North Beach, Greystones, 13-10-08

[round_ourway]

great report mate, A pleasure reading it. you seem to be getting plenty of the bass now fella well done

[shamoo0804]

dfella, the best spot around that area were your almost guaranteed a good few fish is the rocks to the right (or left) of the small cove/beach. If you have a drive out to greystones harbour you'll see the rocks easy enough

Fish a 3 hook flapper anywhere from 80 yards right in close, fish with mack, squid, rag, lug, maybe try a single hook rig at distance aswell.

You can expect dabs, flounder, plaice, coalies, pollock, whiting, dogs....and maybe the odd suprise bass

pm me your number if you want a bit of help, I might be able to drop down for a few hours fishing myself, so could show you the marks a bit easier.

Mark

[Marble]

Went to north beach last wed and they were taking down that old bridge, so decided to walk up a bit and try get down to the beach, after walking a mile up gave up and turned back ended up going to south beach.
. i find the best bait for all of greystones is mussel have had some great fish on it.

ps any tips on where you got down on to the beach?

[corbyeire]

basiclally walked all the way down the fenced off official walkway to the beach at the start a big massive U shaped walk around machinery and materials - but on the way back got under the fence right beside the old road to the carpark - which is now cordoned off for working vehicles

walk down that road towards the town - and you can see where the public road access ends - once again under the fence and your litterally 2 mins from where that chippy is/was near the seafront at the harbour

40 mins down - 5 mins back

[Marble]

thanks, i have been fishing that beach for a few weeks now its great but it always seems to go dead an hour before full tide. Really pi~~ed me off last time to find they took the bridge out of it.

[shamoo0804]

Marble, have you fished the beach on the ebb at all?

[Marble]

ebb??

[col]

was wondering what they are building further north on the beach - with large concrete blocks going from the field into the sea - if its a groyne its bound to change the lie of the beach and make it a bit shallower on one side

From what I understand pretty much the whole beach will be effectivly gone, they're building all along it and out to sea. Hopefuly somebody will correct me but I think that's the case

[dfella25]

Cheers for that Shambo fair play. I was using two hook flappers with rag tipped with mack. And I had a couple of crabs left so I stuck them out on a pennel with my smaller rod closer in to the shore.

Not sure how I'm fixed with work for a couple of weeks but intend on heading back back down so I'll drop you a PM.

DF

[corbyeire]

was wondering what they are building further north on the beach - with large concrete blocks going from the field into the sea - if its a groyne its bound to change the lie of the beach and make it a bit shallower on one side

From what I understand pretty much the whole beach will be effectivly gone, they're building all along it and out to sea. Hopefuly somebody will correct me but I think that's the case

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89335

any amount of analysis on the situation here - usual craic - a proposed national heritage area - not worth the paper its written on

[shamoo0804]

ebb??

Marble,

Have you fished it from high water down? i.e tide going out, not coming in