WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#161 Post by donal domeney »

beachbuddy wrote:
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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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#162 Post by beachbuddy »

I thought you only took that ferrari out at the weekend. 8)
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#163 Post by robbiekennedy »

Don't know about the weed,but there were 14 headlamps on it the other night crazy or what :roll:[/quote]
its like that most nights now. there a serious decline of fish there last couple years but anyway no weed and no fish i am going to have to get brave and go elsewhere :cry:
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#164 Post by patk »

What are the chances of weed free fishing i ballycroneen tonight? or ballyb is there weed at high water mark?
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#165 Post by RockHunter »

Hi Pat,
I havn't fished there for a few weeks but with the northwesterly winds I would think that it should be free of weed. As well the tides are weak so weed left high on the beach wont be picked up at high tide.
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#166 Post by RockHunter »

robbiekennedy wrote:Don't know about the weed,but there were 14 headlamps on it the other night crazy or what :roll:
its like that most nights now. there a serious decline of fish there last couple years but anyway no weed and no fish i am going to have to get brave and go elsewhere :cry:[/quote]
I have noticed that myself, 3-4 years ago it was a bass great mark but there was a dramatic decline in the fishing last year - I didn't get a single bass there all of last year. There are much better marks, wouldn't waste my time there now.
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#167 Post by patk »

Thanks frank will give it a go haven't been out in so long poor tide but you never know!!!!
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#168 Post by lucky13 »

anyone been down ballycroneen way? just wondering the state of seaweed there...
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#169 Post by Doberman »

Ballybranigan weed free first 2 h after low tide, after that tons of grass and not fishable.
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#170 Post by razor2 »

lucky13 wrote:anyone been down ballycroneen way? just wondering the state of seaweed there...
Its fine not weed very clean at low water
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#171 Post by shortcircuit »

How is Garrylucas/Garretstown for weed these days? Was thinking of going down for a cast this evening
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#172 Post by shortcircuit »

Garrylucas unfishable on Tues evening with weed
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#173 Post by barry murphy »

tramore unfishable tue with and will only get worse after the storm.
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#174 Post by Ronnach »

Does anyone know how good/bad the floating weed situation is in Courtmac estuary these days?
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#175 Post by Doberman »

Ballybranigan was not fishable last weekend.

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#176 Post by myworldfishing »

Heading to Ardmore and ballyquinn the weekend, anyone know what the weed is like?....
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#177 Post by donal domeney »

Bally/b clear of weed but fishing poor but did have a mackerel off it on Weds

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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#178 Post by immunecfg »

Guys

Anyone know the state of Inchadoney and the surrounding area? Im heading down this weekend for a week :)
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Re: WEED WATCH - Waterford & Cork

#179 Post by syboit »

anyone down on the beaches in east cork recently ? I was there around 2 weeks ago but plenty of weed around.

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#180 Post by peakle »

anyone know what garyvoe beaches like today :?:
species 2014(8)cod,coalie,flounder,dog, pollack,bass, turbot,twaite shad

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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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