Monkstown 03/12/2011

[Conger]

People: Myself, Joe and Daniel

Duration: 3pm till late

Tide: Outgoing till full

Weather: Can't believe this is December

Bait: Fresh Peeler and a decade of the rosary

Rigs: Pennell

Results: 11 codling and a doggie




Report:
Had promised a good friend since a fatefull trip last year that i would bring him down to the republic to catch a proper cod, I had taken Joe to Youghal last year to fish for cod and ended up in Hurricane Etna Joe caught a wee fish finger sized codling so made the promise to get him a good one, so Saturday was the day. Joe rang earlier in the week to see if there was room for his nephew to tag along, the more the merrier, (3 seater berlingos were more designed for 2 adults and a child as opposed to 3 grown men ) the banter and crack was good on the way. Decided to bring the lads to a marker that has produced fish for me in the last few trips and that would be easy to fish for the lads as they are only starting out in sea fishing, may have got the easy fish wrong on this one we lost some amount of gear through the session.
Had got some fresh peeler from nationwide and as usual they were top notch and lively little feckers 'ouch' and 'you little F@&k$r' were heard on a few occaisions had a good giggle watching the lads get to grips with the crab...
Joe was first off the mark with a lovely 2lber, success, great to see Joe get what he wanted. Daniel was next off the mark with a little half pounder that went back to grow up. At this point deja vu was setting in, last couple of trips i have brought out lads wanting to get into sea fishing and have been out fished by them bloody beginners After a little while i got off the mark but got snagged as i came up to the wall could not dislodge the fish and after trying everything bar trying to get the car ferry to the other side the line snapped thankfully my next take turned up another nice 2lber. During the night we actually lost about 4 good fish at the base of the wall the joys of fishing. Met Preston off the site at about 7pm as a mini invasion of what had to be whiting set in, good to meet you Preston, after a bit of banter back to work and we had another few 2lbers and just before we packed up i caught a lovely 4lber dignity saved All in all a great nights fishing but even more so to see the lads getting some good fish, 2 more converts also could not believe the weather that we had last night, we were sweltering in the gear, had a bit of haze but that was it last year you could hardly drive the roads

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Last edited by Conger on Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Fair play some nice fish there pity bout the lost gear.... but thats fishing

Well done lads ,you had great weather for it. Nice meetin ye Conger . Those whiting can be a curse but nice to see a rattle on the rod none the less !

Finally some fish in Monkstown, great job lads

a few decent codling. nice
a few new converts indeed

heard there was a small trawler up there the other week night which didnt go down well with the guys that drove from bangor for trip and seen a net put across it to

Fair play some nice fish there pity bout the lost gear.... but thats fishing

Cheers sparkey+1, great to get the few fish, a few nights well spent and i'll be back up on the rig side

Well done lads ,you had great weather for it. Nice meetin ye Conger . Those whiting can be a curse but nice to see a rattle on the rod none the less !

Hi Preston, could not believe that it was December last night, a short while after you left the cod chased off the whiting again, one of the fish that Daniel caught had a scrap with something else before we saw him, there was a good chunk taken out of his tail someone else seeks the cod too

Finally some fish in Monkstown, great job lads

Cheers Mark, it was a worry on the way down as i wanted the lads to get some good fishing in, great to see the fish around

a few decent codling. nice
a few new converts indeed

Cheers chuckaroo

heard there was a small trawler up there the other week night which didnt go down well with the guys that drove from bangor for trip and seen a net put across it to

Hi Neil, the same happened us about 3 years ago, we arrived and and fish Monkstown all day and well into the evening with no success, we were staying in the East Village in Douglas and a lad there told us when we got back 'sure the lads trawled it yesterday' a kick in the teeth hopefully they'll come back around and strike it lucky

good to see you all got in on the action lads
it would be a heck of a long drive all the way down there to blank

Glory be to the holy cod,,,nice fishing lads,

good to see you all got in on the action lads
it would be a heck of a long drive all the way down there to blank

If you blank on de wall you next post should be in the For Sale forum
keep it going I need them small ones thinned out.

good to see you all got in on the action lads
it would be a heck of a long drive all the way down there to blank

Cheers Al, i think if we had blanked i would have been abandoned on De Wall

Glory be to the holy cod,,,nice fishing lads,

Cheers Monkeywrasse

good to see you all got in on the action lads
it would be a heck of a long drive all the way down there to blank

If you blank on de wall you next post should be in the For Sale forum
keep it going I need them small ones thinned out.

I can just see it now FOR SALE, 1 Mid aged angler, usual scratches but in ok working order, open to offers Donal compared to the summer we put down these codling are Huge, we will happily try to thin em out for you

Well done Seamus... I am sure you have an extra seat there... I'll have to squeeze in next time and join the fun!

Well done Seamus... I am sure you have an extra seat there... I'll have to squeeze in next time and join the fun!

How's it going Wabs, good crack was had by all but the 3 of us were crippled after the journey home, I reckon the lads put on a stone with all the talk of how they were goin to cook their catch

good to see you all got in on the action lads
it would be a heck of a long drive all the way down there to blank

If you blank on de wall you next post should be in the For Sale forum
keep it going I need them small ones thinned out.

donal domeny you should be ashamed of yourself for posting such cruel things !
we all have blanked !it happened to me once!

good to see you all got in on the action lads
it would be a heck of a long drive all the way down there to blank

If you blank on de wall you next post should be in the For Sale forum
keep it going I need them small ones thinned out.

donal domeny you should be ashamed of yourself for posting such cruel things !
we all have blanked !it happened to me once!

Rodger are you sure that wasn't just a bad dream you had