South Wexford 4/1/2011

People:Myself father 2 brothers and a cousin

Duration:1pm to 6pm

Tide:Slack when we arrived

Weather:Could be worse

Bait:Frozen crab, wraps

Rigs:Homemade and rusty

Results:3 cod, 1 3 bearded rockling, 1 sand dab




Report:Meant to head down south for some time now and eventually did. Originally the amount of travellers was to be 10 but that was quickly eliminated down to 5 gazebos and headed off eventually at 12. Empty pier so that was a good sign because the youngsters were sure to be screaming their heads off for as long as could be endured by the surrounding victims. As we cast out all fishing was consistent with dad reeling in a nice dab after first cast. All quiet at first from me but then jerking of the rod led to a cod doubler being landed. One of which had a red tag on its side. Reward was on the tag so i had to keep it! Very quiet after that with the odd change in events. Couldnt stay any longer with the chaps dying for some pizza at home. When packing i realised that i was very low in necessitys like weights and clips. Looks like that voucher from the leinster league will come to use very soon and the father will have a few orders in for top of the range rigs to be made

PLEASE!!! does any one have any idea on who tagged the cod or what i should do next?????

will post photos later cant find bloody usb cable

Ok looked at tag in depth nearly with microscope and found phone number....marine institute will ring tomorrow

i work on a commercial boat off the south east coast every spring we bring a group from marine institute out for a week tagging cod . the red tags are worth a tenner they want the fish ungutted if you ring the number on the tag they will arrange for it to be collected

i work on a commercial boat off the south east coast every spring we bring a group from marine institute out for a week tagging cod . the red tags are worth a tenner they want the fish ungutted if you ring the number on the tag they will arrange for it to be collected

Cheers robbie ya gunna ring tomorrow havent hit the jackpot however with the red tag!

no fortune im afraid but there are green ,pink and blue tags also worth 100 euro but most of them fish would be 5 kilo plus some of them have an electronic chip in them so when the fish is recaptured the marine lads take the chip and it has data of where the fish has been and so on .its intresting stuff

no fortune im afraid but there are green ,pink and blue tags also worth 100 euro but most of them fish would be 5 kilo plus some of them have an electronic chip in them so when the fish is recaptured the marine lads take the chip and it has data of where the fish has been and so on .its intresting stuff

ya its a good project wouldnt mind getting me hands on a yellow tag!

yea a couple of them in a night would be a nice bonus alright.was the fish any size

yea a couple of them in a night would be a nice bonus alright.was the fish any size

Around 50 centimetres pound and a half or that ive caught bigger so it was a suprise to me with the reward tag

ah yea they be tagging around waterford estuary too most fish tagged there were that size and smaller we be tagging 30 or 40 mile off.nice fishing by the way i was out last night till 5am plenty fish all under a pound though ill have to wait for a southerly to stir up a surf

ah yea they be tagging around waterford estuary too most fish tagged there were that size and smaller we be tagging 30 or 40 mile off.nice fishing by the way i was out last night till 5am plenty fish all under a pound though ill have to wait for a southerly to stir up a surf

Yup last year it threw up a good few over 3 or 4 pound around that area and ive yet to hear of anything like that lately

nice fishing THJ and congrads on the tagged cod just gotta get one with the pink, green or blue tag now!

nice fishing THJ and congrads on the tagged cod just gotta get one with the pink, green or blue tag now!

Exactly aland jordan ha! Cheers!