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Pollock fishing November

#1 Post by seafisher »

Im going on a trip down to west cork around mid November will inshore pollock still be on the feed or will they be migrating to spawn, or would I be better off targeting bass?
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What Bass :lol:
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#3 Post by tight lines »

mid november in cork get yourself some peeler and go for cod
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SeanA101080 wrote:What Bass :lol:
Are you sure there's no bass around I have lots of magazines of best ways to target winter bass from the shore?
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seafisher wrote:
SeanA101080 wrote:What Bass :lol:
Are you sure there's no Bass around I have lots of magazines of best ways to target winter Bass from the shore?
dont belive everything you read
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It's just been a poor year for Bass, I'd go with what Tight Lines suggested, peeler for cod! That's what I'll be doing myself:-)
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#7 Post by sparkey+1 »

SeanA101080 wrote:It's just been a poor year for Bass, I'd go with what Tight Lines suggested, peeler for cod! That's what I'll be doing myself:-)
On the east coast you must mean ...... :lol:
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sparkey+1 wrote:
SeanA101080 wrote:It's just been a poor year for Bass, I'd go with what Tight Lines suggested, peeler for cod! That's what I'll be doing myself:-)
On the east coast you must mean ...... :lol:
East Cork and West Waterford mainly, hopefully a good winter season of cod will cancel out the bad bassing!!
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#9 Post by roooster »

not sure about november,but i was out last sunday morning for a few bass & ended up with a load of pollack,had great sport & taught they would even be gone from the shore by now,so youd never know your luck :wink:
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tight lines wrote:
seafisher wrote:
SeanA101080 wrote:What Bass :lol:
Are you sure there's no Bass around I have lots of magazines of best ways to target winter Bass from the shore?
dont belive everything you read
dont belive everything you read :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Pollock fishing November

#11 Post by Last Cast »

I've had Pollock right through the winter from the shore. I'd fish for them up to end of Oct most year's as after that the weather can make the rock marks a bit too dangerous to fish safely. Most of the Pollock that I would catch in winter would be caught on lugworm/mack/razor fished on the bottom when targeting other fish.
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thanks lads sure I will give it a try anyway.
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#13 Post by breamers boy »

plenty of pollock around waterford still
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#14 Post by sailnfish »

Had my biggest bass of the year in December last year here in east cork. Never say never, best of luck!!
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#15 Post by seafisher »

Thanks lads asked my experienced cousin the question and he said it all depends on the richness of feeding in the area and some marks are fishable through to January or even February.
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#16 Post by lucky13 »

sailnfish wrote:Had my biggest Bass of the year in December last year here in east cork. Never say never, best of luck!!
had my biggest cod of that year that night off the same beach,so i'd chance me arm somewhere that throws up a few cod and a few bass...both cod and bass will take 3/o-5/0 traces with full peeler baits :)

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