Malin head pier 3-1-08

People: just me

Duration:3 hours

Tide: hw, fished 1 before and 1 after

Weather:clear, strong brezze but bloodly cold

Bait:sandeel and frozen lug

Rigs: 2 hook clipped up and sliding float

Results:1 coalie


Report:went to test out new profile, really impressed but no bites on it, but the bite detection is great saw every single crab bite the rod casts great and bait arrived intact on sea bed.




With the wind picking up and the temp dropping i set up the 7ft spining rod with a float, loaded the hook with lug and kept changing the depth until i got a bite, which i missed so with the depth set and baited up with fresh lug i cast to the same spot, let the float pass and recast, no luck, so just chucked the float down the side of the pier, bang the float shot under, one very nice coalie, blank saved, time to go home fingers numb

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a passer by kindly took the photo of me holding the coalie

nice coalie martin,good to see you out again....was this the new profile match? :D

Crab is the only bait to use for Coalies at Malin!

Are there any Cod showing up there yet?

nice one MC, 8) hi Malin is one cold stand at this time of year :lol: :lol:

Hi mc its sometimes cold in the summer off that pier never mind in the winter, my parents live in the cotttage to the left in the photo, the best bait from that pier is crab, if you ask at the so called supermarket at the left off the peir they will give you some ,ask for charlie. :wink:

nice 1 MC, thats almost as much as you got for all of last year :lol:

one day last summer me and the son were fishing the pier with mac; only got two coalie's in an hours fishing. got a load of crab off the guys in a boat and bang! one after the other they came in, we got over 80 between us, kept a few for the pot, rest were put back.........gravel your spot on about the crab 8) 8) .

crab is the top bait, but i didnt have any, lug is the second best bait, besides i was only out to waist a few hours and try the new profile, dont think its the match one todddie, and Paul we'll see on the 20th mate :twisted:

hi gravel, thanks for the shop tip, might meet you someday.

fishermannum1, it was cold, but have loads of insulation :lol:

PaddyB, no sign of the cod yet, hopefuly this cold snap will bring them in, will need crab for them

Its gas you only catch coalies from that venue on peeler only here off the beaches in Clare we get em in threes to fish baits is there a huge molt up your area or what.

have you guys ever caught cod round malin head?

have you guys ever caught cod round malin head?

not yet but still trying :?

have you guys ever caught cod round malin head?

not yet but still trying :?

still trying myself! :wink: :wink: ahmm!!