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Wexford info

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:46 pm
by John cork
Hi all heading to Fethard next week,
And planning on getting a few sessions in when I can looking for smoothies,
Had some joy last here in rosslare just looking for a bit of up to date info on where's fishing if anyone has some thanks

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Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:31 pm
by ardinn
Not been out at all but I usually do rosslare point for smoothies and bass from now - end sep. Full of them.

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:47 pm
by John cork
Thanks for that ya had a bit of luck in rosslare last year tried 2 other spots with no luck so might just stick with there

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Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:32 pm
by Rod Tips
Was at Duncannon and sandeel bay, very slow. Conditions were bad, targeting hounds, only hit 2 in 4 attempts, plenty of dogs and the odd hound from Duncannon, sandeel bay quiet. Decent bass (10lb) being caught at Dollar bay, lumsdens bay and Bannow.

I fished 2nd , 3rd, ,4th and 5th of August. Days evenings and overnight, very poor. Fresh peeler, squid and mackerel. Smoothies were 6 lb and 7 lb mark

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:24 am
by ardinn
What way does Dollar fish? High low, were those bass on bait? They are very decent if 10lb!!

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:44 pm
by Teegerstk
Found that booley and dollar don't really produce--I've blanked before and caught a mini sole one day at booley. Seems to be a good lure mark.

Carnivan has supposedly thrown up a variety of species and I'd presume you could tap into bass and hounds there. Weather's been awful as of late though

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:25 pm
by John cork
Ya weather isn't great here either hope it calms down soon just to get out while I'm there

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Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:37 pm
by Rod Tips
As Teegerstk says, Dollar and Booley bays are lure ground. Smaller tides from the ricks and it is intensive for the end results but fished right they're producing.

One thing I've noticed is that the air pressure has been fairly low over the past few weeks, also the hook peninsula and parts of the estuary were rougher than usual. There was a guy. I met on two of the nights, he travelled from WellingtonBridge area ti fish the full night tide all the way out for Bass using fresh peeler. I think he abandoned the idea first night, but he was fishing the following night although I don't know how he got on? He said he generally will fish that way during or after a southerly blow.

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:26 am
by Teegerstk
Also John if you're staying in fethard then Grange beach towards bannow has to be worth a shot. Heard of smoothies and Ray from there, and of course bass. I'm not too sure about the tides but I'm sure you could find info on here about it.
Of course the beaches around Kilmore are well renowned for specimen smoothies too- furlongs road, ballyhealy etc. I was down on cullenstown a few days ago and the amount of weed on the beach was insane, a few literal mounds of it one of which was 2 feet high- fishing would be a nightmare! Not sure how long it'll take for things to go back to normal there's been a good bit of rain recently, although I'm probably out tonight so I'll report back on the weed situation and if I even catch anything. Best of luck next week

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:52 pm
by Teegerstk
Just a follow up- blanked this evening but the tide didnt exactly suit and I didn't expect much really owing to the weather. I more so went out to christen the new reel although cracked off for my efforts! :lol: Weed levels went from "f*ck this" to non existent so hopefully you'll see more of the latter. Good luck

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:19 pm
by John cork
Thanks for that shame about the blank but that's part of fishing unfortunately but at least the weed is clearing up

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Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:14 pm
by Rod Tips
Teegerstk wrote:Just a follow up- blanked this evening but the tide didnt exactly suit and I didn't expect much really owing to the weather. I more so went out to christen the new reel although cracked off for my efforts! :lol: Weed levels went from "f*ck this" to non existent so hopefully you'll see more of the latter. Good luck


Congratulations on the Crack-Off whilst christening the new Penn reel :lol:
Just be careful if you ever buy a boat it, best to get someone else to smash the champagne off the hull :-P

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:08 pm
by Teegerstk
Rod Tips wrote:
Teegerstk wrote:Just a follow up- blanked this evening but the tide didnt exactly suit and I didn't expect much really owing to the weather. I more so went out to christen the new reel although cracked off for my efforts! :lol: Weed levels went from "f*ck this" to non existent so hopefully you'll see more of the latter. Good luck


Congratulations on the Crack-Off whilst christening the new Penn reel :lol:
Just be careful if you ever buy a boat it, best to get someone else to smash the champagne off the hull :-P


Good heads up! I think I'm cursed now! :lol:

Re: Wexford info

PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:29 pm
by John cork
Thanks for the info lads had some hard fishing with the weed blanked once and 1 dog in another but had 4 hounds in the best of the week from 70 to 94 cm sound for the info

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