Duration:6 hours
Tide:H.W. at 6pm Spring tide
Weather:started overcast and ended with gale force winds and torrential rain
Bait:frozen lug,squid and crab
Rigs:clip down wish bone and 2 hook flapper
Results:dogfish,coalies,whiting and cod.
Catch and Release:: Yes
Report:Sorry for the late report but the computer was down for over a week
We started out with the intension of fishing West Cork but due to the buddy catching down in Youghal in previous weeks plus good reports from East Cork we set out with a few diferent spots in mind.The first stop Garyvoe where we only spent about 20 mins. as both of us had baits come back untouched so we moved on to Youghal Prominade(Green park i think it's called).We set up on the beach as the tide was still a fair bit out, i used a 2 hook flapper(short snood due to what i could see was a strong pull on the current and a channel about 30 - 40 yards off the beach) with squid and lug cocktail and my mate used a pulley rig with crab. I managed to put the bait on the far side of the channel where the current wasn't as strong and the grip lead stuck quickly after hitting bottom.We got bites straight away and took in small coalies who were stripping bait faster then we could get it out there.We decided to move on instead of wasting bait on these smallies and so we headed for the Abbey in search of cod.Two guys were already fishing this mark when we arrived and informed us that they hadn't so much as a bite but we decided to set up anyway(as it turned out we didn't get a bite and lost gear as well). Totally fed up we decided to head back to Youghal and waste up a few hours we had left.When we arrived back the tide was about 2 hours before high water and there were 2 Dublin lads (I think ) there who already had a few cod,so we set up more in hope than anything else.By now the skys had opened and the wind was really blowing hard but what followed was insane.I rigged up with a clipped down wish bone rig with squid on 1 hook and lug on the other and cast out.I didn't have time to put the rod down when i was into the first bite only to look at the buddy already reeling in his first fish of the day(doggies). this happened every cast for our first 4-5 casts.I noticed they were taking squid at will so i changed over to a 2 hook flapper with short snoods and used only lug and was straight into bigger coalies and large whiting(sorry i can't give weights as it was storm conditions at this point and the fishing was to good to stop and weigh up).the 2 lads that were fishing left and i took a trip down to where they were fishing(they left sandeel and rigs behind 
) so i used up the sand eel and got more Whiting.by the time we decided to pack up we had caught over 25 fish between us in just under 2 and a half hours.The buddy did catch 1 cod but it was very small. I used a shimano Alivio rod matched with an Aerlex 8000 reel which wasn't great for the conditions as the tip of the rod was to light but the reel was excellent.There were two down sides to the session 1.the Abu bib and brace set let me down badly 2.my new bloody phone got destroyed(i thought i left it in the car ). But from a pure fishing point of view, even with the bad (understatment 
)weather it was brilliant,lots of different fish, some of decent size.Ok i know some will say but you didn't get any big cod but what the hell when you just enjoy fishing 
.Also i didn't use any Crab which in my mind proves you can still catch with out this magical bait.
we only stuck at it because we were catching...and we were as safe as you can be when sea fishing otherwise i wouldn't risk it.
i hope i can get to that standard and find out 
... Learn,Adapt and Overcome 
