B.A.S.S. Club x-mas comp, youghal area, 9/12/07

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#1 Post by **Tom Maher** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:22 am

People:9

Duration:7 hrs

Tide:rising

Weather:strong, constant wind and showers

Bait:crab

Rigs:various

Results:28 fish - 1 whiting, 2 flounder, 2 bass, 10 coalies, 13 cod

Report:Christmas comp so no master angler points.....so we increased the size of the fish - whiting 30cm, coal and pollock 33cm, cod 35cm, bass 45cm.
The wind was strong and constant across the bay with heavy weed for the first 3 hrs. The fishing really picked up when it started to get dark. The wind recently has brought the cod into the youghal area in the last couple of weeks.
The winner of the competition was Graham Burke with 7 fish - a flounder, a whiting, 2 coalies and 3 cod all over 40cm.
Clinton Rackman finished the competition with 2 fish...........1 was a cod weighing roughly 9.5lb and a bass of roughly 8lb.
I finished up with a cod and a coalie.
Drseafish has some pics to follow.

kstaff · #2 Post by **kstaff** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:23 pm

How ya Tom,

that's a fine Cod ye got, were the others in the 2-3lb range?

#3 Post by **Tom Maher** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:13 pm

2lb - 4lb and they all had full bellies. I guess the bad weather is churning up the razor fish and they are coming in to feed on them.

#4 Post by **drseafish** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:26 am

Well if you wanted to catch 2 fish in a single session, I bet you wish it would be these. Well done Clinton Rackman.

The Bass was a 1996 year class, at nearly 12 yrs old.

#5 Post by **drseafish** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:27 am

The best cod I have ever seen caught from the shore

#6 Post by **drseafish** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:32 am

IN perspective

joestrummer · #7 Post by **joestrummer** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:01 am

the best one ive seen from the shore in youghal was a 10lber caught about 6 years ago from the mouth of the harbour.

#8 Post by **cortaz** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:31 am

2 fine fish there, well done.i would love to catch a big cod like that, think i weill take a spin over to yawl this eve. might get lucky. -10lb.cod from the shore wow. :P :P :P

kstaff · #9 Post by **kstaff** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:09 pm

Fantastic fish there weldone, I'd give my right arm for a cod that big from the shore!!! Were conditions very rough on the night? It seems the rougher the better on open beaches for Cod.

#10 Post by **drseafish** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:09 pm

Ya the wind was really blowing, hard to prevent everthing been blowin away.

#11 Post by **Eoghan** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:21 pm

cortaz wrote:2 fine fish there, well done.i would love to catch a big cod like that, think i weill take a spin over to yawl this eve. might get lucky. -10lb.cod from the shore wow. :P :P :P

You're hilarious - more double figure bass, 9's, 8's etc than ye could dream for and all ye want is a fat Cod....! :lol:

#12 Post by **cortaz** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:31 pm

like i said eoghan all i seem to catch is bass, had this 1 today 10.4lb. 8) :)

#13 Post by **fishinmidget** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:13 pm

sounds like a hard life art....... :lol: :lol: :lol:

#14 Post by **Tom Maher** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:48 pm

Clinton was not allowed to keep the brandy':)'

Rockhopper · #15 Post by **Rockhopper** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:26 pm

cortaz wrote:like i said eoghan all i seem to catch is bass, had this 1 today 10.4lb. 8) :)

My heart bleeds for ya Art :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Tom.

#16 Post by **Tom Maher** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:12 pm

Someone else took this picture and asked me to put it on the site.
Its a pity the fishing has been bad the last few days, hopefully it will change by the end of the week when the wind changes direction.

#17 Post by **Paul B** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:23 pm

Crackin' Fish...Well done lads !!!!

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B.A.S.S. Club x-mas comp, youghal area, 9/12/07

B.A.S.S. Club x-mas comp, youghal area, 9/12/07

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