Sid Jones of Fishing Ireland Guided Fishing journeyed down to Co. Cork for some sea fishing with Tom Collins and reports:

I was on a recent two day trip to Union Hall Co Cork in search of common skate and blue shark and thankfully I wasn’t disappointed….Last December I rang and booked with Tom Collins who came highly recommended. Time speedily passed and the trip was a couple of days away. After speaking with Tom I organised what rods and rigs needed and he helped me out with any questions about the common skate that I had as myself or any of the lads had fished for them before..

Excited would be an understatement. We steamed out to one of Tom’s skate mark Wednesday morning aboard Loch an Iasc a fast worker 36 with 700 horsepower, it seemed like no time at all in this sturdy powerful boat. The days fishing went exccellent, we landed mackerel, gurnard, codling, pollock to 8lb, ling to 7lb, conger to 15lb, 5 common skate in less than two hours the best being 104lbs.

The upmost care and professionalism towards all the species captured and released was outstanding to see from Tom…. He is so hands on with every aspect of the catch, photo and quick release of the fish, they all go back strongly….. After an exciting days fishing we headed back to Casey’s bar our highly recommended accommodation, a homely B&B for some excellent food and a cold pint.

Adam Smyth with one of the conger eel caught
Adam Smyth with one of the conger eel caught

Day two had high expectations due to recent multiple catches of blue shark, thankfully our day was also busy with a clatter of blue shark, the heaviest weighing 80lb. I landed a 40lb+ blue shark on my spinning rod and 4000 size reel loaded with 20lb braid the same set-up I use for bass fishing, the shark was tagged and went back strongly with one flick of the tail. Union Hall is an amazing place to fish and no finer a skipper to put you over them than Tom Collins, I’ll definitely be back down……

Sid Jones

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