West coast cod shore

[EPClare]

Just wondering why you never get any cod on the west coast from the shore. Is the water temp to high or something. Only ever seen 1 red cod caught from shore in clare. From a rock mark and on feathers.

[baitdigger]

I think they are few and far between so no-one targets them, I know the lads on the other side of the bay had a few last year but I never heard of anything over a pound. An old fella from Lehinch told me he caught them about twenty years ago but he hasn't had any for years.

[chuckaroo]

strange, we get codling all year round from the shore in antrim - though nothing compared to 40 years ago when they were prolific in numbers in red bay and when they used to throw back 3-4lb fish becos they were too small! overfishing!! - and plenty off cork by the sounds of it. so im guessing its not a temperature factor.
maybe clare shores arent the right sort of environment for schools of cod.. as baitdigger says, maybe they just arent there.
doesnt anyone ever catch them even from a boat just offshore have you ever tried fishing the shannon estuary? i have heard of codling being caught in it