Monkstown, nothing to report

[donal domeney]

People: Myself

Duration: about 90 minutes

Tide: from the start of the flood

Weather: tee-shirt and sunglasses

Bait: crab, mouldy lug and mackerel

Rigs: two hook clip downs

Results: they are not there yet




Report:

I had a bit of work to do nearby so I couldn't pass up the chance of a cast.

When I arrived there was only 3 anglers there now there is a sure sign of no fish about.

The result of the session was 1 cod about 30cm and a whiting 38cm as for the rest of the bites I wouldn't insult myself by even making an effort to pick up the rod

I'll have an other look mid-week when the tides start to slacken.


As for now Monkstown isn't worth a visit

[eyesreilly]

You can only catch whats out there Donal,,,, thanks for the report!

[MC]

thanks for the info sir, hope it picks up towards December

[Deleted User 3488]

Plenty of cold weather on the way, might make a difference Donal.

[donal domeney]

Plenty of cold weather on the way, might make a difference Donal.

I hope I'm wrong but I don't expect to see any amount of them showing up.

Fishing for cod on the offshore reefs have been very poor all summer.
I think I only caught about 6.

The figures from the Cork small boats showed that only 13 of the 25 boats had cod on their species returns and only 3 of these were over 3lb.

[screeming reels]

Was out all day, lings/smiths, etc. Only one small codling of 2.5lbs, and we were fishing for them.Not a good sign, odd big one around as JC has shown. Fishing was good with 19 species, but one cod.

[Pat]

In yesterday's light lines comp, there was only one cod caught out of 3000 fish in total. There was also one brill caught - that shows you how rare cod have got this year.

[JimC]

I had a few on Saturday. There were a few small ones showing in the outer harbour and a few on the reefs just outside. All told not a lot of fish. I was spurred on by the fish being caught in Youghal... We can only hope.