The mackerel have thinned out again this week and will hopefully be back in numbers when the water clarity improves, plenty of Pollack to 8lb being caught along with small Ling and several other species when we can avoid the huge shoals of Coalies that are still inshore. They are great sport on lighter tackle with the better fish going up to 6lb.
A trip with a difference this week saw Paul Connaughton founder of a new Irish wildlife company ‘Shearwater Wildlife Tours’ coming out on Tigger to view the abundant birdlife that can be found of the coastline around Clonakilty. The skies and sea were full of feeding birds and we were lucky to see hundreds of Shearwaters along with diving Gannets, some of the more unusual species included a first summer Iceland Gull, several Puffins and Great Skua’s along with a Arctic Skua to name a few. On the way back we drifted with feathers to make sure Paul had plenty of fish to take home to Rosscarbery.
David Edwards,
Clonakilty Coastal and deep Sea Charters
