killiney cod

[eric]

People:myself

Duration:2pm-6pm

Tide:full tide at around 4.30

Weather:calm

Bait:rag and peeler

Rigs:2 hook clipped down and a flyer

Results:2 cod, 5 whiting, 1 pout, 1 flounder and a half eaten dab?

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:when i got there as i was setting up my gear i spotted a small bass jumping out of the water very close in.i decided to fish out far because it was so calm but put a flyer on just incase the bass enjoyed peeler. it started off very slow with a small whiting and tiny flounder to show for 2 hours.
when darkness began to show the fishing picked up and i reeled in a half eaten dab. After that i landed my first cod this winter at 2lbs and it was followed by another two cast later , this was only 23cm but it was still a cod. I then got a triple shot of whiting all around 25cm and got 1 pout and a 1lb whitng on my last cast.
I fished where the reefs begin to show near the tea rooms, its just past the car park.

[col]

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[col]

[when darkness began to show the fishing picked up and i reeled in a half eaten dab.

Mabye the work of a tope, I understand that they are quite partial to dab.....

sorry about above post :oops: :oops:

[Richie07]

[when darkness began to show the fishing picked up and i reeled in a half eaten dab.

Mabye the work of a tope, I understand that they are quite partial to dab.....

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Same thing happened me a few weeks back on Greystones,reeled in a small whiting with the tail gone,gills gone,one eye missing?,the rod was out for about 20 minutes,so I thought the whiting hooked itself and was eaten by crabs?

[thirty]

Tope love dabs, in summer I only use dabs when fishing for tope, great bait for them.

[Pat Spillane]

You can always tell when crabs have taken the bait, eyes, guts and gills missing. Tope just take the whole thing and chomp.