WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#261 Post by donal domeney »

Garryvoe tonight, the Hotel beach, plenty of weed at the high water mark. No weed outside that. The caravan gap looked the same plenty of weed at the high water mark (did not fish there)
As the tides are slackening off a lot of this weed will be left stranded on the beach around the 4mt tide mark.
1 dog and 1 strap conger, fished 1/0 hooks for cod
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#262 Post by Dave78 »

Fished around by the old head of kinsale last night weed wasnt a problem at all

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#263 Post by beechtrawler »

plenty of weed at ferrypoint on last night, like reeling in a tank, i kid you not.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#264 Post by donal domeney »

Garryvoe last night clean.
Access to car park and slip at Ballywilling is blocked off
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#265 Post by Dave78 »

Weed very heavy along youghal strand Monday and Ardmore beach.

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#266 Post by guernica84 »

Is Ballywilling permanently blocked off Donal or was it just some sort of temporary obstacle?

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#267 Post by donal domeney »

The slip was damaged last year and county council put a makeshift barrier at the top of the slip. You could walk around it .
Now they have the barrier blocking the slip and car park. To get to the beach you would have to pass the usual "Danger No Entry" signs :wink:
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#268 Post by donal domeney »

Slip now repaired and usable again. :D :D
Little or no weed there last night. Some nice fish caught
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
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Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#269 Post by ninted »

Out in east cork last night lads- all the weed on the beach I was on was deposited at high tide with the onshore wind and the fishing was pretty clean on the drop. No bass or cod but one lovely flounder of 1.75lb (uploaded in my album) and with low water up being the prime time in my location there may have been more fish if I could've stayed til 2 or 3 am... that's fishin!
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#270 Post by ShaneH »

Dose anyone know what the weed is like on youghal beach thanks
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#271 Post by antokildare »

Not much weed last Thursday ste but couldn't fish beach because of high waves pushing up beach.fished carpets not much weed there ether but the odd tree floating by.fish very scarce with the odd 1lb being caught
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#272 Post by Dave78 »

Tried to fish Ballybrannigan Sunday the 10th but weed was a disaster. The same day went to Claycastle and was happy to say weed was not a problem fished right up to the high water mark.
Tuesday the 12th weed wasn't a problem around Ballycotton and the surrounding area.
Thursday the 14th Deepwater Quay in Cobh no weed to speak of.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#273 Post by Jhunty94 »

Any information on weed in the Courtmacsherry area at the moment ?? Haven't been out in a while
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#274 Post by corbyeire »

sea lettuce everywhere on the dunmore side of clonakilty - unfishable with a lure
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#275 Post by donal domeney »

Garryvoe beaches clean last week
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#276 Post by donal domeney »

Anyone been down Garryvoe way over the weekend, I thing of going down that was Tuesday night for a cast.
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#277 Post by Theking »

Hi Donal
A comp on ballywilling was cancelled last night due to weed
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#278 Post by Mike67 »

I travelled to Youghal beach yesterday and it was unfishable, A bank of weed 20mtrs out along its entire length. opted to go back and fish clonea for a couple of hours and use up the bait that I had.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#279 Post by donal domeney »

Theking wrote:Hi Donal
A comp on Ballywilling was cancelled last night due to weed
Great Island fished the caravan gap last night 14 fish won it.
Weed only on the shore line surf :D

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Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#280 Post by ShaneH »

Dose anyone know what the weed is like on youghal beach thanks
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