Waterford City(ish), 2-1-10

People: Myself, James and a friend

Duration: About 4 hours

Tide:Rising

Weather:Cold but calm

Bait:Frozen peeler

Rigs:3/0 and 4/0 clipped and pulleys

Results:6 codling




Report:Went down to river and decided to give it a go for some cod. Met 3 other anglers upon arriving who had only had a few flounder after a few hours fishing. Things weren't looking good on the cod front but looking at the coloured water we were quietly confident. Had a codling on the second cast and followed that with another 3 for the rest of the session. James and Connor got one a piece. They weren't big (about 30cm) but still bigger than anything we caught in Scotland! Weirdly we didn't get any whiting or flounder - go figure

where in waterford u fishin ??? any big cod in there yet ??? we cant get any good size 1s near youghal on da waterford side

where in waterford u fishin ??? any big cod in there yet ??? we cant get any good size 1s near youghal on da waterford side

Fished near the city myself recently and was plagued by small ones, the rod bouncin within a minute of castin out. cant seem to do better than 30cm on the suir so far. tried youghal a while ago and everything i got was bigger down there. Gonna give it another go tomorrow night so if we come across anything worth while i'll stick up a post

fair play to ya somedose, at least you're getting out. just keep at it and a biggie will come along soon enough man

Hi somedose, is James not a friend seems to be plenty of small ones about alright. Nice to have caught the target species for the trip too.

simply a mutual fishing relationship heard just a while ago off a lad that some guys fishing a bit further down the river had a nice few fish to the 3lb mark recently