Killiney, Dublin, 16 Nov 06

People:Myself and Croppyboy

Duration:1645-2330

Tide:full aroung 2030

Weather:Mild for november light W-Sw winds No moon visible

Bait:Me Rag, lug, squid, mackerel. Croppy Lug,mackerel, crab

Rigs:ME 2 and 3 hook clipdown Croppy 3 hook flapper

Results:1 codling 1.5 lbs 1 decent coalie 1 decent pollock and a variety of mini species

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:I got there early and set up to await any other possible anglers off the forum for the Dublin meet. Croppy showed around 1730 having been in another car park for half an hour.

Small fish started to show early on and I thought that we would have a good bit of action, It turned out to be a slow night with a lot of bites from small fish. Croppy got a nice coalie around 2130 and I got the cod around 2230 on mackerel. I got a decent pollock of about 1 lb on my last cast.
We had 5 species between us, Probably somewhere around 18 fish.
Codling, whiting, pollock, coalfish and dab. Surprise no dogs.

Well done,sounds like a good enough session,just saw the other thread now for the meet,next time might hook up.

dosen't sound too bad. wish i could've made it, wasn't a bad night either. small fish can be a nightmare here. where the coalies in close?

think i seen you guys well i saw couple lights if id known ye were from here id of popped down and said hello i was up the other side of the dart station from about 4.30-8.30 first time to fish killiney best beach fishing ive done all year restored my confidence after my bad performance at the masters this year :cry: really bad.had a bit of mack /lug ,3 hook flapper ,5 o clock had first doggy followed by a couple nice whiting then a small codling followed by a 3.5 lb cod about 11 fish altogether wasn't expecting anything like that :D just hope i can keep it up .

that's some good fishin! how big were the whiting!! i am gettin twitchy! any rough ground where you were fishin- usually clean there. what range codling at?

M.B.3 past sessions tell me that cod are only really caught near the rough stuff, but after a good easterly they always venture out on to the clean ground around the car park near the reefs. shankills your best bet to find one. i going there today i let you know how i get on. all i have is sandeels and frozen lug,which has worked off the boat for cod but havn't tried it of the shore is it any good?

Sorry for not getting back earlier. First we only had one coalie which was caught in close. The whiting were small on our end of the beach biggest around 10 inches. St John we saw the lights up the far end and I thought we may have been in the wrong place. You seem to have had a better time of it. We fished at the car park as I had been advised that this was a good area to start. I dont know the beach at all but where we were was clean ground.

M.B.3 past sessions tell me that cod are only really caught near the rough stuff, but after a good easterly they always venture out on to the clean ground around the car park near the reefs. shankills your best bet to find one. i going there today i let you know how i get on. all i have is sandeels and frozen lug,which has worked off the boat for cod but havn't tried it of the shore is it any good?

sandeel probably better on calmer nights, but worth a shot. mussel can be good- take better whiting on it for some reason. crab would be the man!

Sorry for not getting back earlier. First we only had one coalie which was caught in close. The whiting were small on our end of the beach biggest around 10 inches. St John we saw the lights up the far end and I thought we may have been in the wrong place. You seem to have had a better time of it. We fished at the car park as I had been advised that this was a good area to start. I dont know the beach at all but where we were was clean ground.

3 1/2lb codling not to be sniffed! have seen a 5lb. + codling caught off killiney in sept. flat calm and bright sunshine. beautiful red cod.

clean ground up were i was to main reason i went out thursday was to work on my distance cast but when i found the fish biteing at close range it put an end to that,got a big bite early on nearly pulled rod out of my hands only had size 1 and 4s on trace so reckon maybe a whiting took my bait and a small tope probally took the whiting either way will be heading to killiney again.

Seaniebo had a tope here before, lost in surf though!

think i will have to make up a couple tope traces for my next visit give me somthin to do tonite .

Hiya, just wondering if you brought along the new cormoran rod and if so how did it perform, or if Pat had a go how did you find it? 8)
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Croppy had the rod allright and he is happy with it. It was hard to see how it is performing in the dark, I didnt try it out but I did hold it. For me it is a bit softer than I would like. I am sure Croppy will let you know in due course. He only gets to the PC on certain days.

Thanks for that Pat, croppy allready let me know his views via pm too.

i went out again on sat night with brother in law
had mussel lug sardine(no mackrel) and squid

i had i collie about 3/4 of a pound and a load of small whitting
brother in law had 1 small cod 1 ling a load of whitting and a edible crab all in all about 25 fish

Hows it goin croppy did you fish same spot as last day,thinking of giving it another go next week myself .What did the brother catch the ling on :?:

yep fished the same spot caught it on lug as far as i can remember tipped with squid