People: myself
Duration: 3 hours
Tide: high
Weather: calm
Bait: lug and razor
Rigs: 3 hook flapper
Results:
couple 3lb codling
Report: haven't been out in a while, so decided to try Monkstown (haven't been there since early in the year). Strong currents and found it hard to get bait to stay on the bottom and found the crabs taking all my bait. (even with 4 and 5oz grippers), But persistance paid off and 2 find colding for the Dinner next day.
Monkstown Cork
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Preston
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Re: Monkstown Cork
well done! Hoping to get out myself this week 
2013 species : coalies,flounder(pb),whiting,dogfish,5 beard rockling
2012 species : cod,whiting,coalies;flounder,5 beard rockling,bass,dogfish,dab
2012 species : cod,whiting,coalies;flounder,5 beard rockling,bass,dogfish,dab
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paul skelly
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Re: Monkstown Cork
Good man nice fish good to see the codling starting to show 
Give a man a fire he will be warm for a night,
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
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fishy1987
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Re: Monkstown Cork
nice fish there!i was down there yesterday myself!only being equipped with mac/razor managed a few whiting (small)but cod are showing around the size you had!a angler down below gave me 2 packets of sandeel frrresh peeler and a boz of squid!im not near the channel unfortunatley!so i went for a drop then later for conger!he had a nice bucket of good fish and so did a few others.most of the action lowater and firsdt hour of the flood!ill be heading down tomarrow to try again! 
wish i could gain 20 yards with a click of my fingers.also a lobster was caught 
but not by meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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tightlines
fergal
wish i could gain 20 yards with a click of my fingers.also a lobster was caught but not by meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelol
tightlines
fergal
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Re: Monkstown Cork
thanks guys, deffo nice to see the cod coming back allright.
To be honest I'm not really sure where "the channel" is , but I was able to cast to the spot where some of the big ships were passing. My biggest issue is trying to keep the lead/bait on the bottom, might have to use heavier leads.
To be honest I'm not really sure where "the channel" is
, but I was able to cast to the spot where some of the big ships were passing. My biggest issue is trying to keep the lead/bait on the bottom, might have to use heavier leads.-
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Re: Monkstown Cork
Good catch,great to see some nice cod around our shores again 
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Re: Monkstown Cork
if your going to fish monkstown more than 1 and 1/2 hour either side of high or low even a 6oz lead wont hold bottom, the current is just too strong there. And once you are more than 60 yards out i'd say you are in the channel. Tight lines..
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Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.
Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.