishing a West Waterford beach hoping for a bass but was pestered with small codling and coalfish. I was expecting them to be gone by now but the water is still very cold. I washed my hands in the sea last nightand it felt numblingly cold

[seanie35]

good session tom will the cod ever go , had a few last week on a beach ive never got them before. whatever happend to your mate with the rod

[fishermannum1]

nice session tom, by the sounds of it the cod kept you right and busy, and thats better than staring at a motionless rod tip, well done

[nifisher]

Wow that is a hell of a result for 2hrs fishing nice one.

[Tom Maher]

whatever happend to your mate with the rod

never got back to me. i'll ring him

It was non stop, bites every couple of minutes after casting, and it was a very good session

But i'm a bit worried
If there are only a few flats or bass around the next few months might be a bit scratchy compared to previous years.

[kaylemf]

some plump codling there! well done!

[petekd]

Those little tommys are everywhere still. The mate Lee (scotsman) had some doubles fishing a small estuary mark for flats last night in less than 5 feet of water. It was kind of cool after releasing them watching them swim around for a while in the shallow water.