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Rod Tips wrote:Yeah, the estuary is fishing well at the moment on all sides from what I've heard. I have caught lovely hounds there right up till late November, the only down side is that its virtually impossible to hold ground there on the ebb...
Rod Tips wrote:Yes Teegerstk , on the neap tides, Arthurstown and Ballyhack, the rare but occasional thornie. Also , at low tide close to harbour mouth there is a mussel bed, hit the edge of that for flounders or straight out into the edge of channel for dabs, also on the edge of mussel bed there are bass to be had.
Rod Tips wrote:At Ballyhack, on the neap, 2 hours up and 2 down, you need a big cast? 120 or 140 yards, if I'm trying for ray, I fish the opposite side to the "pier", on the byrnes pub side. There is a big snag in that area, but that's the risk you must take, you have to be aware of the boats and ferry, and your line! Originally I caught one from Arthurstown pier, with a good cast into the channel across the front of the small ''beach" which is to your left. I wasn't targeting rays or anything in particular, I was fishing for flounders and had a second rod with a pulley pennel rig and a 5 imch elasticated mackerel bait on, at first I thought it was a huss, but surprised it was a ray. When I related that to some locals most said it was a fluke, but equally others said they sometimes come in. A Wexford angler told me of the Ballyhack spot, the tide to fish, what distance to cast and what to expect with regards to time and effort. I almost gave up after many sessions, but on two occasions I took one. I think I may have missed more than I caught, but then again I'm not a ray expert. I've had hounds as far as Arthurstown but never at Ballyhack (that doesn't mean they aren't caught ) .Arthurstown I caught in August on Mackerel. At Ballyhack, it was September and November, both on mackerel and squid wraps, changed every 20 minutes.
Rod Tips wrote:The bed I'm talking about is at Duncannon, if you are standing at the end of the main pier you will be casting towards land between the inner pier on your right and the lighthouse on the left, 60 yards should do it.
Rod Tips wrote:Sorry to hear about the blank! You can't beat that pier, lots if clubs fish there for flats. I find frozen mack, and squid best baits there, sometimes the local lugworm are hit and miss, even locally caught razors donated by fishermen is the same, if you are fishing for hounds there, drop a trap or net over the side of pier with a whiting in it and you'll have your live hardbacks ready to go.
Its almost impossible to hold ground on the ebb, you may get away with an hour after high water at most, maybe longer on the small tides, last hour down and all the way up.
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