Youghal 01 December 2007

People: Me

Duration: 1700- 0000

Tide: HW 2330

Weather: ok

Bait: frozen crab, lug, mackeral and shrimp/ prawns

Rigs: 1up 1 down

Results: 1 bass, 1 dog, 15 coalies all over 40 cm, and a whiting

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:

bait was a big problem for me on this session, couldnt get fresh peeler so i raided my frozen stock, however due to the fact that they were defrosting by the time i hit midleton on friday night i stuck them in the fridge, they were very soft by sat night.

went out to ardnahinch at 0430 to dig a few lug under the power of a headlamp, but due to the rain i was digging blind as all the lug marks were washed away. after an hour of digging blind i packed up with 8 lug.

went out at 1500 to ballinwilling and ballycrennan, and had the same problem again, an hour of digging blind in places i havent seen in over 10 years resulted in 40 lug. at that point i had enought of getting soaked so i went to youghal.

set up at claycastle, with a nice surf rolling in and 4 other anglers already there only had 1 coalie between them.

started off poor but once the tide started to flood the fish made an appearance, landed 5 coalies, a bass and a dog by 9.30 and noticed that the other lads had packed up and left at this stage. as i was running out of casting room and my headlamp was dying i decided to try the river.

went to youghal carpets, which was packed with timber and the 4 lads that were on the beach were already there, and by the looks of it were having a good session. with about 20 codling in the 4 to 6 lbs bracket between them.

saw another good cod coming in as i set up so hopes were high, but that was to be the last cod caught for the night. every cast from then on was a coalie and a single whiting made an appearance.

enjoyable night, with a nice few fish, fuming i didnt move to the river an hour earlier for a few decent codling.

Was there much weed where you were fishing on the beach?

tom,

on my 1st cast i picked up 3 stalks of weed, with the way that the surf was hitting it and the dead weight i was almost certain that i was into one of the ray that i had hear were about. :oops: :oops: :oops:

after that i didnt get any weed what so ever

Hey Paul,

What were the codling taking on the coaldock??

was there last saturday and the only bait I had with me was stinking manky sandeel :oops:
Had 5 casts which gave me 5 fish :shock:

4 small (25-30 cm) whiting and a codling of about 2lbs.

got the "where are you" call so had to hightail it home :evil: :evil:

john.

hi john,

the cod were taking crab, sometimes crab muscle or crab lub cocktails were working for the lads

coalies were taking what ever you put out there

cheers paul

actually found when fishing the beach that the patented cortaz method produced all of the fish bar the dog