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#1 Post by corbyeire »

any sign of these lads yet up the river?
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#2 Post by tight lines »

still a bit early i think the big tide the end of the month or start of may should see the start of them looking forward to it great sport on light tackle
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#3 Post by Crab Salad »

Hi
The annual Shad competition is on the 3rd of may this year but the run is affected greatly by the weather in the lead up to the higher tides at the end of April beginning of May.
In my experience the bad rains in previous years have delayed the main run by a week or two and if your lucky enough to get a days fishing at the right time the fishing can be unbelievable,
hopefully the sun will be shining when those big tides rise.
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#4 Post by ark rose glenn »

What colour taz or cobra works best for u lads . Looking forward to the trip down for them ... Great crack on light gear .... I find the blue and silver Tazy very successful ... What's your best lure for them
Species 2014; coalie, whiting,flounder, smoothound, LSD, codling, pollock,pouting, cookoo wrasse, goldsinny wrasse, mackerel, blue shark, conger eel, rock goby, blenny, plaice, dab, herring, poor cod,painted ray, weaver,
Species 2013:......Whiting, dab , flounder, codling, pouting, mackeral, dogfish, pollock, 3beard rocking,plaice, smoothound, blenny.
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#5 Post by Crab Salad »

Blue/silver Taz seems to do the trick but all of the tazzies seem to work even the pink one and the Rasta colour have got me fish when no others will.
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#6 Post by Stephen8wood »

Any chance of this run starting by the 25th April?
List 2010. fish

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2012: less fish again,

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#7 Post by tight lines »

if your down that way then i would give it ago you just never no but the tide are slack around that date probley best waiting till the 28th/29th when the tides start to build if your just make the trip for them but keep a eye to the weather if any rain b4 hand forget about it till the river clears

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#8 Post by rushnaldo »

Do anglers need a licence to fish here?
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#9 Post by tight lines »

no mate its tidal waters

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#10 Post by MAC »

I should be driving past the area on Monday. I will pop down for a quick cast to see if any have arrived with the up coming big tides.
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#11 Post by feathers »

what tackle is needed for shad
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feathers wrote:what tackle is needed for shad
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#13 Post by corbyeire »

any joy Mac? ta
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#14 Post by peakle »

few there today
species 2014(8)cod,coalie,flounder,dog, pollack,bass, turbot,twaite shad

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species 2013(36)flounder, shore rockling, dog, coalie,cod, whiting, dab, poor cod, pollack, grey gurnard, red gurnard, pouting, haddock, thornback ray, grey mullet,ballen wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, scorpion fish, bass,blonde ray, plaice, herring, conger, golden grey mullet, red band fish, turbot, ling, garfish, scad, gold shinny, tom pot blenny, smooth hound, bullhuss, cork wing, dragonet, lesser weaver, painted ray.

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species 2012(39) whiting, coalie, flounder,dogfish, poor cod, cod, bass, shore rockling, ling,cuckoo wrasse, ballen, grey gurnard, red gurnard, three bearded rockling, mackeral, plaice, dab, pollack, grey mullet,haddock.conger,gold shinny,cork wing, blonde ray, lesser weaver, megrim, dragonet, thornback , tub gurnard, blue shark, scad, bull huss, tompot blenny, sea scorpion, goby, painted , garfish, pouting,

specimen2012 plaice red gurnard
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#15 Post by corbyeire »

thinking of heading down on 6th - with the spring take them all back out to sea
if anyone is fishing the comp at weekend let me know the catch rates

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#16 Post by Mozza »

Anybody here any news from the competition today.
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#17 Post by dezzer »

about 30 anglers took part in the annual comp, numbers down due to weather with a coloured barrow and flood coming down ,probably was not fishable but with people there it went ahead, it was won by Alan burke with a small shad, the only one caught all day, well done Alan ,eddie.......
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#18 Post by finding nemo »

Was down Thursday - Sunday and the fishing was extremely poor. Didn't meet one angler that had a Shad. With the easterly winds, cold temps and dirty water the Shad we gone off the boil. Will give it another shot on the next big tides.
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#19 Post by MAC »

corbyeire wrote:any joy Mac? ta
Sorry I didn't get back to you on this one. No Joy that day, but the odd one was being caught. The river was Gin clear. AS you can see from the recent reports the river will be muddy for some time with more rain due over the next few days, it's hard to know when it might fish well again. Most likely towards the end of the Month.

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