youghal 25/2/10

People:me

Duration:8 till 1am

Tide:rising

Weather:drizzle

Bait:crab and prawn

Rigs:4/0 pulley

Results:10 codling




Report:met up with bhoy32 for some peeler and set up, was hoping there would be a decent cod about after the bad weather the day before. Ive decided this would be my last cod session this season as its time to head back onto the beaches of west waterford and try get a bass. bites every cast but was using big hooks and lots of bait so missed heaps of small fish . best fish of the night was about 2.5lb 42cm. had one really powerfull take and run but struck out , now roll on the silver lads

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Well done Seanie some cracking reports from youghal this season and some decent sized ones too. And ill be down soon ,have a week off end of march,so need a bit of west Waterford fishing

By the way did somebody lose an eye,left centre of picture

lovely codling seanie we have'nt seen one that size up here in almost 4 years that big bugger would eat one of the one's we've been catching for breakfast

Nice session and report Seanie

Good luck with the silver lads. First sign of a SW breeze, have a go off to the left down the twisty road, though I'd say its still a bit early.

nice cod lad love something like that up here say he made a fine meal !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seanie want to house swap?

Well done Seanie - that was a nice codling. Told you I left a few for you

Ive decided this would be my last cod session this season as its time to head back onto the beaches of west waterford and try get a Bass.

Best of luck with chasing the bass - my last two attempts at bass fishing have resulted in blanks

Nice one seanie mate
The cod can breath a sigh of relief now that your not going after them anymore.
What's that noise? It's the bass shaking because they know your coming after them now instead!
I think your targeting the bass at just about the right time as it's starting to warm up abit more now. With the cold spell we've had things on the bass front have been quite slow as Frank would tell you.
Good luck, I hope you catch a few. I'm looking forward to reading your reports.

nice session seanie ,those codling look like there in great condition ,good luck
with the bass fishing looking forward to the reports : lol:

I think your targeting the Bass at just about the right time as it's starting to warm up abit more now.

The key to watch for is water temp and ther're still dropping albeit gradually. The weather buoys M3 and M5 off the south coast are showing about 10.1C and 8.2C respectively but the inshore waters might be down to 5C or less. There has been a frost almost everynight for the last two months and when beaches are exposed at night the water temps drop as the tides flood. With the continuous frosts these have dropped dramatically, more so than anytime over the last few years. We might have to wait a bit longer for bass to venture in compared to normal .

well done seanie nice few fish there

Well done Seanie some cracking reports from youghal this season and some decent sized ones too. And ill be down soon ,have a week off end of march,so need a bit of west Waterford fishing

By the way did somebody lose an eye,left centre of picture

hi j end of march is a good time to visit as for the eye on the ground didnt spot it myself but it looks surgicaly removed

lovely codling seanie we have'nt seen one that size up here in almost 4 years that big bugger would eat one of the one's we've been catching for breakfast

youghal is plagued al id say if i was using the proper match rigs i would have filled a barrel

Nice session and report Seanie

Good luck with the silver lads. First sign of a SW breeze, have a go off to the left down the twisty road, though I'd say its still a bit early.

hugo pleasssse tell me more i think i know 6 twisty roads off the left out there

nice cod lad love something like that up here say he made a fine meal !!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers carl its on the menu tonight

Seanie want to house swap?

its sure sweet being close to both youghal and dungarvan but i served my pennance in dublin

Well done Seanie - that was a nice codling. Told you I left a few for you

Ive decided this would be my last cod session this season as its time to head back onto the beaches of west waterford and try get a Bass.

Best of luck with chasing the Bass - my last two attempts at Bass fishing have resulted in blanks

dont think i will have much better luck frank just need a break from mini munchers

Nice one seanie mate
The cod can breath a sigh of relief now that your not going after them anymore.
What's that noise? It's the Bass shaking because they know your coming after them now instead!
I think your targeting the Bass at just about the right time as it's starting to warm up abit more now. With the cold spell we've had things on the Bass front have been quite slow as Frank would tell you.
Good luck, I hope you catch a few. I'm looking forward to reading your reports.

cheers paula still think its going to be be slow going with the bass foir a while but still ya never know

nice session seanie ,those codling look like there in great condition ,good luck
with the Bass fishing looking forward to the reports : lol:

cheers mitch hopefully i will have something to report

I think your targeting the Bass at just about the right time as it's starting to warm up abit more now.

The key to watch for is water temp and ther're still dropping albeit gradually. The weather buoys M3 and M5 off the south coast are showing about 10.1C and 8.2C respectively but the inshore waters might be down to 5C or less. There has been a frost almost everynight for the last two months and when beaches are exposed at night the water temps drop as the tides flood. With the continuous frosts these have dropped dramatically, more so than anytime over the last few years. We might have to wait a bit longer for Bass to venture in compared to normal .

good observation pat was thinking what would be the optimum stage of tide where the water would be least affected by localized frost and i reckon the tide about 3 hours out, i am probably in for a few blanks

well done seanie nice few fish there

cheers junior

...what would be the optimum stage of tide where the water would be least affected by localized frost

I reckon if you were to try on the bigger tides this weekend, an hour before LW, LW itself, and the first hour, you be giving yourself the best chance .

Nice fishing seanie. I think that codling is keeping an eye out for you. lol

Some nice Codling Seanie Look forward to going back to Ardmore on the April bank holiday hopefull of a few more Bass

hi j end of march is a good time to visit as for the eye on the ground didnt spot it myself but it looks surgicaly removed

Give me time to get a few of those big juicy softees collected Will give ya a shout close to the time and we can arrange a session or 2,whens the baba due by the way

Well done Seanie, some nice fish there, even one of them would make me a happy man

Well done Seanie, some nice fish there, even one of them would make me a happy man

cheers not a bad size all the same

hi j end of march is a good time to visit as for the eye on the ground didnt spot it myself but it looks surgicaly removed

Give me time to get a few of those big juicy softees collected Will give ya a shout close to the time and we can arrange a session or 2,whens the baba due by the way

baby due end of june peak time but i should have thought of that

Some nice Codling Seanie Look forward to going back to Ardmore on the April bank holiday hopefull of a few more Bass

should be some around by then surely

Nice fishing seanie. I think that codling is keeping an eye out for you. lol

glad its not eye for an eye

...what would be the optimum stage of tide where the water would be least affected by localized frost

I reckon if you were to try on the bigger tides this weekend, an hour before LW, LW itself, and the first hour, you be giving yourself the best chance .

thinking of high tide all the way down sunday evening