Monkstown the wall

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Monkstown the wall

#1 Post by flounder5791 »

Hi lads heading diwn to the wall on sunday anyone know how its fishing at the moment ? Thanks lads
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Re: Monkstown the wall

#2 Post by Morgan44 »

It's full of cod between a pound and a half and three and a half , bring plenty of crab . Low water fishing best as when the tide starts running your lead will struggle to hold bottom . Have had two short goes down there , two of us had twenty odd cod in a few hours . To be honest catching fish that size on heavy gear is not much sport but with the strength of tide it's what you need . The further you can cast and hold bottom the better the fishing .
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Re: Monkstown the wall

#3 Post by ste c »

Would you not fish youghal at ferry point or up the river and try for the bigger cod?
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#4 Post by flounder5791 »

We were only looking at monkstown because were picking up a new kayak around there ..... Not sure where were going yet
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Re: Monkstown the wall

#5 Post by red »

Try the kayak in the channel at monkstown?
Look up topfisher.eu
JimC had a good write up on monkstown from the boat. Theres a few launch sites near by!
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#6 Post by Ben »

any whiting in monkstown at the moment?
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Re: Monkstown the wall

#7 Post by donal domeney »

none there Saturday morning but plenty of cod,
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