3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:25 pm

People me
Bait lug
tide 2hrs down and 2 up
Rigs 2 hook flappers

Results 7 schoolies to28 cm , 3 flounders to 31 cm , 1 dab 25 cm , 1 coalie , 20 + codling

Hit my favourite haunt tonight i had bait left over from courtown i wasn't going to waste it ,arrived at beach around
5 pm got the rods straight out and for the next 3 and 1/2 hrs it was non stop action :P between returning fish baiting up casting out i soon warmed up it was freezing, it was a super night really enjoyable :lol: Although i got
nothing huge it was great. once again there was not one single whiting caught WHERE ARE THEY :?: :?:
Are they being pushed out by all these codling that are around :?: :?:

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:55 pm

nice fishing mitch, 20+ codling, pretty immpressive! there are plenty of whiting around galway at the moment dont know why there arent any down there? well done!

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:05 am

kaylemf wrote:nice fishing mitch, 20+ codling, pretty immpressive! there are plenty of whiting around galway at the moment dont know why there arent any down there? well done!




Cheers Kaylemf
the codling are tiny there nearly all under 25 cm with the odd one touching 30 cm

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:43 am

mitch wrote:
kaylemf wrote:nice fishing mitch, 20+ codling, pretty immpressive! there are plenty of whiting around galway at the moment dont know why there arent any down there? well done!




Cheers Kaylemf
the codling are tiny there nearly all under 25 cm with the odd one touching 30 cm


I got a record breaking 7cms whiting recently up here haha

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:21 am

hi mitch,

that's awesome session mate 8),32 pcs of mix fish big well done :)

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:34 am

Great session 8) thats some haul of fish :shock: :mrgreen: well done nice start to 2010 :wink:

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:21 am

great session

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:43 am

nice going mitch ,looks like that easterly wipped up some good fishing for ya 8)

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:05 pm

chrisfeeney30 wrote:
mitch wrote:
kaylemf wrote:nice fishing mitch, 20+ codling, pretty immpressive! there are plenty of whiting around galway at the moment dont know why there arent any down there? well done!




Cheers Kaylemf
the codling are tiny there nearly all under 25 cm with the odd one touching 30 cm


I got a record breaking 7cms whiting recently up here haha




And there's me going on about my tiny codling :P :P they can only get bigger Chris [ i hope ]

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:10 pm

roger de dodger wrote:nice going mitch ,looks like that easterly wipped up some good fishing for ya 8)





Cheers roger yep she was blowing nicely and not a bit of weed :P pure pleasure to be out

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:14 pm

taz wrote:great session




Taz it was a little hum ding er :wink:

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:22 pm

FisherKing wrote:Great session 8) thats some haul of fish :shock: :mrgreen: well done nice start to 2010 :wink:





Thanks F/king conditions were perfect .would have stayed longer but i ran out of bait :?
standards now set for 2010 :P

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:24 pm

well done gerry, your getting out a lot, your due a biggie soon the hours your putting in 8)

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:31 pm

zeke wrote:hi mitch,

that's awesome session mate 8),32 pcs of mix fish big well done :)





hi zeke
and the fishing was getting even better as the tide was rising ,alas bait ran out :( :( but i'll be back :P :P

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:35 pm

bigsod wrote:well done gerry, your getting out a lot, your due a biggie soon the hours your putting in 8)





Cheers shane ,thats what im counting on BRING ON THEM COD
heading out again tommorow night ,hope the weather holds out

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:02 pm

well done mitch,thats a nice haul of fish,the whiting seem to have hit the west coast this year,no shortage of them down here up to a whopping 7in :oops: :oops:

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:07 pm

Well done Gerry, nice few fish there :wink: .I was out meself last night , not as many fish but got the ball rolling for 2010 :lol: . It was cold too :roll: :roll: ,very quiet and plenty of weed early on , the fishing was getting better as the tide came in but like you i ran out of bait (just had frozen mack and squid)

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:56 pm

doggie3131 wrote:well done mitch,thats a nice haul of fish,the whiting seem to have hit the west coast this year,no shortage of them down here up to a whopping 7in :oops: :oops:





Thanks doggie ,the codling seem to have pushed the whiting out and taken over
lets hope its good sign for the future :wink:

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:05 pm

eyesreilly wrote:Well done Gerry, nice few fish there :wink: .I was out meself last night , not as many fish but got the ball rolling for 2010 :lol: . It was cold too :roll: :roll: ,very quiet and plenty of weed early on , the fishing was getting better as the tide came in but like you i ran out of bait (just had frozen mack and squid)




Hi dave
it sure was a chilly night but well worth it ,i was lucky that i comfort of me mobile shelter :lol: :lol: so
i wasn't totally exposed to the elements :wink: :wink:

Re: 3/1/10 North wicklow beach

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:32 pm

Thats some way to start 2010, well done Mitch. Have 2 long w-ends coming up and plannin a run down. Will let you no, prob 23ish.