WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#61 Post by matt69 »

greystones 9/9 weed in close but fishable. not a lot of fish :(
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#62 Post by paddy kelly »

fished greystones to wicklow town last night got no fish only weed :cry:
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#63 Post by paul skelly »

Hi lads any any word on the weed in the courtown area
Many thanks paul
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#64 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fished it last sunday 11/9 and very weedy on the north beach
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#65 Post by mitch »

lads anybody know if the south wex beaches are fishable

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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#66 Post by Ste »

Anyone around Greystones today? I'm planning on heading out this evening.
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#67 Post by paul skelly »

Dodds rock 15/9 no weed what so ever:)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#68 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Greystones south yesterday evening full of weed :evil: Rocks were fishable.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#69 Post by the codfather »

lads anybody know is their much weed around killcoole.



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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#70 Post by paul skelly »

Killcool is always full of weed even when the other beaches are clear :(
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#71 Post by Creep »

Kilgorman clear no weed
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#72 Post by Greenthumb »

Courtown was clear today.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#73 Post by ekfish »

19-9-11 greystones south beach full of weed around ballygannon.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#74 Post by matt69 »

greystones south beach weed but fishable.a bit of a pain in the a##e.
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#75 Post by tight lines »

lads any word on the sth wicklow/nth wexford beaches will be fishing 30/9 doing a overnighter
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#76 Post by corbyeire »

what about wexford south coast?
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#77 Post by paul skelly »

Hi lads any updates on gravestones south?many thanks Paul :)
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#78 Post by tight lines »

paul skelly wrote:Hi lads any updates on gravestones south?many thanks Paul :)

hi paul i guess you mean graystones sth fished it a couple of times this week with roger and a few lads down at the driving range weed not bad in close but heavy at distance but a few fish showing bass, codling all fish got from half way up the rise
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#79 Post by paul skelly »

Lol gravestones I'm not that old yet ;)
Thanks for the heads up man :)
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: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
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Re: WEED WATCH - Wicklow / Wexford

#80 Post by davybrown99 »

Old bawn Fri 30th. Tons of heavy kelp close in on flood making it difficult to fish.
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