Bait
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Re: Bait
1. CrabSi1015 wrote:Best bait for codling
2. Lug
3. Mussel
As individual baits or mixed cocktails
Most of the lug I'd use would be to top up a piece of used crab from the previous cast
On the East Cork beaches I would never use mackerel, sand eel or squid as baits for cod . that not saying they will not catch cod it's just my opinion.
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: 7.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm: Golden Grey Mullet 1.6lb
Total species boat/shore: 40
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Specimen Fish 2026: 2
Smooth Hound 105cm; Dogfish 74cm;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: 7.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm: Golden Grey Mullet 1.6lb
Total species boat/shore: 40
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Specimen Fish 2026: 2
Smooth Hound 105cm; Dogfish 74cm;