East ferry& Carlililse pier

DATE:31/03/08

VENUE:East ferry& Carlililse pier

WEATHER:sun shining

TIDE:2hour either side high water

BAIT:frozen black lug,sand eels,squid,razorfish

PEOPLE:myself
RESULT:all but 1 coalie only knock i got
Headed down to east ferry first to see if i could get a hook in to any early spring ray no joy so heading to Carlililse pier in the hunt for ray aging but noting a single coal coalie not a bad size 41cm

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How do you get to "Carlilise Pier" - I presume it is the same as "Carlisle Pier" shown on the map of rock marks on this site.

I had a look on Google Earth (they have a high resolution QuickBird image for the Cork Harbour area and there are a two possible candidates A and B for a pier - it is the northern one (A)

On Google Earth I can see a road that swings around the northern/western perimeter of the refinery - is that open to public access?

It sounds like an interesting place to fish - I was unaware that there was a pier there until now.

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It is the Northern one. It is a bit of a trek from the road. Known for rays, mainly thornback & the occasional homlyn. Mark B is extremely difficult to get to & you may need permission. I've only been on it after tying up on my boat and I've never seen anyone fishing there.

Hi rockhopper sorry for the spelling :shock: its mark A the one thats marked b is Its on the fort itself when you go into the withe gate at the end of the village take a right go straight on you'll pass corkbeg sports ground on you right take a left then a quick right your now heading up towards the gas depo go straight on until you see a car park in front of you park up here and to your right hand side will be a fence and a gate go through this a there will be a path way in the bush,s down to the pier
went down yesterday myself for a hour or two just as reeling my bait out nowhere shot up a 6 0r 7Lbs bass just stop a turned when he got to the bait beautiful fish if you go down there take a spinning rod with you have never fished the place at night its a place if is fishing lads wont tell you about it as the area does have a good bass stock around and you never know who is looking up this forum it is a good trek down not to bad going down but coming back up takes the breath out of ya .
have look at my website it pics and stuff about it
here is a map i did up
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 6&t=h&z=15

Thanks guys,
I will have to give the mark a try sometime soon.

Whats the ground like - clean?

Whats the current like at the height of the flood? would you need to use 5 - 6 oz gripper weights?

Does any particular bait work better than others?

PS. I like your website Thighlines - there is a lot of useful info there.

there do not seem to be any drag in the current from fishing it only 5 or 6 times cant pin down any one bait that works well but you cant go wrong with crab it seems to be a sandy patches around the water is clear enough coming down to the pier your up that high you can see were there is reefs i.e. weed patches and so on its deep water so you don,t need the longest cast in the world .
thanks about the website site adding to it all the time .

hope this helps
just if you go down at night time watch your footing as it a bit slipping if it has been raining

Great website fishing seems to be por around aCork at the moment, just moved home have fished Noveal cove, Camden and Fountainstown the last 3 days with a few colies and pollock nothin to write home about.