WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#101 Post by razor2 »

Ballycroneen clean no weed today 8)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#102 Post by beachbuddy »

No probs my fellow midleton man.Unfortunately you don't always need storms to make the east cork beaches unfishable due to weed.
Oh by the way im chilled enough at the minute thanks ,my heating is broken :cry:
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#103 Post by MarkoC »

Learning something every day :)

Youghal (Green Park) was ok for fishing tonight about 2h before and after the high tide.
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#104 Post by peakle »

ballywilling ok up to an hour before high water 30/11 and fish there too :lol:
species 2014(8)cod,coalie,flounder,dog, pollack,bass, turbot,twaite shad

specimen 2014 twaite shad
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,

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#105 Post by robbiekennedy »

ferrypoint absolutely brutal with weed never saw anything like it.casting in the main channel
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#106 Post by oli »

hi lads,how is weed in BB and BC?
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#107 Post by razor2 »

clean no weed and no fish
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#108 Post by oli »

razor2 wrote:clean no weed and no fish
where is fish gone? :lol: to Monkstown? :lol:
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#109 Post by razor2 »

Try restaurants :roll:
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#110 Post by oli »

razor2 wrote:Try restaurants :roll:
no,thanx,sick of them :lol: thanx anyway for info
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#111 Post by tight lines »

lads looking for the heads up is there much weed in ferrypoint/youghal planning a trip down on monday
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#112 Post by bhoy32 »

youghal harbour is relatively weed free youghal beach is clear of weed
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#113 Post by sparkey+1 »

Lads is ferrypoint and youghal harbor/beach still clear of weed
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#114 Post by oli »

BB free of weed
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#115 Post by beachbuddy »

Hi Oli,
don't know how you got on fishing wise,but just to let you know ballybranigan and ballycroneen were very heavily netted in the latter end of the year just in case your fishing was pi.. poor.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#116 Post by oli »

beachbuddy wrote:Hi Oli,
don't know how you got on fishing wise,but just to let you know ballybranigan and ballycroneen were very heavily netted in the latter end of the year just in case your fishing was pi.. poor.
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u right,nt even a sighn of fish :evil:
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#117 Post by red »

Anyone know how the east cork beaches are for weed or fish? Thinking about garryvoe area or maybe youghal beach.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#118 Post by bhoy32 »

red wrote:Anyone know how the east cork beaches are for weed or fish? Thinking about garryvoe area or maybe youghal beach.
youghal beach weed free last night
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#119 Post by razor2 »

white bay clean no weed and no fish
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#120 Post by sparkey+1 »

Youghal harbor was very bad with the weed on the rise and worse on the drop going out with the very fast current. :cry:
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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