cork cod 2016

squidly

anybody been out trying for codling yet?

I'm hoping to get out wednesday and try either youghal or monkstown.

nokiatom

Boat or shore ?

squidly

nokiatom wrote: »

Boat or shore ?

I'll be fishing from the shore.

nokiatom

don't know what the codling are like in Youghal but ive seen pics of one shore angler getting reasonable size coalies there.

SeaFields

Yeah, saw photos on facebook of cod in Monkstown. The weather the last few day should have a few moving up.

squidly

Thanks lads. I'll let ye know how I get on.

squidly

squidly wrote: »

Thanks lads. I'll let ye know how I get on.

didn't catch any codling! fished from low tide to high tide, mack and crab bait, caught a few small flats, small whiting, a dogfish and a fairly decent mackeral, on mackeral! good day all the same.

Jim from Cork

There are some cod showing in the outer harbour but they are quite small. I would imagine that the wall would not throw up much. The water temperature has been quite high so hopefully with the next cold spell we might see a better run of fish (Bearing in mind that we didn't get any decent run last year).

The best bait by a mile for the Wall is crab.
There is further reading about the wall here: http://www.topfisher.eu/throwback-de-wall-at-monkstown-cork-cod-from-the-shore/?preview=true&preview_id=1309&preview_nonce=749cc6cdda&post_format=standard

Head Wreck

How would one catch a cod, Just cast out a bit of bait and retrieve slowly? From the beach or pier?

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Head Wreck wrote: »

How would one catch a cod, Just cast out a bit of bait and retrieve slowly? From the beach or pier?

For me it would preferably be off a beach, in a huge surf, 6oz lead, whole peeler crab on a 4/0 hook. Leave it alone till the rod starts dancing