Mike Dennehy’s Silver Dawn, fishing out of Kinsale, got over a good wreck at the weekend where the ling were up to specimen size…

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3 good ling on the Silver Dawn

With tropical like sea conditions and plenty of mackerel off Kinsale we decided to fish an offshore wreck on Saturday, 28 May.  We were well rewarded with bumper catches of ling, as well as large pollock and coalfish to near specimen sizes.

30lb ling for Gary Farrell
30lb ling for Gary Farrell

The ling were mostly large 10lb to 22lb sized fish with several fish touching the 25lb mark.

32lbs  ling for  albie o sullivan
32lbs specimen ling for Albie O’Sullivan – Catch of the Week!

The two heaviest recorded were  30 lbs and 32lbs  specimens for  Albie O’Sullivan and Gary Farrell with several other very large fish dropped.

Mick Dennehy
Silver Dawn

 

 

Go fishing…

Silver Dawn

Silver Dawn is based at Castlepark Marina in beautiful and historic town of Kinsale, Cork, Ireland. Our coastal area benefits from a range of mixed grounds with mud, shingle, rock and sand banks all with in reach to offer some excellent and varied fishing.

Tel:  +353 (0)87 2425685
Website: www.kinsalecharters.com