when do hounds completely dissappear?????

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when do hounds completely dissappear?????

#1 Post by sea serpant »

just wondering when is the latest you could fish for hounds say from nth wexford before they dissappear, ive been doing well the last couple of weeks but i no its coming to an end.. will they stil be showing in the next 2 weeks ???
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Re: when do hounds completely dissappear?????

#2 Post by willie bendit »

they are really starting to thin out now,with small and medium hounds allmost gone,I find that a few specimen sizes tend to
linger a while yet , probably wont last another week or two. :(
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#3 Post by alby »

sea serpant wrote:just wondering when is the latest you could fish for hounds say from nth wexford before they dissappear, ive been doing well the last couple of weeks but i no its coming to an end.. will they stil be showing in the next 2 weeks ???
Yes they will, I've had specimens into the second week of October & had several fish per session up until the end of September.

If the fish have gone thin on the ground, it's probably because there is not a great crab moult on as opposed to the fish moving on because it's got too cold. A few of the lads have had them into December when cod fishing in Ennerielly, although to be fair, that is fairly flukey.
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Re: when do hounds completely dissappear?????

#4 Post by sea serpant »

just looking back on last years reports and it seems hounds have showed into early septemper :D so there still a bit of hope yet of beating my pb :mrgreen:

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