Tom Collins reports the first shark of the season which was landed out of Union Hall in Co. Cork…
We tagged our first shark on Saturday 31st May 12.05. It was a fine blue shark which measured just over 2m total length and had a 71cm girth.
As far as I’m aware this is the first blue shark caught this season. Steven Rayner was the lucky angler and the shark was landed on our new boat Loch an Iasc.
In general fishing is going well and a group of novice anglers from The Water’s Edge Hotel in Cobh had a great trip out last week with some fine cod, pollack and ling landed.
Go Fishing…
2013 has been the best shark season on record for our skipper with an individual catch of 31 Blue shark in one day. He also tagged his 1st Mako shark. This was only the 3rd Mako to be caught in Irish waters on rod and line and the first in 44 years. He also witnessed a rare event last summer. While returning from a dusk whale watching trip he saw a juvenile seal being launched out of the water on 3 occassions and then taken by a shark.
