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Mackerel fish in Woodstown

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  • 26-06-2009 10:02pm
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    Trotter
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    Just went for a wander in Woodstown this evening at full tide around 8:30pm. The beach was empty enough, but out in the water I could hear what sounded like rocks falling into the water. When I looked out, I could see loads of very big fish jumping up out of the water about 20m out. I'm only going mad I didnt have a fishing rod with some of the little mirror lures because I'd have had fresh mackerel for 20 people for the weekend.

    Is this a normal occurrence? I mean I'm wicked excited by this like :D
    Recession = Free fish!


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    daftdave
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    Trotter wrote: »
    Just went for a wander in Woodstown this evening at full tide around 8:30pm. The beach was empty enough, but out in the water I could hear what sounded like rocks falling into the water. When I looked out, I could see loads of very big fish jumping up out of the water about 20m out. I'm only going mad I didnt have a fishing rod with some of the little mirror lures because I'd have had fresh mackerel for 20 people for the weekend.

    Is this a normal occurrence? I mean I'm wicked excited by this like :D
    Recession = Free fish!

    lol..... anything free is good man !!!!


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    deisemum
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    Oh nice one, my son (13) caught a fish, pollock I think on Thursday night and hubby caught another one on Friday night in Dunmore East but no mackerel.

    My son is pestering his dad to go fishing most evenings if the tide is high. I think they'll be heading to Woodstown tonight :D


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    ianoo
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    hate to bust your bubble lads but they were most likely mullet not mackeral and we all know what mullet eat :eek:

    ian


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    Trotter
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    ianoo wrote: »
    hate to bust your bubble lads but they were most likely mullet not mackeral and we all know what mullet eat :eek:

    ian

    They were mackerel alright.. I cought a heap of em when I brought my rod :D


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    wellbutty
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    Is Woodstown a safe place to eat fish/cockles etc from??? Was out there last week and a JCB was digging sand away to allow a "stream" to flow into it...it wasnt exactly reassuring!


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    JackM_79
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    wellbutty wrote: »
    Is Woodstown a safe place to eat fish/cockles etc from??? Was out there last week and a JCB was digging sand away to allow a "stream" to flow into it...it wasnt exactly reassuring!


    Yes it is safe to eat fish/cockles from there, there is a large oyster farm on the sand bank in woodstown as well, most of the oysters are exported to France so the water quality is strictly monitored.

    As for the cockles, you'd be doing well to get a feed of them in woodstown these days. They were wiped out a couple of years ago when some lad from the north came down and sucked them all up. There were officials from the dept of the marine out here a few weeks ago looking for samples to test. It took them 2 days to get a couple of buckets of them.

    The "stream" is exactly that, its actually called the river douglas and it originates in one of the large hills between Woodstown and Dunmore East, the digger was most likely digging it out as it will flood up stream if left for a long time blocked up.


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    wellbutty
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    Thanks JackM_79, lots of good stuff I didnt know there


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    calerbass
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    It is a normal occurrence ok, Mackeral break the water going after small sprats,where you can see a right example of this is in cobh, normally this month August they come in, and if your on the pier when they are you ll see them in their hundreds breaking the water going after the small sprats which will be in their thousands.


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