Duncannon, wexford 10/04/14

People: me and fmd

Duration: 19.30 to 22.30

Tide: low 22.00

Weather: breezy from NW

Bait: crab razor lug mac, whiting

Rigs: flappers and pulleys

Results: whiting fest and 2 flounder

Report: not much to report just bait robbing whiting - cleaning 2/0 pennells and swallowing 2 size 6s in a go - not much fun - all 15-25 cm in size - just about a bit of interest with 3 bigger lads on - but then you know in your heart of hearts its going to be another 3 of them when it breaks the water!

any bait was gone - including a bit of canabalism

one question i do have is a lot of them appear to have cod worm on the gills
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_a ... tes_in_cod

or other parasites, with large growths at the back of the mouth/gills

many others finding that on the waterford estuary - or in general?

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

were the flats any way decent?
good to get out...

nah rubbish - 14cm and 23cm!!!

dont be getting ahead of yourself - sit on your hands til the autumn
or get after those early season female smoothies.....

Sounds like the dreaded white-out kept ya busy, good to get out though.
Them parasites look nasty, that's Wexford Whiting off the menu from now on.

I've gotten lots of pollock and coalies from leenan bay with that exact parasite also

Caught a whiting in passage with same thing today!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Might be worth freezing down an infected fish and getting it to the Dept of Marine.

to be honest just trawling the web - it seems they are pretty common - just seems like i havent noticed them as much as before

Lernaeocera branchialis. Seen a lot of them in whiting from Teelin over the years, horrible looking things.

All whiting i got in the estiary have that

Back in the early nineties, every whiting that was caught off the Wicklow beaches were infested with those. Haven't seen them in a while, then again, haven't seen a decent Whiting in a while either.