east cork beech 29th april

People: Me and dad

Duration:10:00am - 16:00pm

Tide: low-10:17am, high-16:10pm

Weather: not a cloud in the sky with a slight breeze

Bait: mack and squid

Results:me=4 turbot
dad=2 turbot

report:
Arrived at mark just before 10. fairly windy to start but died down as the day went on.my dad had 2 small turbot in the first couple of casts neither over 25cm.I had a big knock after about a hour, reeled in to find my trace line snapped half way down,on the next cast the same thing happened, big knock snapped trace, MYSTERY.after that i pulled in 2 small turbot in quick succession, then nothing for about 2 hours , pulled in another 2 small turbot late on, none over 25cm, fairly small surf all day.Thats the first turbot that either of us has caught so thats another species to add to the list,

turbot wow nice off a east cork havent come across many people who have caught them well done

ah a few turbos is nice,,,it will haunt you to knock what was behind the big knock

the big knocks and missing traces could be spider crabs. ive had a few like that but not in a while. they can make sh1te of your rigs and theres no getting away from them.

nice on one the turbots tho,

spider crabs, didn't even know they were on irish shores but it would make sense if it was one,thanks red

Lovely fish!!

If its the beach that I'm thinking (and there ain't that many turbot spots in East Cork!) I was freediving there last week and took a few good spider crabs home... so they are there in numbers

useful info thanks donnyboy1

ive had them on east cork beaches but more so down west, you could get hammered by them one night and be free from them the next night. they dont half put a bend in the rod tho just a pity they dont pull back

hopefully I'll be free from them the next time

well done, turbot are a class fish to catch

well done, turbot are a class fish to catch

thanks fisherking