East cork surf beach 28th Feb 2011

[tomgrey]

People: Me and fishy1987

Duration: 6ish til 10ish

Tide: low at 7.30 I think

Weather: calm and cold when dark

Bait: Soft crab, Razor and Mack

Rigs: Pennel pulleys and 2 hook flappers

Results: Me:2 Cod, Fishy: Blank






Report: Decided to try an east cork beach over low water and first 2hrs coming in. It was bright when we got there and apart from a guy taking photos of rocks and sunsets we were the only people on the beach. Over the first 2 or 3 hours we hit a few snags which lost us both a bit a tackle . After 4hrs without a bite we were cold and dissapointed and decided to call it a day .

As fishy took his rod from the tripod and began to reel in he hit a snag. I began to reel in one of my rods which out out at medium distance but notice the other rod which was out further out getting very slight taps. I put down that rod and struck the other. It felt like there was a little extra weight on it alright and when I got it in to the surf at my feet it turned up a mediocre 37cm codling which was very welcome indeed .

After unhooking that fella I noticed fishy was still in the surf battling with the snag so I baited up again and threw it back out at distance. I picked up the other rod and finished getting it in. I quickly threw the last of my bait on. Fishy was on his way back and had snapped of again. I showed him the cod I had just landed and said I was going to have one more cast before we hit the road.

I was walking by the tripod to cast and noticed a nice knock on the rod at distance. I quickly cast that rod then put it down on the tripod and hit the other. It felt a bit nicer and even put up a bit of a fight. I was praying it would be my first 2011 Bass. It turned up a nicely marked 50cm cod which wasn't a bad consolation. Of course we had one more cast each but after 15 mins we decided to pack up this time. Still good to see some nice cod are still around

Thought i'd edit the post with a few more pics of the sunset since there were some comments

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Last edited by tomgrey on Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.

thats a nice pic of the sunset, my eyes were sore from looking at it . fair play on sticking it out and getting a few.

The sunset pic is deadly! Nice session too.

Jesus i sound like a mighty angler:) the best thing for me despite loosing 4 lines was the weed free session and cracking sunset!delighted you got that nice cod at the end!between the 3 to 4 lb mark my guess.sorry for robbing your flask.
really was thinking of giving up beach fishing we,ll see
tiocfaidh ar la

let us know how your getting on with your sessions
and give us a bell if you want some intellectual angler for company

well done tony you got a few

nice cod

Lovely fish Tomgrey, good pic of the beach, looks like summer.

great photos and lovely cod

thats a nice pic of the sunset, my eyes were sore from looking at it . fair play on sticking it out and getting a few.

Cheer's red its a nice pic alright. Some of the other pics I took were even nicer but gave a bit too much away. I'll pm you one or two and sure i've been meaning to get back to you about getting out for a session.

The sunset pic is deadly! Nice session too.

Cheers, as I said in the post there was a fella there taking photos. I wasn't talking to him but fishy was, I think he said he was a semi pro and had won lots of comps and sells his stuff online. I'd say his pics of that sunset are class as he had all the proper gear. took his time too, a bit too long as he was right in the spot were we wanted to fish I wonder if fishy got any of his details.... i'm sure he will fill us in if he reads this!

Jesus i sound like a mighty angler:) the best thing for me despite loosing 4 lines was the weed free session and cracking sunset!delighted you got that nice cod at the end!between the 3 to 4 lb mark my guess.sorry for robbing your flask.
really was thinking of giving up beach fishing we,ll see let us know how your getting on with your sessions and give us a bell if you want some intellectual angler for company

well did you get any of that photographers details? name? website etc? Anyway dont get disheartened with a few blanks. I've had as many over the last few beach sessions. Razor2 will verify the luck ive being having from the beaches... when you are envious of your fellow angler for hooking a specimem like this you know you are not doing so well.

ray's specimen flounder (2).JPG

well done tony you got a few

Cheers, recognise the fine specimen above Ray? and on a big pennel razor bait too i'll keep trying until I hook one of the silver fellas. Next session I'm gonna try have some juicy lug to accompany my razor and crab baits. Maybe that might swing it for me... who knows, as you said if they are there you should catch em.

nice cod

cheers rodge, he tasted nice too!

Lovely fish Tomgrey, good pic of the beach, looks like summer.

ah, summer! bring it on! But sure with evenings like that and winter fish still hanging around i almost find myself wishing that the last of the short evenings was still many weeks away....

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thats a nice pic of the sunset, my eyes were sore from looking at it . fair play on sticking it out and getting a few.

Cheer's red its a nice pic alright. Some of the other pics I took were even nicer but gave a bit too much away. I'll pm you one or two and sure i've been meaning to get back to you about getting out for a session.

The sunset pic is deadly! Nice session too.

Cheers, as I said in the post there was a fella there taking photos. I wasn't talking to him but fishy was, I think he said he was a semi pro and had won lots of comps and sells his stuff online. I'd say his pics of that sunset are class as he had all the proper gear. took his time too, a bit too long as he was right in the spot were we wanted to fish I wonder if fishy got any of his details.... i'm sure he will fill us in if he reads this!

Jesus i sound like a mighty angler:) the best thing for me despite loosing 4 lines was the weed free session and cracking sunset!delighted you got that nice cod at the end!between the 3 to 4 lb mark my guess.sorry for robbing your flask.
really was thinking of giving up beach fishing we,ll see let us know how your getting on with your sessions and give us a bell if you want some intellectual angler for company

well did you get any of that photographers details? name? website etc? Anyway dont get disheartened with a few blanks. I've had as many over the last few beach sessions. Razor2 will verify the luck ive being having from the beaches...when you are envious of your fellow angler for hooking a specimem like this you know you are not doing so well.
Lol nice 1 razor 2!Evans flounder was almost identical:)no tony all i know is he is local.waiting at that specific spot for a long while trying to get the sunset reflecting off the rocks and stream.he has won competitions and internationally enters comps all over the place fair play to the bloke.he thought we were mad and vice versa.

ray's specimen flounder (2).JPG

well done tony you got a few

Cheers, recognise the fine specimen above Ray? and on a big pennel razor bait too i'll keep trying until I hook one of the silver fellas. Next session I'm gonna try have some juicy lug to accompany my razor and crab baits. Maybe that might swing it for me... who knows, as you said if they are there you should catch em.

nice cod

cheers rodge, he tasted nice too!

Lovely fish Tomgrey, good pic of the beach, looks like summer.

ah, summer! bring it on! But sure with evenings like that and winter fish still hanging around i almost find myself wishing that the last of the short evenings was still many weeks away....

Nice photo and well done on the codling

well done tom nice codling and cracken photos

Nice sunset-nice fish thoooo Well done Hard luck fishy 1987 next time.....

Nice photo and well done on the codling

Thanks bassmania, its a nice spot to get a sunset.

well done tom nice codling and cracken photos

Cheers tight lines, still waiting for a bass though. Everyone down here seems to be getting them except for me

Nice sunset-nice fish thoooo Well done Hard luck fishy 1987 next time.....

Yeah it was a pity we had to leave when we did because just as the fish started showing up we had to split. I'm sure fishy would have saved a blank otherwise.