Greystones harbour or beach????

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Greystones harbour or beach????

#1 Post by Mollyrocks »

Anybody know which is catching better at the moment????
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#2 Post by ark rose glenn »

fished both last night had a few whiting off the south beach lost a big fish , kept getting snagged so then went the pier and had a pollock 1.5lb, and more whiting and there was nice rockling being caught off the pier. no weed around last night.
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#3 Post by Mollyrocks »

Thanks so much for that, what bait do you use there, I have rag worm for tonight? Any use there? Never been to the pier where do you cast there, hear people talking about a wall????
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#4 Post by mitch »

Mollyrocks wrote:Thanks so much for that, what bait do you use there, I have rag worm for tonight? Any use there? Never been to the pier where do you cast there, hear people talking about a wall????


rag is one of the top baits there ,keep your cast short because most of the fish are feeding very
close to the rocks and be prepared to lose some gear ,try get a spot near the entrance to harbour .
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#5 Post by Mollyrocks »

Thank you very much, will let you know how I get on! Good I hope!
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#6 Post by sparkey+1 »

Drop your line down the back of the wall thats were a lot of the fish feed
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#7 Post by Mollyrocks »

Thanks a million for the advance lads, worked out brilliant, caught a good few pollock and a nice 1.5-2lbs Wrass!!!!!! Good times!
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#8 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fair play glad you caught some fish... Bet you enjoyed the session
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#9 Post by Mollyrocks »

Was brilliant, will defo be back! Any other good places to fish??? Sorry I'm new to the fishing scene!
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#10 Post by roger de dodger »

cork :mrgreen:
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#11 Post by ark rose glenn »

well done nice to see u got some fish. cork and waterford are great places to fish.
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#12 Post by sparkey+1 »

roger de dodger wrote:cork :mrgreen:
:lol: :lol: :lol: nice 1 rodger
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#13 Post by dave mc gregor »

fished ballymoney strand on sunday night and got about 40 pan sized whitning :) , only brought home 4 from my breakie :) all caught on rag

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