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North Beach, Wicklow

#1 Post by chenz116 »

usually fish bray and greystones but wana try a little bit further and was thinking of North Beach Wicklow

What kind of beach is it ? sandy, shingle ??

has anyone fished it lately ?
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Re: North Beach, Wicklow

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i fished a beach near enough to it last night fished from6 to 10 over low water. i had 2 whiting 1 flounder and 1 Bass 48/49cm :D first of the year :wink:
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sounds promising :lol:

also meant to ask if it had easy access mate of mine has a bad knee and cant clim rocks or anything like that.
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#4 Post by tight lines »

very handy park the car and stright onto the beach the monkey pole is a well knowen spot on the beach but it a bit of a walk if you have lots of gear or a bad knee good luck and tight lines
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#5 Post by chenz116 »

went yesterday fished the beach from 12-4 with not even a bite

tried the harbour for a hour an managed a small whiting which saved the blank.
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Dont give up on it, about 2 years ago 17 consecutive trebble dogfish in 2 and a half hours off that beach, 51 fish :shock: till they dropped off and I was only getting doubles :roll:
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bigsod wrote:Dont give up on it, about 2 years ago 17 consecutive trebble dogfish in 2 and a half hours off that beach, 51 fish :shock: till they dropped off and I was only getting doubles :roll:

I'd say your arm is still hanging off ya :lol:
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Al wrote:
bigsod wrote:Dont give up on it, about 2 years ago 17 consecutive trebble dogfish in 2 and a half hours off that beach, 51 fish :shock: till they dropped off and I was only getting doubles :roll:

I'd say your arm is still hanging off ya :lol:
Ill be getting cortazone injections next time im heading there :lol: we ran out of bait and still got fish on smoke butts soaked in mackeral juice
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Re: North Beach, Wicklow

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bigsod wrote:
Al wrote:
bigsod wrote:Dont give up on it, about 2 years ago 17 consecutive trebble dogfish in 2 and a half hours off that beach, 51 fish :shock: till they dropped off and I was only getting doubles :roll:

I'd say your arm is still hanging off ya :lol:
Ill be getting cortazone injections next time im heading there :lol: we ran out of bait and still got fish on smoke butts soaked in mackeral juice

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