East coast 10/10/2014
Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:01 am
Myself and Johnny thought we'd make the most of the fine weather and big tide and see if we could find a few bass or codling.
Johnny was driving so bait was my job, I was working till 4.30 so afterwards I picked up a few crab and some rag off Ruairi in swords and made tracks for home.
Got to my house and Johnny was sitting in the driveway, you'd swear fishing was easy he was that eager... We packed up the gear and headed for the mark.
Conditions were less than ideal but not impossible, no surf but no rain either so at least it would be a comfortable blank if it was going to be one!
Pulleys and flappers on with rag and crab and the odd strip of Mack. Fishing was very slow to start but picked up after an hour or so. Johnny was first off the mark with an elusive east coast codling about 30cm, then another one.. We could be onto something here! I picked up a flounder/rockling double in the wash and the tone was set for the night. Very busy session with lots of codling, maybe 20 coming in. Johnny had the best one of the night, 42cm. We had rockling, flounder and codling, no bass but I did have a bonus of dodging an eel! Took in my rig with the snood in a tangle and covered in slime, I don't mind eels but the job I have unhooking them is comical. Most the fish were on rag with only a couple of codling taking crab. Great session for the east coast, no weed, no rain and kept busy.
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Johnny was driving so bait was my job, I was working till 4.30 so afterwards I picked up a few crab and some rag off Ruairi in swords and made tracks for home.
Got to my house and Johnny was sitting in the driveway, you'd swear fishing was easy he was that eager... We packed up the gear and headed for the mark.
Conditions were less than ideal but not impossible, no surf but no rain either so at least it would be a comfortable blank if it was going to be one!
Pulleys and flappers on with rag and crab and the odd strip of Mack. Fishing was very slow to start but picked up after an hour or so. Johnny was first off the mark with an elusive east coast codling about 30cm, then another one.. We could be onto something here! I picked up a flounder/rockling double in the wash and the tone was set for the night. Very busy session with lots of codling, maybe 20 coming in. Johnny had the best one of the night, 42cm. We had rockling, flounder and codling, no bass but I did have a bonus of dodging an eel! Took in my rig with the snood in a tangle and covered in slime, I don't mind eels but the job I have unhooking them is comical. Most the fish were on rag with only a couple of codling taking crab. Great session for the east coast, no weed, no rain and kept busy.
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Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:52 am
Nice 
Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:54 am
Fair pay to ye lads, good to see a few Codling on the East coast.
Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:54 pm
Nice session, I did the exact same last night. Did I meet you in there in the shop in swords just before it closed? I fared less well on the fishing front... a small codling (maybe 30 cm), a rockling, and a missed bite that pulled rod and stand into the sea when i walked 10 yards away for about 30 seconds! I was actually thinking 'jesus i hope i don't get a bite now while i'm not at the stand' and turned around to look and my rod was gone! what are the odds? got all the gear back and was glad i wore the waders! so happy days.
Lovely night to be out and like you said no weed so nice and easy!
Lovely night to be out and like you said no weed so nice and easy!
Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:53 pm
Yeah I was in there around 5.15 Dave, I think I heard Ruairi saying "howaya Dave". Pity you missed that fish, had a couple of dropped fish ourselves last night but nothing that dramatic. Lovely night to be out.
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Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:22 pm
Nice session, well done.
Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:09 am
nice to se a few codling on the east
Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:25 am
Hopefully they stick around lad and a few bigger ones show up!
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Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:26 am
Well done lads, nice report and photos and good codling for the east coast 
Re: East coast 10/10/2014
Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:30 pm
Nice fishing lads hope they hang around a bit.