WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

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WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby MAC » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:22 pm

I know this is a huge area guys and as I see the thread develop I will split it out a bit. I just don't want my stickies clogging the Q/A section out.

Let's try to help each other out with this one!

If you are fishing an area that is full of weed or clean please post here. We are not looking for the mark you are fishing, but if you wan't to include it, please feel free. A General area like North Wexford or East Cork will be perfect. I am hoping that these stickies will become and invaluable tool for guys going fishing. For the guys not luckly enough to live close to their favourite beach this could be priceless. It takes a lot of effort to get the tackle ready, Sort the bait and then the drive to your favoutire mark only to find it unfishable due to weed. You log onto SAI the next day and find out that an area 20 mins was fine. :( How many sessions have been ruined this way!

Let's try get some up to date info on these threads to help guys plan a trip.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:00 pm

here goes waterfoot beach at the flat house was weed about 80yds i think ?12 july 2011
i walk out on the chest waders to see how far the weed is am just guess how far it was.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:55 pm

ballygalley at low was no weed but far up the beach there was but on the sand .
glenarm beach facing the carpack it was fine weed very dark but farther down it was clear.
carnlough north beach was clear but when walking out it there fine weed but as tide on coming tide seems to be clear .

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby fedstar » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:49 pm

Downhill 1st october full of weed, Castlerock nice and clear. Fedstar

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby fedstar » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:33 pm

Redbay beach,at the square house clear 3rd october. Fedstar..

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:40 pm

agree the whole beach is cleared.
ballygally had weed on it past weekend with most of in the sand .
carnlough south beach had weed on the hw water mark.
carnlough north beach from the river had weed but 50 yds down was seem to be cleared ?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:48 pm

last week beach as followed
glenarm beach as tree leaves instead of weed lol but cleared as you go near cop shop .
carnlought was cleared both beachs
ballygalley had the same weed in the sand still from last week as the tide drop it was cleared .

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:04 pm

didnt looked at any beach apart from carnlough north beach towards the town it was cleared but when driving pass the playground it was weedy towards the river sorry didnt notice any beach as it was blowing a gale and high water.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby Monty156a » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:28 pm

Downhill clear of weed as of last night however beach is only accessible by 4X4 as entrance road has washed away. You need to hang left after going under the railway bridge and cut across the dunes.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:12 pm

yea saw the picture hope to improve soon . :)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby nialk » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:53 pm

Castlerock beach at high tide is weed clear but if at full low you can hit a bit of weed, durring winter storms alot of it is washed ashore.
Downhill if you go towards the middle of the beach between the 2 streams there is a bit of weed espeacially at full low tide.

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby BigPhil » Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:17 am

waterfoot beach had minimal weed in the water during ebb tide tonight
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby Monty156a » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:02 pm

Downhill clear of weed as of Wednesday 18th however also clear of bites :(

Beach now accessible by car.

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:37 am

ballygally clear at lw hw is weedy from trip from last weekend
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:34 pm

carnlough cleared and waterfoot was clear :mrgreen: but weed was a problem two hours before high water
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:56 pm

last week 4/04/12 ballygally clear,
the past weekend 9/04/12 heavly weed on both carnlough beach and waterfoot beach beside the chapel flat house uptowards to the river is cleared.
ballycastle beach on monday 9/04/12 was cleared of weed .
glenarm beach had lots of weed on it weekend past 7/04/12.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby liam78 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:04 am

21/04/2012
fahan beach had bits of weed on it at lw but as the tide turn it was hard to fish it as you were thinking you had fish on .
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby DGP123 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:49 pm

Waterfoot Beach 29/04/12 heavy weed.

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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby Monty156a » Thu May 10, 2012 9:34 pm

Downhill beach clogged with weed at centre last night, reports of heavy weed in Benone also :cry:
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Re: WEED WATCH - Northern Ireland

Postby DGP123 » Mon May 14, 2012 8:48 pm

Ballygally beach heavy weed 13/05/12.

Most shore marks from Ballygally to Waterfoot were weedy apart from Carnlough and Waterfoot.
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