Hi all!
Remember last year I was so eager to get out in my newly purchased craft and chase the cod in cork harbour? I didn't have a whole pile of success because the conditions were pretty unsettled for most of last winter and a lot of fresh water coming down the estuary was pushing the fish out and lowering visability so much you really had to anchor to bring the fish to the bait.
This year, so far, the conditions have been cold and clear, indeed the visibility in the water last Sunday was better than any day I saw over the summer. This really helped the fishing I think and after setting off from Agheada our first drop in the outer harbour produced about 4 or 5 mackerel. Drifting over the same area a few times added a few more so we were good for bait and dinner with a few whiting thrown back also (boney little feckers !).
I kept intending to move and start a new drift but we kept catching fish so we just kept on drifting.... Eventually we moved and did a few spins over harbour rock which produced a cod of about 4lb. Not massive but our biggest of the day and I was well pleased. Got him on a Muppet/feather rig which I will be sticking up on as they really did the business before we left the only two sets we had stuck to the bottom of the sea...
So the overall tally was 8 cod and 20 or so mackerel. Pleanty of whiting too in from bouy 6 but I'm not a fan...
So there it is. Water clarity good and I'm sure there are bigger cod in there, it's just a matter of perseverance!
Tight lines and possibly another report next Sunday.