floating howth

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#1 Post by **ian 123** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:27 pm

Hi lads, i spend alot of time on the east pier in Howth and was going to try float fishing the west pier tomorrow, is it any good or am i just wasting my time? cheers, Ian

#2 Post by **MAC** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:26 pm

Your better off heading out toward Balscadden. Float fished Rag, should get you Pollock and Wrasse.

Kev

#3 Post by **ian 123** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:44 pm

Thanks for the reply mac, i was going to use mack and squid as i have no way of getting rag in the morning. I may aswell try my luck around balscadden so, thanks again, Ian

#4 Post by **MAC** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:19 am

Hopefully you see this before you head off Ian. Mack would hopefully see you into a few of the small Pollock that are knocking around at the moment. Rag would be better though, especially for Wrasse. If your getting desperate, but a small strip of mack onto a small hook and you will catch one of the plenty of small pouting and whiting that are knocking about the place at the moment. You will need to fish on the bottom though.

If you would like to float fish for one of the bigger Wrasse, you will need Rag or some small hardback crabs.

I thing LW is at about 9am ish, so you can always dig at the wooden brige behind Dollymount before you go fishing.

Good Luck,

Kev

#5 Post by **kieran** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:49 am

Hi Ian

There used to be decent pollack available to float fishing mack and squid and the like on the seward side of the first big elbow on the east pier... especially around high water with a bit of a chop on the water.

Rag and hardbacks and fishing on the bottom with rotten bottom rigs and junk leads would seriously help your chances. Strap congers, not so strappy ones, dogs, poor cod, pouting, whiting etc.

Even had a tiny dab there once...

FWIW

#6 Post by **ian 123** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:27 pm

hi can you float fish for conger at the east pier? thanks for the help lads

#7 Post by **m.b3** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:28 pm

conger on the west peir can be taken on floats, the east pier has conger but they are in the pier foundations beneath your feet. sometimes you can see them. the east pier is good for floatfishing and on the right day it can be great. there are pollack there over 5lb in weight, long strips of squid, mackeral or ragworm will work for the pollack, the wrasse prefering rag. fish from 10 to 15' deep on the float depending on state of tide, some days low water is best and others high. large tobies will take good pollack and sometimes numerous small. ledgering sees dogs and pout and odd coalfish and flat... use 15lb line on the flaot here as the large pollack give a good account of themselves. set your drag!

#8 Post by **2Poc** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:38 am

m.b3 wrote:conger on the west peir can be taken on floats, the east pier has conger but they are in the pier foundations beneath your feet. sometimes you can see them. the east pier is good for floatfishing and on the right day it can be great. there are pollack there over 5lb in weight, long strips of squid, mackeral or ragworm will work for the pollack, the wrasse prefering rag. fish from 10 to 15' deep on the float depending on state of tide, some days low water is best and others high. large tobies will take good pollack and sometimes numerous small. ledgering sees dogs and pout and odd coalfish and flat... use 15lb line on the flaot here as the large pollack give a good account of themselves. set your drag!

Last time I fished the east pier there were a couple of foreign lads with handlines tied onto pieces of wood that they were throwing out for conger & wedging the wood into the rocks so I suspect they may not be there in great numbers any more...

There is some seriously deep water near the end of the pier casting towards the island though..

Good luck,
Patrick

aaron · #9 Post by **aaron** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:28 pm

hi lads,

fishing for conger off the west pier using a float would work would it? would the conger not retreat back to it's lair? how far away would you fish from the rocks for them to come out because i might just give it a bash :lol: im assuming you would only catch them on a float at night?

cheers aaron