WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#301 Post by corbyeire »

what is the weed like on the south beaches now that the wind has moved more westerly?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#302 Post by paul skelly »

Any word on the Wicklow beaches lads ? Much weed?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#303 Post by sparkey+1 »

Lads any word on the weed on South Wexford beaches
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#304 Post by donal murphy »

any weed around south wexford beaches at the moment. heading down the weekend.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#305 Post by stevo74 »

anyone know the weed situation on the Wicklow beaches?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#306 Post by in hope »

No weed in southeast last night
donal murphy wrote:any weed around south wexford beaches at the moment. heading down the weekend.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#307 Post by marklocko »

Greystones south beach up until high tide nice and clean.
left before high tide so presume and still good.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#308 Post by paul skelly »

Good man mark fair play for posting ;) this weed watch have been very slow and was starting to think a waste of time, ill do my best to report on the weed next time I'm out ;)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#309 Post by corbyeire »

i think it might be showing that a lot of places are weed free with the lack of posts?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#310 Post by paul skelly »

corbyeire wrote:i think it might be showing that a lot of places are weed free with the lack of posts?
Fair point ;)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#311 Post by marklocko »

greystones south beach this morning at HT all clean
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#312 Post by corbyeire »

how are the southern shores of wexford looking - thanks
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#313 Post by antokildare »

ballymoney clean
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#314 Post by mrjim »

ballytrent ok today
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#315 Post by marklocko »

greystones south beach clean
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#316 Post by corbyeire »

Ballyhealy was bad last night, bordering on unfishable at times
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#317 Post by marklocko »

greystones harbour today at hw
quiet weedy but fishable id say the beach was bad
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#318 Post by Crabclaws »

Rostonstown clean last night
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#319 Post by marklocko »

wasn't fishing, but south beach ennereilly was netted all morning very close to shore. So id say she is fairly dirty, as she was the last time i fished it after seeing her netted.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#320 Post by corbyeire »

how is the south coast of wexford?
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