SOUTH COAST COD REPORTS 2021

Fished East Cork beach Thursday night had 3 cod over high water, 51cm, 47 cm and 38cm.

The codfather strikes again

We are up and running

Great stuff Donal

6 from Ferry Point yesterday, 32cm - 47cm weed manageable but the shoreline up to the high water water mark was blanketed with weed.

Back there again Saturday had 3 the weed was still hard going. It badly needs a day of rain to wash it well out to sea.

Thanks Donal I was heading down tomorrow although i just got crab from halfway angling and most of the crab are tiny at 1.15 per crab. I have been ripped off!! Oh well may source from some where else now.

any reports of cod around gravyvoe anyone know?

any reports of cod around gravyvoe anyone know?

Beach just up from it but some weeks ago

Last Friday night.the bandstand, no cod

Seems you had a good October Donal. Any reports from around the Youghal / East Cork area from November?

Seems you had a good October Donal. Any reports from around the Youghal / East Cork area from November?

Very poor down that way at the moment. Ferry Point Sunday only small cod. Baits coming back untouched.

That's odd like isn't it? I thought once they come in in October they usually stay around unti January? That's only my limited experience from annual trips since maybe 2014 and I didn't go in 2016 or 2017.

Fished Ferrypoint yesterday wednesday, weed was bad when the tide picked up, one small codling and one nice coalfish, crab activity was high at times and non existant at times.

Still poor lads?

Still poor lads?

A long time since I seen it that bad. Fished Ferrypoint Sunday morning 2 hours to the top of the tide and over high water had 14 cod and a flounder. With only 1 cod just over the 30cm mark.

In general the fishing is shocking at the moment. When you can catch golden grey mullet in the end of November there must be something wrong with the planet.

Look at the results of the "cod championships" not a single cod returned.

30cm cod at ferrypoint yesterday and like donal says there was mullet about to!!!

A cod report without a picture of cod looks bad so this what they look like

Oct 30th had 6 in total. caught at Ferrypoint

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Nov 6th caught at Garryvoe

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Nov 14th caught at the Abbey. Fished Ferrypoint on the flood had 4 cod all under 30cm

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Proof of the golden greys. Caught this specimen 1.55lb on 25th of November

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Some nice ones there Donal but seems like an early short one. Weird. What about whiting or painted rays off the Bandstand or Front Beach, anyone had any luck there?

Still poor lads?

A long time since I seen it that bad. Fished Ferrypoint Sunday morning 2 hours to the top of the tide and over high water had 14 cod and a flounder. With only 1 cod just over the 30cm mark.

In general the fishing is shocking at the moment. When you can catch golden grey mullet in the end of November there must be something wrong with the planet.

Look at the results of the "cod championships" not a single cod returned.

Aye even the flounder are very patchy and small up top here, usually be getting well into the fat boys by now. No white trout about either, perch don't even seem to be shoaled up in fresh water yet. I think the next trip will be congers and if all that fails it might have to be rainbow bashing.

Fished Ferryoint on Thursday 9th, a few bites that didnt convert at low water. Twas a neap tide, moved around the corner due to weed and an hour before high got a small codling and 5 small bass. All returned to grow bigger. Crab activity was very high. Tough days fishing.

Fished under youghal bridge last night , was very hopeful but zero action for nearby 3 hours , don’t think it’s going to happen there this year