Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:58 pm

Heard that the boats netting cod were getting plenty about 20 miles out has any one heard any thing going take my own boat out if this right

Re: Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:32 pm

thats right man,i know of one boat dumped 140 boxes of cod from one tow last week off the south coast.

Re: Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:27 pm

mad and none of them getting close to the shore!

Re: Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:59 pm

Hear that to buit why aren t they coming in shore is the weather or the amount of freshwater going in to the sea or poultion

Re: Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:56 pm

no crab left in the estuaries!! no food no cod, simple

Re: Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:12 pm

your pretty sure of that - pray tell why?

de ignorise me please

anytime i fish an estuary im plagued by crab

Re: Cod to the nets men

Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:17 pm

well mate, youghal in particular is being hit by commercials potting crab for the continent, go down to the quay next time your there and check out some of the fish boxes :wink: full of shore crabs :?

Re: Cod to the nets men

Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:18 am

what a waste,dumping cod .i remember seeing boxes of ray dumped when i was a kid ,it was in galway.i dont like the idea of fishing for shorecrab it leaves a big hole in the foodchain,i would say their used for soup or stock. :roll:

Re: Cod to the nets men

Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:08 pm

eric wrote:well mate, youghal in particular is being hit by commercials potting crab for the continent, go down to the quay next time your there and check out some of the fish boxes :wink: full of shore crabs :?


your talking down there particularly - i was on about in general - ill bare that in mind next time im down there eric