CORK - COD

Just wondering if any of you know when the cod fishing starts in Cork around the Monkstown area and the best fishing is. will be planning a few trips down this year so any info would be appriciated.

A bit early yet.
I usually wait until about the October weekend.
We need a bit of a frost to drop the water temperature first.

A few pointers:
The wall is tidal and needs to be fished on slack tides.

On the bigger tides the best you’ll get will be about 1 hour before and 2 hours after low water
You will still be able to fish away but the catch rate drops.

The weather (rain) plays a big part in fishing the dropping tides. If the river is in flood then no weight will hold bottom as you have to compete with the ebb plus the fresh water that has been held back by the flooding tide

Crab is the best bait by a mile
A good distance cast will get the bigger fish

Pin in these dates for starters weather permitting
November 3rd. Sat HW 07:30, LW 13:54
November 4th. Sun HW 08:07 LW 14:33
Fish the late drop and 3 hours of the flood the hit Youghal Beach for darkness. Head home the East Coast

If anything turns up sooner I’ll post a report

Cheers for all the info Donal.

I heard Mid November last two years were very good in Monkstown

Monkstown but might have to leave it till mid November as the Seiko is on.

last year wasnt as good as the year before at the wall in monkstown,hope this winter will be better....

A quick update from de wall.
After servicing my reels and putting on new line I headed to Monkstown with a few crab and some manky mackerel and razor.
Not a sigh of a cod nothing but pin whiting after pin whiting and 1 mackerel.

Not looking good at the moment even the East Cork beaches aren’t showing any cod.

I’ll just have to go back catching Bass

Updated:
A total waste of time at the moment.
I fished Sat 27th. and Mon 29th. both on the start of the flood with fresh crab and lug, nothing but pin size cod and whiting.
Stil no reports on any cod showing up on the beaches doom and gloom

I fished it yesterday,fresh crab,lug and macks and still only pin whiting and a star fish:)

Fair Play Donal and Rick. Keep the updates coming.... your saving lads a lot wasted cash and brownie points... We can save both up for a weekend on "De Wall" when they start to Run.

Cheers lads,

Kev

Ill be down wednesday/thursday and update .Hopefully if the temp keeps droppin it should kick off. last year I had fish from the 4th of November on but it was noticeably colder with a heavy frost present

No sign of a cod run in Youghal yet. I fished FerryPoint at the weekend - just one small codling weighing a little over a pound. A few other anglers there were not having much success either, couple of guys had a few tiny ones before I arrived.

fished Both the pier and deepwater in cobh yeasterday.No sign of cod yet plenty coalies and pin whiting.

Had a couple of tiny codling on scratching rig with crab.

had a good few pin whiting and 2 codling under around 3/4 lb on lugworm

fished green pk youghal on monday no sign of any cod but some nice flounder a couple of small coalie and a 41 cm bass

Just back from the hotel beach in Garryvoe
4 pin coalies in the first 3 casts a few knocks that smelt of strap conger and 1 dogfish

Temperature, 5.1c at the back of the jeep.
The forecast is for it to stay cold over the next few days hopefully the might make a show

was driving to school last week and there was around 4 lads fishing the wall at around 8 in the morning dont know whether they had any luck

Fished De Wall for four hours or so on the low and all small fish both pin whiting and small codling fell to lug and the crab produced more crab and starfish . It was very mild and it was the same story with everyone there all small fish.

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Great thread lads. Keep the updates coming. Was gonna head down this weekend. A few bob saved thanks to you lads.