WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#141 Post by fishy1987 »

fished bally brannigan over low water and up today,small bits of lettuce on the rise though!well fishable.
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#142 Post by Doberman »

Ballybrannigan full grass today, not fishable at all
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#143 Post by lugworm »

Ballycrenane full to the neck with the green shtuff..........fish for an hour before high water and actualy had to leave coz of torential weather conditions.......tide came right up to the cliffs and rain and thunder........u get picture :mrgreen:
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#144 Post by sredmond »

was fishing off the rocks down by white bay earlier, not much weed around there. Beach was clear also
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#145 Post by surfandsun »

Fished the Saleens on Saturday, All weed, a gale of wind and a current that swept everything sideways. Does anyone know where to fish the saleens in comfort. Tried Tramore beach yesterday much cleaner and more fun but no fish.
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#146 Post by lucky13 »

fished a favourite rock mark of mine on saturday between roches point and ballyandrean,big swells,on shore wind and the motherload of weed,had to move to the pier in ballcotton....yawn.
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#147 Post by razor2 »

Anyone know what the weed is like around east cork ballybraningan,ballycroneen, inch area fished it sunday and it was full of weed.Has it cleared up any bit since
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#148 Post by lucky13 »

i think its still a bit dodgy,hopefully alot better than the weekend soon...
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#149 Post by razor2 »

Just back not to bad very fishable
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#150 Post by lucky13 »

any joy?
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#151 Post by razor2 »

nothing not a bite :lol: :lol: :wink:
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#152 Post by tomgrey »

I sent you a pm ray but just seeing your other posts now. Was Ballycroneen still buried with weed?
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#153 Post by razor2 »

it was full of weed near the car park but fine as the tide dropped off.There is some mountain of weed near the car park and the smell
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#154 Post by Doberman »

Looks like Inch is way worse than Ballybranigan.
Inch on low tide today, dont know hows fishing once its full tide.
Ballybranigan clean on low tide, some weed pushed in on half way in, was still fishable and got 58cm bass. Left earlier than other 5 guys, so dunno about theyr luck.

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#155 Post by razor2 »

[quote="Doberman"]Looks like Inch is way worse than Ballybranigan.
Inch on low tide today, dont know hows fishing once its full tide.
Ballybranigan clean on low tide, some weed pushed in on half way in, was still fishable and got 58cm Bass. Left earlier than other 5 guys, so dunno about theyr luck.

They just had a few flounder
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#156 Post by lugworm »

Anyone know how white bay is for weed?
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#157 Post by oli »

BB clean of weed...
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#158 Post by robbiekennedy »

well lads and lasses any story of weed round the ballyquin area
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#159 Post by THE BROW »

tramore lookin very bad today
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#160 Post by beachbuddy »

robbiekennedy wrote:well lads and lasses any story of weed round the ballyquin area
Don't know about the weed,but there were 14 headlamps on it the other night crazy or what :roll:
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