They are on the way Part II

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donal domeney
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They are on the way Part II

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A Garryvoe beach, Oct 16th. High water about 19:45
Fishing from 19:00 to 22:00
Baits used were crab and lug
Rigs, 2 hook clip down
Conditions, a good blow across the beach.

Back to the same venue where I was 2 weeks ago to make sure the lads were still feeding. :) :roll:

Plenty of weed and dead Portuguese man-of -war :evil: up on the high water mark but because of the nature of the venue you are fishing high above the water line. So the line was a nice bit out from it. Only picked up weed towards the end of the session as the tide dropped off and I started to fish down on the beach.

Into a cod from the off, not a big one 36cm. I’ll fit him down the side of the pan.
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Fished big baits so a lot of small bites didn’t result in a hook up.
Got a bit worried for a while when I landed a coalie and 2 dogs. :P
The coalie was released at the waters edge, they’re not great survivors out of the water so not pic. As for the dogs no comment.

Faith was restored when a few real fish started to show.
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Not a bad session 7 cod smallest about 30/31cm, 2 dogs, a small whiting and a coalfish with the best 2 fish last.
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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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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Re: They are on the way Part II

#2 Post by johnwest »

They're getting bigger; looking forward to Part III.
2013 species; 31

2014 species; 27

2015 species; 28

2016 species; 32

2017 species;28

2018 species; 33

2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Re: They are on the way Part II

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Excellent stuff, Am looking forward to getting out for the cod.
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#4 Post by donal domeney »

johnwest wrote:They're getting bigger; looking forward to Part III.
Out again Sunday hopefully a few bigger ones will have headed up the river in Youghal.
High water is 10 am and with a lot of fresh water coming down the Blackwater it should make it interesting.
This is a real comp, just like the old days, leave the check-in at 08:30 back for 17:00 edible only and minimum fish size 30cm 8)
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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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Re: They are on the way Part II

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Sean Mac wrote:Excellent stuff, Am looking forward to getting out for the cod.
If you are heading to an East Cork beach never be afraid to fish a dropping tide. The last two sessions had the best of the fish caught on the drop.
Had this fellow last Sunday 2 hours after high water. Hit the scales at 9.2lb Conditions were flat calm too calm to get the cod feeding.
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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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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Re: They are on the way Part II

#6 Post by m.b3 »

nice one Donal that's a good fish :) can you point a few them west when you are putting them back :)
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#7 Post by donal domeney »

m.b3 wrote:nice one Donal that's a good fish :) can you point a few them west when you are putting them back :)

On weather watch at the moment. It's looking like 3 days of northerly winds that should flatten out Ballycotton Bay. If the weather forecast go to plan there should be a bit of a blow on the way for Tuesday evening. Guess where I'll be? 8)
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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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm

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