Ferrypoint Youghal. 31/12/09

Tide:Low to high

Weather:East wind , very cold

Bait:Peeler & lug

Rigs:! hook flapper

Results:4 Codling

Frist 3 hours not a bite , on the turn of tide , 3 good size codling in ten minutes , went quiet until high tide , 1 small codling.

wind helped in casting , getting good distance

East wind , freezing.

Crab worked , nothing on the lug.

Good day out

Happy new year

Well done. What size where the codling.

Happy New Year to all.

1 and a half pound

Well done and a Happy New Year to you

good man junior well done

Dave i like your avatar brings back fond memories

And happy new year to all.

good man junior well done

Dave i like your avatar brings back fond memories

And happy new year to all.

Happy New Year to you John, was in Bray Harbour tonight, i see someone demolished part of the wall on the pier. B careful reversing down it as the wall is on the ground

should be no trouble to my 4x4

Hi Junior Conger
I fished Ferrypoint yesterday afternoon from 2pm to 6pm catching 12 Codling in total mainly using frozen black lug and cooked peeled prawns for bait. The codling were small with 1.5lb being my biggest.

The wind was biting, very cold indeed. I was surprised that I have fished Ferrypoint twice this week and have yet to see any Whiting? Where have they all gone?

Well done - good to see that a few codling bigger than half a pound beginning to show up.

I was surprised that I have fished Ferrypoint twice this week and have yet to see any Whiting? Where have they all gone?

Whiting seem very scarce this winter - last winter they were everywhere, ripping the bait to bits. But then cod were very rare last winter. I guess it is a cyclical thing.
Another thing I have noticed is that coalfish are much more common this year compared to last year, but they are a lot smaller. Two years ago coalfish were also very abundant but much bigger - generally 30-40 cm, with very few less than 30 cm. This winter I have got a bunch of tiny ones, seldom bigger than 20 cm

i caught one good size whiting a month ago didnt catch one since in ferrypoint

Strangely fished Ferry point yesterday afternoon. It was very busy and I couldnt get onto the point 9tide was coming in / on the top) and had to fish towards the open sea. Anyway, it was very slow, no codling showed for me although the guys next to me appeared to catch one, but I caught a Whiting and two coalfish.

All were very small.

Rockhopper, I agree with your observations. A couple of years ago we were dragging in big Coalies and a big cod. Last year I could only find Pin Whiting and due to the weather over Xmas 2008 they were all up the Blackwater at Templemichael. This year it's small codling by Youghal.....

Last few days I have also tried Ballyquin and Ardmore, without a single knock. Whilst teh codling are small they are at least there and providing sport!