Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports:
Donal Kennedy, skipper of the Leah, reported some excellent spurdog fishing and a wealth of varieties, for a group of Anglers from Athlone, in Killala Bay. The weather was fine with light northerly winds and a promise of fresh sea breezes towards late afternoon.
The first couple of drifts didn’t produce as many mackerel as anticipated and as caught in previous days. However, the skipper came well prepared with a good supply of fresh frozen mackerel which were needed as the first drift further out, over deeper water, produced the ever present pouting, along with some nice ling, best up to 7 lbs. There was a steady catch of fish with more ling, cod, pollack, coalfish and cuckoo wrasse.
As the day continued, one of the anglers thought he was caught in the bottom only to discover he had hooked a fine spurdog, well into double figures, which was brought right to the boat but unfortunately came off. However, many more good fighting spurdog were hooked, played, and landed and safely released.
To finish off the day the group fished over a sandy patch which produced another 4 different species including dab, red gurnard, grey gurnard and the odd dogfish. All in all an extremely successful and entertaining day out in Killala Bay
To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)0868174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
