east cork 25march

Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:11 pm

People:me fein

Duration:3 hours

Tide:flood

Weather:easterly wind bitterly cold

Bait:lug razors

Rigs:three hook flapper pulley rig

Results:2flounder




Report:
headed to east cork to beat east wind
today for low water big surf greeted me and clean foreshore happy days.alas first cast proved tide to strong and severe drag to right.decided to move to more sheltered spot nice surf and wind at back after about 40 mins good tug thinking bass but turned out a 39cm flounder happy days about 1 hour later another knock 35 cm flounder after that got numb hands so called it a day.you can catch on easterly and always find the flats feed on one.

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Re: east cork 25march

Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:24 pm

nice ! fair play for having a bash 8)

Re: east cork 25march

Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:27 pm

nice one Stephen,fine size flounder,on a very chilly day,eddie..........

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:06 pm

just shows ya you will stick pick up the odd flat in an easterly wind but its hard work fishing those cold conditions,,but you deserve some credit for doing it

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:13 pm

Fair play in the weather! great fish so happy days.

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:19 pm

so maybe this post is saying that if you brave the weather you can still get in contact with bigger fish,,too cold for the small ones so they go off,,,maybe not good quantity but them flats are certainly good quality,,,seriously thinking bout friday now,,,,,,peakle your bravery now has giveing a lot of people confidence now,,,may i ask,,would this beach requlary throw up flats to this size

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:44 pm

Didn't realise the flats were so big until i compared them to your wellies.

fair play mate. you either have really small feet or those are some decent sized flats.

Cork and Kerry are still producing even with the constant cold and easterly winds. Besides rodger da bray pier wave dodger the east coast seems kind of barron. Is this because the warm atlantic currents are keeping up the surface temperture down south. If so, i think a trip down to cork is well worth it for flats like them.

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:45 pm

Ya nice flats alright but its a long way to come down to cork to fish for a few flats of which at least two are'nt around anymore :lol:

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:06 pm

saving private brian wrote:so maybe this post is saying that if you brave the weather you can still get in contact with bigger fish,,too cold for the small ones so they go off,,,maybe not good quantity but them flats are certainly good quality,,,seriously thinking bout friday now,,,,,,peakle your bravery now has giveing a lot of people confidence now,,,may i ask,,would this beach requlary throw up flats to this size


yeah it throws up good flats regulary you can pick up some smaller but generally they all above 30cm they go to specimen size and beyond on this beach

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:07 pm

jhcabs wrote:Didn't realise the flats were so big until i compared them to your wellies.

fair play mate. you either have really small feet or those are some decent sized flats.

Cork and Kerry are still producing even with the constant cold and easterly winds. Besides rodger da bray pier wave dodger the east coast seems kind of barron. Is this because the warm atlantic currents are keeping up the surface temperture down south. If so, i think a trip down to cork is well worth it for flats like them.


size eleven :wink:

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:09 pm

beachbuddy wrote:Ya nice flats alright but its a long way to come down to cork to fish for a few flats of which at least two are'nt around anymore :lol:


they my favorite fish to eat and yes i kept them for so. Considering amount of fish i return i dont worry in the slightest keeping them :P

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:31 pm

Could'nt give a continental what you did with them or any other fish you catch for that matter,i was merely pointing out that its an awful long way for a person up the country to travel down south for a few flounder regardless if you kept them or not,so chillax im not having a pop.

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:35 pm

beachbuddy wrote:Could'nt give a continental what you did with them or any other fish you catch for that matter,i was merely pointing out that its an awful long way for a person up the country to travel down south for a few flounder regardless if you kept them or not,so chillax im not having a pop.


im perfectly chilled boy :roll:

Re: east cork 25march

Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:53 pm

Glad to hear it Stephen. :lol:

Re: east cork 25march

Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:20 pm

Nice Flounders there,,,fair play to ya!