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Haha! heading to Dingle this weekend so lets see what that throws up.baitdigger wrote:
So your choices are-
1 Carry on as you are and see what you can find.
2 Travel to the East coast or cork for cod.
3 Take up knitting for the winter.
What would one look for in a winter cod mark Neil...Myself and pete found a mark where they are caught very near by in boats on a regular basis. Not too many days in Winter it is fishable though I would imagine.baitdigger wrote:It is pretty grim out there for the winter. A few cod are showing now here in the Bristol channel. Just keep the faith until next may. The odd surprise may turn up over the winter months, Im sure a few sea trout are found now and again off the beach.
Nice deep water I would imagine. Nice and deep around that big crack Joe.redzerologhlen wrote:What would one look for in a winter cod mark Neil...Myself and pete found a mark where they are caught very near by in boats on a regular basis. Not too many days in Winter it is fishable though I would imagine.baitdigger wrote:It is pretty grim out there for the winter. A few cod are showing now here in the Bristol channel. Just keep the faith until next may. The odd surprise may turn up over the winter months, Im sure a few sea trout are found now and again off the beach.
cod love dirty ground as do alot of other fish ,hooks that will bend out under decent pressure and rotten bottoms ect will help a lot. pully rigs and lead lifts help too ,try some local rough ground marks before you go travelling hundreds of miles in search of better fishing ,you may be pleasantly suprised 
redzerologhlen wrote:What would one look for in a winter cod mark Neil...Myself and pete found a mark where they are caught very near by in boats on a regular basis. Not too many days in Winter it is fishable though I would imagine.baitdigger wrote:It is pretty grim out there for the winter. A few cod are showing now here in the Bristol channel. Just keep the faith until next may. The odd surprise may turn up over the winter months, Im sure a few sea trout are found now and again off the beach.
yea, they must come in but its like u said time, time, time put in Def some deeper water near the cliffs should throw them up. Is it about water temp with them???? Surely the water temp in Clare is the same as east cork on these chilly nights....baitdigger wrote:redzerologhlen wrote:What would one look for in a winter cod mark Neil...Myself and pete found a mark where they are caught very near by in boats on a regular basis. Not too many days in Winter it is fishable though I would imagine.baitdigger wrote:It is pretty grim out there for the winter. A few cod are showing now here in the Bristol channel. Just keep the faith until next may. The odd surprise may turn up over the winter months, Im sure a few sea trout are found now and again off the beach.
joe nI asked myself that on many occasions and the only answer I can give you is somewhere the cod come in to feed.... I know it is vague but if you look at the Shannon Estuary it is exactly the same as the Bristol channel yet the cod do not seem to come in. Years ago a friend was catching them off the beach at Lehinch but hasnt done for years.
There must be marks near the cliffs that they come in but I don't think anyone has put the hard hours with big squid, crab and lug baits to find them. Many of the places that may hold them would just be too dangerous to walk to in the dark in my opinion.
The lads pick a few up on the Galway side but what they catch never encouraged me to put the time in. I always presumed there just were not numbers of cod present at the moment around north clare
They are a cold water fish, coming to the UK shores mainly in Winter. Galway bay seems to have its own little eco system going on there, no smooth hound in summer, no cod in winter?? although as many said they are present in the deeper water and often caught off boats.agardiner22 wrote:yea, they must come in but its like u said time, time, time put in Def some deeper water near the cliffs should throw them up. Is it about water temp with them???? Surely the water temp in Clare is the same as east cork on these chilly nights....baitdigger wrote:redzerologhlen wrote:What would one look for in a winter cod mark Neil...Myself and pete found a mark where they are caught very near by in boats on a regular basis. Not too many days in Winter it is fishable though I would imagine.baitdigger wrote:It is pretty grim out there for the winter. A few cod are showing now here in the Bristol channel. Just keep the faith until next may. The odd surprise may turn up over the winter months, Im sure a few sea trout are found now and again off the beach.
joe nI asked myself that on many occasions and the only answer I can give you is somewhere the cod come in to feed.... I know it is vague but if you look at the Shannon Estuary it is exactly the same as the Bristol channel yet the cod do not seem to come in. Years ago a friend was catching them off the beach at Lehinch but hasnt done for years.
There must be marks near the cliffs that they come in but I don't think anyone has put the hard hours with big squid, crab and lug baits to find them. Many of the places that may hold them would just be too dangerous to walk to in the dark in my opinion.
The lads pick a few up on the Galway side but what they catch never encouraged me to put the time in. I always presumed there just were not numbers of cod present at the moment around north clare
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winter fishen in winter is great rap up well, head torch ,bai,and your sorted