west cork fishing over winter

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west cork fishing over winter

#1 Post by alfiebass »

can anybody recomend any areas down this neck of the woods where i could catch any cod from the beaches
or am i better off traveling up to monkstown and if so what baits would be best used there as ive never
fished there before.

any help would be much appreciated :?
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#2 Post by biker »

not sure about the beaches man but youghal, monkstown and cobh all fish well enough for cod, usual baits would be peeler crab or lug worm
2011 species: pollock,mackeral,coalfish,whiting,codling,conger,flounder,dogfish,pouting.Not bad for my first few months fishing :)

2012 species: Coalfish (13), Bass (1), Rockling (5), Ballan wrasse (2), Pollock (57), Dogfish (8),
Whiting (1), Conger (1)

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Re: west cork fishing over winter

#3 Post by sparkey+1 »

Cocktail of razor lug and peeler or squid instead of razor and dont forget the mussel in the cocktail works for me..
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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Re: west cork fishing over winter

#4 Post by Paul Harris »

Where in Werst Cork are ye, it is a big area?
Live out on the beautiful Beara Peninsula. Always willing to assist visiting anglers.
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#5 Post by alfiebass »

hi paul
i live in dunmanway , ive only been sea fishing for the last two years because there is,nt any
barbel fishing over here. so still trying to find places to fish especially over the winter months
i am actually coming over to adrigole next thursday to fit a stove so i will have a look around
in the afternoon while i am there
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#6 Post by Paul Harris »

Hi Alfie
Drop in when you are over and i will mark your card for you. Just back from a short session and caught 3 nice cod all about 3lb apiece. Plenty about and bass as well.
Paul
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#7 Post by alfiebass »

cheers paul will take you up on the offer
will contact you when have finnished work
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#8 Post by biker »

from down kinsale myself paul :mrgreen:
2011 species: pollock,mackeral,coalfish,whiting,codling,conger,flounder,dogfish,pouting.Not bad for my first few months fishing :)

2012 species: Coalfish (13), Bass (1), Rockling (5), Ballan wrasse (2), Pollock (57), Dogfish (8),
Whiting (1), Conger (1)

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