Before and after

People:me son father

Duration:3 to 8

Tide[/ ebbing

[b]Weather:overcast

Bait:mack squid and goldfish

Rigs:baited feathers

Results:cod dog macks ling

Report:Just a short trip yesterdayafternoon.one of my sons goldfish died lastweek after changing the water in the tank so instead of giving him the flush or putting it in a grave in the garden my son decided to "USE HIM AS BAIT" so into the freezer he went.all week he was asking when are we going fishing .with the weather being so poor it must have been 2 weeks since i was out last and i was looking foward to getting out myself.after a few drifts across the mouth of the harbour we had about 10 macks so we went into scotsmans bay to fish over the rough ground with bait.first thing out was the goldfish and onto the sons bottom hook ,it was more for a laugh than anything else.first drop, bang a savage bite ,after a good scrap a nice cod came up about 5lb on the bottom hook i should of took a photo of the goldfish because its hard to believe but its true.i havent seen a cod like that since i was a kid . i caught one in greystones that was 6lb when i was about 12.we caught a wee ling and a few small cod aswell.I heard of someone catching a cod on a sausage before ,i wonder what else they would take

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great stuff con, brilliant pictures i think you's passed me at the east pier elbow yesterday evening,it got fairly dirty out there

That bottom picture is classic! Fine fish!

alas poor goldie he codded us all in the end!

excellent result on poor oul goldie right where did i leave my bright orange rubber shads, they're going in the bag for our next boat trip the smile on the wee man's face seems to indicate that his fish swap was a happy one hell ,,,, i'd happily trade a 5 inch goldfish for a 5lb cod any day well done that young man

thats the biz. recycling at its best now we know what happens to all them goldfish we flushed away.deffo going to give that a try.what a gret picture for the album. he wont forget that goldfish or the cod in the future.ps your going to have to keep a eye on the goldfishbowl for mysterious deaths from now on

heres the ling we got.and now im of to the pet shop

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right where did i leave my bright orange rubber shads, they're going in the bag for our next boat trip

Funny thing Al,
A few years ago on an SAI trip with Mark Gannon out of Courtmacsherry I done very well on Gold 4 & 5 inch shads. I think there was a chuckle when they went on, but I managed pollock to 11lbs and had a 12.5lb Coalie on the same lure....

Funny how things work out all the same.

Kev

saw the same thing last year on a co down boat trip. dawsey brought along 2 mates who were pretty clueless about sea fishing. one of them stuck on a bright flourescent pink shad that looked like nothing in the sea and cleaned up getting the biggest pollock of the day go figure

I caught a 8lb pollock at the muglins 2 years ago on a 3in orange shad i might try it again the weekend i have a wreck trip planned,if the weather is ok

my neighbour just told me yesterday about flushing his doughters gold fish if only i knew!!!
also remember bob nudd catching a big goldfish on a maggot while pole fishing on one of his shows.
great stuff. and a great cod.