WEED WATCH - Dublin, Meath & Louth

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Re: WEED WATCH - Dublin, Meath & Louth

#61 Post by Creep »

Fished Laytown Thurs 22. very little weed, but a seriously fast tide! One minuite in next gone?!?!?! Like someone pulled the plug on the bath!
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

List 2011: 16 species (267 fish caught)

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Re: WEED WATCH - Dublin, Meath & Louth

#62 Post by flyno »

Tried dunany point today,(sat 1/10th), water was like choclate and lots of weed close in. Moved on around towards port beach and it was nice and clear with no weed. I had only my spinning gear with me so not much to report but a few places between dunany and port beach looked good for a bit of bait fishing, maybe give it a shot tomorrow..
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Re: WEED WATCH - Dublin, Meath & Louth

#63 Post by tight lines »

hi lads any word on poolbeg with weed and is there any fish showing thinking of fishing wenesday
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#64 Post by Creep »

Skerries Weed free, and fish free :(
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

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#65 Post by sparkey+1 »

except for the rock marks..... :x
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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#66 Post by eoghanb »

Laytown weed free but full of whiting :evil:
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#67 Post by templer »

laytown not bad down buy the coast pub ...not much weed at all..
its deffo worth another go..
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SAT 22 Oct.... Fished several marks on the South Of Dublin from Killiney To Greystones, Very good surf BUT VERY WEEDy, Unfishable with bait.... In fact made my PB of seaweed catching, with this fine 14lbs specimen of seaweed!!! :shock: Got bored with reeling in fish the last few months so now Im going after seaweed :lol: :lol: :lol:
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list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

List 2011: 16 species (267 fish caught)

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#69 Post by sparkey+1 »

When I saw you heading down the beach I thought that you going to try and walk on water back to the previous mark.... am breaking my sh*te laughing ere you had to be gone for at least 10 mins maybe you just liked the smell of the Chinese take away........ and to thing that you even got rocks with it..... HA HA HA HA... Great picture doh....
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

Species 2013: Coalie, East Coast Codling, Smoothounds, And hopefully a back opp to get back fishing soon...
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#70 Post by Al »

Creep wrote:SAT 22 Oct.... Fished several marks on the South Of Dublin from Killiney To Greystones, Very good surf BUT VERY WEEDy, Unfishable with bait.... In fact made my PB of seaweed catching, with this fine 14lbs specimen of seaweed!!! :shock: Got bored with reeling in fish the last few months so now Im going after seaweed :lol: :lol: :lol:
Haha I thought you were messing when you said it weighed 14lb in the grestones post :lol:
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#71 Post by Al »

Does any one know how the weed is in Kilcoole?
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#72 Post by paul skelly »

Al wrote:Does any one know how the weed is in Kilcoole?
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#73 Post by Al »

Haha was thinking of it in the next few weeks but this weekend is purely a pleasure session for the Gravediggers new angling club :)

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Re: WEED WATCH - Dublin, Meath & Louth

#74 Post by flyno »

Went to the port beach area this morning to dig some lugs and then fished the dunany point area. Both areas were very clear with only a small bit of floating weed at dunany point, but there no problem fishing with only tiny amounts getting caught on the leaders etc.
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#75 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Tons of weed on Killiney beach last night, totally unfishable. Pity as the surf looked gooooood :roll:
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#76 Post by Creep »

Same with Greystones beach and sea was just covered in the stuff a weedless lure would have even got through it!! Whats skerries like at the moment anyone know??
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

List 2011: 16 species (267 fish caught)

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Re: WEED WATCH - Dublin, Meath & Louth

#77 Post by basshunter10 »

Fished port beach Saturday night, plenty of pin and micro flats around and not a bit of weedy, anyone been out since?
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#78 Post by Creep »

I'll be headin towards a Dublin North Beach later this week wil let you know, BUT I heard the cars are getting tampered with again around the Port Beach area :(
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

List 2011: 16 species (267 fish caught)

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#79 Post by Stephen8wood »

Anyone know the current weed situation in south dublin north wicklow? Going later today and want to avoid a clothes line.
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#80 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Killiney beach very weedy yesterday night, had to give up and move to Bray harbour :cry:
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