Has anybody managed any fishing in Ireland lately?

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:23 pm

Been a while since anyone posted any fishing reports.
My excuse is the weather, work and a nasty cold.

Anybody catching anything?

ed

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:34 pm

i am the same as you. but getting some fishing done tomorrow out the wind we are gettig

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:45 pm

good luck if you do get out denny.
Where are you heading, your usual?

ed

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:34 am

fish anywhere where the wind isnt. everytime i have the chance to get out iys either windy or the swell is crazy. angry

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:27 pm

I can fish in my front garden today, dont think there would be many fish but plenty of water. I managed to get to college yesterday, but wont even be able to get out in my jeep today ( if I was allowed to use it for fishing) let alone my van. Ive just walked to the pub in my waders and its about 3 feet deep down there.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:35 pm

my wife is away this weekend working and i am baby sitting. so i cant even go to the pub

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:03 pm

I only went to see how deep the water was and if I could get out. I dont think the pub will be open for a few weeks now.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:38 pm

is it that bad.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:21 pm

Its desperate, a couple of miles down the road from me a family had to be rescued from their home by the coastguard helicopter

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:56 pm

a whole hotel near me had to be evacuated by boat(dont laugh big grin

) at 230am. the same hotel had an underground carpark and the water filled it and came up over, im not joking, ill post a pic later
google "cork flood pics" and see what shows up.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:20 pm

someones house
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this is the main street in cork city
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loadsa fun for kids
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the force of the river lee coming round the bend burst the wall overflowing into this road
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and this is the entrance to the car park of the hotel that had to be evacuated by boat.......note this is an underground car park, the water must be 10 foot at least......and there was cars in there wwhen it flodded
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:53 pm

I can see that there will be no point fishing the Lee for a while.
I bet that car park charges extra for valeting!!
Hope you yourself were missed in the flooded homes, seem to becoming more frequent these days. Least you got to wear your waders.

ed

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:40 pm

Its going to destroy my two favorite bass marks, one is an estuary the other has a small river running into it. The last big storm took half the sand off Cregg beach leaving one side a barren wasteland of boulders. Its going to be thick with silt for weeks.

Looks like we got away with it lightly compared to Redmouse.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:57 pm

thankfully my house was ok. the roads in and out of the village were pretty bad but one of them was just about passable.

my sister in law used to work in the hotel that was flooded till she got laid off a few months back. she didnt realise how lucky she was at the time, she was only out of work a few weeks but might have needed a new car had they kept her on big grin

havent been fishing in a few weeks, hopefully the worst of the weather will be gone soon and the weed cleared out by the tides by time i get out again. serious withdrawal sypmtoms now.........i even contemplated getting a wii and the Bass fishing game to go with it winking

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:33 am

hope you and everyone else is ok and dont have much damage. we have been very lucky here. even had a nice days/night fishing , 3 doggies, whiting and coalfish. could have been better, as i used so good bait up. but i got out, thats what matters.