youghal & waterford estuaries

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#21 Post by ninted »

Thanks Donal!
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#22 Post by shortcircuit »

Lads this evening and tomorrow would surely be a good bet on the beaches- wind is really dying off after a long stormy spell? the fish should surely be coming on the feed hard.

Lovely neap tides for estuaries this weekend too.
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shortcircuit wrote:Lads this evening and tomorrow would surely be a good bet on the beaches- wind is really dying off after a long stormy spell? the fish should surely be coming on the feed hard.

Lovely neap tides for estuaries this weekend too.
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#24 Post by robbiekennedy »

Well any estuary now would be a total wash out with all this rain . It's a pity with tides right and all ah well maybe the next slacks might be suitable
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#25 Post by donal domeney »

They will be fine to fish on the flooding tide
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#26 Post by ninted »

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I spent about 24 hours blanking in yougal last Friday and Saturday! Anyone coming across any cod anywhere...? I can't seem to find em. Seems like it could be a mighty poor season or just very late... I did get out on the boat Sunday and when we scored some bait from a charter the fish started to appear; one small cod and plenty of good whiting. Fresh water's a killer for inshore though I think. Anyone on de beaches....?
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#27 Post by jellybait »

there are a few cod about youghal but there few and far between at the minute ,altough i did have one to 7.5lb last week , I pressume that amount of water has put them off even further
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#28 Post by ninted »

Ah still though, that's great to see there's an odd big one about. Crab or lug?
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#29 Post by ste c »

Weathers been terrible waiting for a break in it to give the cod another go
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#30 Post by jellybait »

ninted wrote:Ah still though, that's great to see there's an odd big one about. Crab or lug?
Fresh Peeler , I wouldnt bother the drive down with anything less !!
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jellybait wrote:
ninted wrote:Ah still though, that's great to see there's an odd big one about. Crab or lug?
Fresh Peeler , I wouldnt bother the drive down with anything less !!

We'll it's great if you can get it! Peelers are like bloody gold dust! I'm starting to think that the main reason that crab is so good in yougal is because it lasts longer than any other bait and isn't munched as quickly by, well, crabs! Am I way off the mark three..?
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#32 Post by highwatermark »

ste c wrote:Weathers been terrible waiting for a break in it to give the cod another go
Aint we all :evil: :evil: :evil: wont settle at all, been weeded off, blown off and drunk off from wicklow to waterford an not a cod in sight :roll: Youghal lookin like a New Year job at this stage......
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#33 Post by tight lines »

Came across this chart of the river in waterford beside the mud hole the red areas are reported to be serious deep
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tight lines wrote:Came across this chart of the river in waterford beside the mud hole the red areas are reported to be serious deep
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#35 Post by bogwoppit »

It's a type of Nav chart, red is shallow, green and dark blue are deep.
The navionics website has a detailed chart if you're interested.

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