howth, co. dublin, 21/1/07

People:just meself

Duration:2pm - 3.30pm

Tide:full tide

Weather:calm but misty rain

Bait:sand eel, mackerel

Rigs:one up, one down

Results: 1 cod

Catch and Release::



Report: first time out in about a month, fished from the bolder beach at the back of the public toilets in howth... not much action first half hour then hooked in to my first cod from irish waters haha..., got him on a sand eel, was delighted to see a 15inch cod rollin in the surf, will be back there next weekend. my first of many hopefully, and it was mainly due to all the help and advice i got from blokes on this site, thanks lads :D

unusual to get codling on sandeel, although we do get them on live eel down here off the boat in the summer

I've caught a good few small codling in my time to sand eel off wicklow pier. Some big cod have been caught off cappagh pier in clare to straight mackerel. Just depends I suppose.

Donagh

i had a strip of mack on the top and a whole sand eel in the bottom and it went for the sand eel so guess ya never no on the day

Nice one Nailer,

Only ever used sandeel once.

What type of rig were you using? Did you have any problems with snags?

Ken

i was usin a one up, one down rig,with a grip weight, i wasint sure what type of terrain i was casting in to at first , only started right on high water, as it went down i realised i was fishin into a bloody minefield haha, dont no how i didnt loose any gear, big rocks and kelp beds everywhere, looked like ther was a drop off to deeper water bout 30/40 yards out