Seeing is believing

[donal domeney]

People: Myself

Duration: about 2-3 hours

Tide: high water

Weather:

Bait: lug and crab

Rigs: clip down pulley and 2 hook clipdown

Results: 5 cod, best about 2.5lb and over 10 whiting

Report:
Having seen all the poor reports from de wall I decided to check it out myself this morning.

First thing to check was the flow of fresh water over the weir at Wellington Bridge it makes the difference between carrying on or turning around and heading back up the hill home.
Happy days only a trickle of water coming down the fish run so it was de wall next stop.

The first two casts produced no fish but I did get a few rattles from what it guessed as been whiting.

I downsized the bait and after that I was in business single whiting on the pulley. With fish showing it was time to get the second rod going. Straight away a double on the 2 hook rig and it was fish every cast for the next hour or so. Added some cod to the tally but as the run of water picked up it was obvious they had opened the dam and it was time to go.
Three anglers to the left of me were struggling to pull a fish.

Don’t get too excited about this report and start heading there. These fish were all caught at distance. If you can see your lead splash then you’re not gone out far enough

[bigsod]

Can you manage a full Pendulum at De Wall Donal? I had to seriously modify my cast there and I think a long rod with a fixed spool overhead thump is the way forward there

[saving private brian]

well done.some lovely cod and whiting too

[donal domeney]

If you are fishing from the footpath there is plenty of room just wait for the traffic to pass.
The grassy patch is a bit tight you would be better off going outside the railing to cast

[kerrywez]

Well done Donal, glad to see those nice whiting in your catch and we might get some this year there, they have been missing since that good year about 3/4 years ago now, some great ones then.

Regards Wez

[Preston]

Well done Donal that's a great catch ,I'll have to start practicing my casting and try again during the week Just out of interest are you using five or six oz leads ?

[zziplex]

show off

[tight lines]

some fine cod there donal nice fishing well done

[beachbuddy]

Nice way to start the year Donal,no 8 or 9lbers showing thats a pity.Maybe you should have tried a night session

[dave18]

Well done some nice cod and whitening

[donal domeney]

show off

You're only a flatty basher

Well done Donal that's a great catch ,I'll have to start practicing my casting and try again during the week Just out of interest are you using five or six oz leads ?

Six oz. but it did not matter as the fish were on the bait as soon as it hit the bottom.
When the tide started to run no lead will hold there.

Just on an added note when I crossed back over Wellington Bridge on the way home it was pure white water coming over the weir. I was right when I said the dam had been opened.

some fine cod there donal nice fishing well done

Well done some nice cod and whitening

well done.some lovely cod and whiting too

never believe what you read on web sites unless you see it yourself

[Creep]

Well done donal lovely photo!! Couldnt agree more about the websites

[keith]

. If you can see your lead splash then you’re not gone out far enough [/quote]


Brilliant

[roger de dodger]

nice tea towel eyesreilly could take a lesson from you

[chuckaroo]

nice haul of cod there. tidy session

[dabadabadoo]

any dabs?

[Gary Morton]

those R some whiting Donal not u average East coast boys

[Al and Jordan]

nice fishing donal
we only get whiting like that out on the boat, those are really respectable shore caught whiting man
could'nt agree more about the web reports without pics, we hear some real "JACKANORY" reports on a regular basis man. but they do give us a giggle