youghal harbour cod of a lifetime

well done, great fish

well done on that cod arare catch from the shore nowdays.

davy being vertically challenged seems to be a requirement for a successful mullet angler.fishingmidget must be shorter than you if that is possible.

crongrats mate, what a fish, you deserve it especially for braving the elements

Probably need parking attendants at Ferrypoint this weekend. Great fish.

Nice fish well done

We now know the venue for the CODATHON

People:me

Duration 20.00 23.00

Tide:high tide 22.00

Weather:freezing cold light ne wind snowing temp 2 below

Bait: crab

Rigs:2 hook flapper

Results:coalie whiteing 3 codling and 11.5LB COD



Report:having blanked comp day before at ferry point while anglers left and right of me bagged up i decided to head out monday to put crabs out of misery three casts into session hit into my first fish of the night a lovely little coalie about 1lb next cast came the classic cod bite landed my 1st codling of the night 1.5lb next 2 casts produced 2 more codling of around same size and this is where it gets interesting last cast turned into 3 casts with same bait as my fingers had stopped working in cold and snow was coming down heavy out of the blue the rod tip headed for the floor and kept going grabbed rod and couldnt believe the pull on it panic followed by more panic and what felt like hours later a huge white mouth broke the water in front of me panic terror and excitent all at same time got fish out of water after another huge struggle a cod that was weighing 12.5lb on my scales got it weighed in fish shop following morn 11.5 lb didnt feel the cold after that but didnt catch anything else so packed up headed home walking on air best feeling in the world

Great fish. Fair play to yea.


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paddygoodfish

great fish well done

well done

Great catch,who needs the summer

Nice one mate, Cliff was in the shop telling me about it during the week, always good to have a pic to back up these tales. Outstanding fish, well done.

cracker of a fish mate well done!!!!!!!!

What a fish!

Any man who was out fishing yesterday deserves exactly what you got -- FISH OF A LIFETIME.

Yappo

Wow. Fantastic catch. I love your description too. Well done!

[round_ourway]

smasher sir, fish of a lifetime, well done mate.

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Fantastic fish weldone! Is this the first 10lb + this year?

welldone on the super cod

Very nice fish, well done. You'll need a lot of chips with that one.

Super fish mate, well done