Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:51 pm
People:Myself and the young lad
Duration:4pm to 8pm
Tide:HW at 3pm
Weather:Very Calm and around 6 degrees
Bait:Peeler and Razor
Rigs:2 Hook trace
Results:3 Coalies, 16 Codling & 1 Poor Cod
Report:Fished the slob bank in Youghal during the week and only managed a few coalie. Decided to get in one more trip before the dreaded return to work next week! Arrived at the mark at around 4pm, an hour after high water. First fish was a nice codling. After this we had three coalies before we hit a load of small codling. Managed to get three keepers for a change but returned all the rest. Also added a new species to my list - not sure though whether it is a poor cod or a pouting? (I’m almost sure it is a poor cod).
Duration:4pm to 8pm
Tide:HW at 3pm
Weather:Very Calm and around 6 degrees
Bait:Peeler and Razor
Rigs:2 Hook trace
Results:3 Coalies, 16 Codling & 1 Poor Cod
Report:Fished the slob bank in Youghal during the week and only managed a few coalie. Decided to get in one more trip before the dreaded return to work next week! Arrived at the mark at around 4pm, an hour after high water. First fish was a nice codling. After this we had three coalies before we hit a load of small codling. Managed to get three keepers for a change but returned all the rest. Also added a new species to my list - not sure though whether it is a poor cod or a pouting? (I’m almost sure it is a poor cod).
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Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:59 pm
nice fishing
Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:25 pm
Good fishing there, I would say you are right about the poor cod sure looks like one to me anyway.
Best regards Wez
Best regards Wez
Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:50 pm
nice fishing there. and it's defo a pouting..
Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:32 am
haha! here we go... 
im going for a poor cod, if that wee Mini Species Guide is anything to go by.....! but its hard to tell 100% from the photo
Quote: "Pouting and Poorcod are often confused, the photo shows a pouting at
the top and a poorcod at the bottom, when they are side by side it is easy to spot
the differences. The anal fin of the pouting starts in a line half way below the
dorsal fin almost directly below the pectoral fin. The Poorcod's anal fin starts
in line with the back edge of the dorsal fin."
im going for a poor cod, if that wee Mini Species Guide is anything to go by.....! but its hard to tell 100% from the photo
Quote: "Pouting and Poorcod are often confused, the photo shows a pouting at
the top and a poorcod at the bottom, when they are side by side it is easy to spot
the differences. The anal fin of the pouting starts in a line half way below the
dorsal fin almost directly below the pectoral fin. The Poorcod's anal fin starts
in line with the back edge of the dorsal fin."
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Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:36 am
good fishing trip all the same lads, well done.
some nice wee codling there, and plenty of them.
some nice wee codling there, and plenty of them.
Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sun Jan 02, 2011 2:18 am
It's 100% a poor cod 
look at the position of it's "aft scupper" or a-hole
look at the position of it's "aft scupper" or a-hole
Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:35 pm
deffo a poor cod man. we've caught hundreds of them and hundreds of pouting and know just at a glance what they are straight away 
. sadly all our codling catches of late would'nt even be big enough to fill a fish finger . so fair play for getting a few worthy of the table 
. sadly all our codling catches of late would'nt even be big enough to fill a fish finger . so fair play for getting a few worthy of the table
Re: Inside Cork Harbour 01/01/11
Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:28 pm
nice session well done