WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#61 Post by matt69 »

greystones 9/9 weed in close but fishable. not a lot of fish :(
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#62 Post by paddy kelly »

fished greystones to wicklow town last night got no fish only weed :cry:
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#63 Post by paul skelly »

Hi lads any any word on the weed in the courtown area
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#64 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fished it last sunday 11/9 and very weedy on the north beach
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#65 Post by mitch »

lads anybody know if the south wex beaches are fishable

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#66 Post by Ste »

Anyone around Greystones today? I'm planning on heading out this evening.
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#67 Post by paul skelly »

Dodds rock 15/9 no weed what so ever:)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#68 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Greystones south yesterday evening full of weed :evil: Rocks were fishable.
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#69 Post by the codfather »

lads anybody know is their much weed around killcoole.



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#70 Post by paul skelly »

Killcool is always full of weed even when the other beaches are clear :(
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#71 Post by Creep »

Kilgorman clear no weed
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#72 Post by Greenthumb »

Courtown was clear today.
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#73 Post by ekfish »

19-9-11 greystones south beach full of weed around ballygannon.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#74 Post by matt69 »

greystones south beach weed but fishable.a bit of a pain in the a##e.
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#75 Post by tight lines »

lads any word on the sth wicklow/nth wexford beaches will be fishing 30/9 doing a overnighter
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#76 Post by corbyeire »

what about wexford south coast?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#77 Post by paul skelly »

Hi lads any updates on gravestones south?many thanks Paul :)
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#78 Post by tight lines »

paul skelly wrote:Hi lads any updates on gravestones south?many thanks Paul :)

hi paul i guess you mean graystones sth fished it a couple of times this week with roger and a few lads down at the driving range weed not bad in close but heavy at distance but a few fish showing bass, codling all fish got from half way up the rise
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#79 Post by paul skelly »

Lol gravestones I'm not that old yet ;)
Thanks for the heads up man :)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#80 Post by davybrown99 »

Old bawn Fri 30th. Tons of heavy kelp close in on flood making it difficult to fish.
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