It may be late autumn, and the weather may be “inclement” to say the least, but that doesn’t deter some of the Killybegs Mariners crew. Some of them enjoyed a few hours on the beach this week, enjoying good fishing.

Plenty of decent size coalies were caught, along with flounder, turbot and sea trout. The big swell thrown up by storms produced some nice cod too for Johnny Byrne, one of the keenest shore anglers we know. If you put in the hours, sooner or later you get rewarded. Fish around, find out!

A turbot for Gavin Dorrian
Nice coalfish – a staple of winter beach fishing, especially after dark
A nice cod for Johnny Byrne
Double shot for Gavin

Another club member, Cormac Burke, attended the Irish Specimen Fish Committee awards in Dublin last weekend. He was there to collect specimen awards for himself and John Cunningham. Cormac had a specimen smoothhound, while John had a specimen spurdog. Cormac has a great write-up on the specimen awards and the backgrond to it on the Mariner Facebook page here.

Cormac’s specimen smoothhound, caught on Rossnowlagh beach in August.

 

Go Fishing

Mariners sea angling club, Killybegs Co Donegal. The club runs a shore league and boat competitions and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love. Get in touch at www.facebook.com/mariner.sac