youghal harbour cod of a lifetime

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

yes boy!! glad to see them back

[boycie89]

ill have me some of that !! have to pillage my crab stocks in the freezer now !! next stop yockal !! any chance of a picture ??

Last edited by boycie89 on Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.

good on ya bhoy, persistance paid in full. youve just picked where im fishing tonite

great stuff bhoy.

a real fish of a lifetime from the shore well done.

couldnt figure out how to add picture but there is 1 in my gallery am going to try for his twin soon a late run of cod better than no run at all

just saw the picture!!that is one serious fish and the rest were not bad either fair play to ya,but i bet there wont be a free spot in youghal tonight!!!

here ye go mate i took the liberty and put it up for ye as its a beauty welldone

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well done will be seeing ya down there

nice.

well done will be seeing ya down there

wen we goin

oh by the way bhoy dat is some serious fish well done

Nice catch mate aint seen any decent catches for this year but thats a good start hope you guys get more to follow down there we get bugger all up here if we do its only a couple of pounds

Excellent, fair play to ya...

top class lad i know where i will be sunday

cheers lads thank you for pic

delighted for ya! well done... anyone thats out fishing in the snow deserves a cod like that!

crackin fish mate,well done

Brilliant Mate very well done

well done mate, fantastic fish.