Ger Murphy of Sea Breeze III out of Kinsale reports that Dublin angler John Harrington hooked a very rarely encountered thresher shark yesterday. It was an epic fight lasting 3 hours and John stayed on the reel the whole time. The reel was stripped on a number of occasions. The rod being a 20lb class was only just up to the rod the Shimano 4/0 reel really showed it’s class in lasting the pace. The huge fish was estimated to weigh in the region of 300lb, but as it was safely released after being unhooked we’ll never know for sure. One thing that is certain though, is that this is the first reported catch by an angler in Irish waters through we have had in the Irish Angling Update. Two years ago there was a report of a thresher shark breaching off Dungarvan and there have been occasional sightings and commercial landings, but this catch is a real landmark for Irish angling and we hope to see more caught over the season.
It must have been the weather as a second boat from Kinsale had another species rarely encountered by anglers. Dan Lynch of Halfway Tackle and the Irish Boat Angling Team was fishing on the Silver Dawn out of Kinsale on Saturday when he had a hake. Other fish of note caught on the day were ling to 20lb, blue shark and some good whiting, cod, coalies and pollock.
Over at Courtmacsherry Mark Gannon tells us his anglers were getting some decent conger and also a juvenile skate amongst all the other regular ground fishing species.
Adrain Nowotynski of the Rod n Reel out of Union Hall was also making the most of the fine weather this week and reports some good blue shark fishing is being had at the moment. Yesterday they fished at anchor for the day and so a had a bit of ground fishing as well as the sharks, although the sharks were plentiful and kept things busy. Best was estimated at 110lb.
Go fishing…
Sea Breeze III
The Sea Breeze III is a 38ft Aquastar based in Kinsale. It contains advanced navigation, fish finding and safety equipment. The boat can reach speeds of up to 22 knots. With it’s large deck space, you will be assured a comfortable experience. We will provide all the rods and tackle for your trip.
Telephone: +353 85 1322857 or +353 86 2311672
Website: www.seabreezeanglingkinsale.com
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
Lady Patricia / Lady Louise
Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre is one of Irelands Premier Angling Centres based in the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry located only 30miles from Cork International Airport on the West Cork coast between the Old head of Kinsale and the Seven Heads peninsula. Our purpose built Sea angling and selfdrive boats offer the sea angler the ultimate in safety and comfort.Sea Angling in Courtmacsherry produces good results both for the offshore charter angler,the selfdrive angler for inshore fishing or the wreck enthusiast.
Web: www.courtmacsherryangling.ie
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +353 (0)23 8846427 or +353 (0)86 8250905
Irish Deep Sea Charter
Jim and Adrian Nowotynski are a father and son team that skipper the Rod’n’Reel and Boy Scott out of Union Hall and Glandore Harbour. We have excellent fishing with huge variety all within 45 minutes of leaving port – so more time fishing.
Jim: +353 (0)87 7613171 Adrian: +353 (0)86 3314224
Web: http://irishdeepseacharter.com/ and www.glandoreharbourcharters.com
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