ECR (Hardcore Division) Passage Meet

People: Gordyh, Canning and myself.

Duration:1pm until 6pm

Tide:Mostly the drop HT 2:20pm

Weather:Bit of a blow SSW and rain for an hour or so.

Bait:Lug, crab and Gordy's secret stash.

Rigs:Pully's and clipped down.

Results:Codling to about 5lb and Dab's to 2 lb.




Report: With the forecast fowl and confusion if it was on or off three Northsiders saddled up and headed south. The trip down to Waterford was great on the new road and we were there in just over two hours. We checked out a couple of marks first looking for best cover from the wind. All were fine but when we got to Passage the beach was sheltered great and there was no wind at all. A quick ring around and we discovered we were the only ones to have travelled. So we agreed a pool of a fiver for biggest fish and set about getting the rods out.

Straight off the fishing was great with a codling a cast to everyone. Bren soon landed a sweet fat codling about 3lb's which put him in front. We continued on getting fish with bites as soon as the bait hit the water. The problem was trying to get the baits in without the smaller fish getting hooked so quick. Size 4/0's were easily taken by fish about 20cm's. It wasn't long before Bren caught another decent fish just over the 5lb mark, and then followed by the fattest Dab we had ever seen. It was just over 40cm's and was a beaut.

Gordy and myself were playing catch up now and were getting a few nice fat fish when the fishing began to die off. It went very quiet for the last couple of hours so we decided to pack up. We paid Bren his deserved winnings and headed for SuperMacs.

Only took one pic of Bren's first fish. Nice to be that busy

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well done men

great result lads and well worth the trip

well done

5 Pounder in passage? Fantastic Bren must have been fishing far out was he?

Fair play lads! Roll on the 5th

well done the rough necks was ragin i had to work sounds like a good time was had by all three of ya and a trip to supermacs to celebrate as the song goes" oh what a perfect day"

great fishing lads, well worth the drive down

good fishing lads lucky finding shelter in the gale the 3 sisters estuary must be holding some load of cod

great fishing lads

Well done lads, fair play for bravin the conditions.
But super macs wtf.

Well done lads good result in those conditions.

well done lads.great to see good cod/codling reports on here lately.up to 5lb is brilliant aswell

Double hard b@stards!!

Respect lads, I had 8 hours of sand blasting myself!

Well done lads, fair play for bravin the conditions.
But super macs wtf.

Canning's call! But in his defence we all felt full after it. Not like Macky D's.

well done the rough necks was ragin i had to work sounds like a good time was had by all three of ya and a trip to supermacs to celebrate as the song goes" oh what a perfect day"

You would have loved it Rodger. Gordy kept talking about bass

5 Pounder in passage? Fantastic Bren must have been fishing far out was he?

Hey Michael how's things lad? Yeah Bren can whack him alright. I think he was trying to hit the ferry though

Cheers for the comments lads. As usual we had some banter all the way.There is an awful come down the day after though Next comp Toberpatrick on Feb 5th. Anyone around the east coast and looking to join a club should check out the East Coast Raiders. I have to say all the lads are bang on and more then helpful. Looking forward to the start of a new year

Great fishing men, is that Dab not a record / specimen?

Don't know about that but it got Jamie Olivered!

good stuff lads
great results for a daytime session
and well done on the dab that's a big one

sounds like nice fishing conor, have you no pics of the 3lb and 5lb codling though

Lol!