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roger de dodger
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courtown harbour

#1 Post by roger de dodger »

People:me and dave

Duration:8.30 till 12

Tide:flooding

Weather:coldish

Bait:frozen :lol:

Rigs:pullys and a 3 hook cascade

Results:whiting and dabs




Report:it was cold ,got a bucket of water to defrost bait and it merely started freezing around the crab and mack :lol: plenty of whiting even impaling themselves on size 4/0 pennels :D you gotta admire their appetites,still if you dont go you dont know :wink:
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Re: courtown harbour

#2 Post by johnwest »

roger de dodger wrote:People:me and dave

Duration:8.30 till 12

Tide:flooding

Weather:coldish

Bait:frozen :lol:

Rigs:pullys and a 3 hook cascade

Results:whiting and dabs




Report:it was cold ,got a bucket of water to defrost bait and it merely started freezing around the crab and mack :lol: plenty of whiting even impaling themselves on size 4/0 pennels :D you gotta admire their appetites,still if you dont go you dont know :wink:
Wot, no smoothies?!
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Re: courtown harbour

#3 Post by Conger »

Same here with defrosting the bait with water, 2 minutes later the wee lads had a skirt of ice :D God bless those whiting, they have eyes 10 times the size of the belly, well done on the fish Rodger
Speices 2011 : Codling, Whiting, Bass, Flounder, Ray, Dogfish, Turbot

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Re: courtown harbour

#4 Post by thekid »

what happened to all the cod. :o :o :o :o :o :o :shock: :shock:
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Re: courtown harbour

#5 Post by mitch »

thekid wrote:what happened to all the cod. :o :o :o :o :o :o :shock: :shock:


Good question :!: made two trips down there and did not even get a 10cm codling ,waste of
time diesel and good bait :twisted: .reports mmmmmmm .
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Re: courtown harbour

#6 Post by paul skelly »

Did ya not go into the tackle shop to check out the deals on the rods ? :wink:
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Re: courtown harbour

#7 Post by roger de dodger »

i,m not allowed in courtown till after 8 pm , unless i leave my bank card at home :lol:
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Re: courtown harbour

#8 Post by roger de dodger »

johnwest wrote:
roger de dodger wrote:People:me and dave

Duration:8.30 till 12

Tide:flooding

Weather:coldish

Bait:frozen :lol:

Rigs:pullys and a 3 hook cascade

Results:whiting and dabs




Report:it was cold ,got a bucket of water to defrost bait and it merely started freezing around the crab and mack :lol: plenty of whiting even impaling themselves on size 4/0 pennels :D you gotta admire their appetites,still if you dont go you dont know :wink:
Wot, no smoothies?!
funny you should mention it i did target spurdogs for an hour as they do show up in the area !
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Re: courtown harbour

#9 Post by tight lines »

mitch wrote:
thekid wrote:what happened to all the cod. :o :o :o :o :o :o :shock: :shock:


Good question :!: made two trips down there and did not even get a 10cm codling ,waste of
time diesel and good bait :twisted: .reports mmmmmmm .
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Re: courtown harbour

#10 Post by notso07 »

Spoke to a friend of mine who lives and fishes in the area and he said that the report about the cod was ' a Fishermans tail '
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