Luke Aston, skipper of the Clare Dragoon out of Carrigaholt was fishing with a nice group from Holland all last week. The weather changed a bit during their stay here but we had some lovely days fishing the reefs for the start of the week. For the last 2 days it became windy and wet but because of the estuary they fished in calm water and still had fun…
The fishing west of Loop head was good with a nice mix of fish about. Pollack were obliging and one of the lads was delighted with the sport he got on a new light spinning rod he had just got. There also seemed to be a fair amount of Ling and Haddock about although the weights were not massive. Some of the noticeable catches were double figure Cod and Spurdog.
As I said we had to move into the estuary for the last two days and on the first of these we got a quick session at the tope and boated the first of the year, a 35lb male. As this group were new to this fishing we also missed about 4 more.
For the rest of the day we had to move to more shelter a try for ray which was very quite. On the last day the wind was stronger but in the south so we could stay at the tope longer and got 5 to the boat and landed 3. So nice to see them about!
Luke Aston
Clare Dragoon
Go fishing…
Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine that operates out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare.
I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!
To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
Email: lukeaston@eircom.net Web: www.fishandstay.com
