Some good weather at the weekend prior to the arrival of Storm Agnes saw the Clare Dragoon take advantage, and skipper Luke Aston got his crew offshore for a crack at blue shark. It was a day for the blues alright, with blue shark, blue whiting and bluemouth all landed by his guests! The latter two not being particularly common in angling catches, although Luke says they are turning up more recently.

A fine blue shark for this angler

 

The colourful bluemouth – we promise, it is indeed blue inside the mouth!
Blue whiting

The rest of the week saw blustery weather, culminating in Storm Agnes, but estuary fishing proved a welcome respite, with plenty of thornback ray, averaging 6-9lbs but some well into double figures.

a very thorny thornback – check out that tail!
And a less thorny tail(less) ray
A decent size thornie.

 

 

Go fishing…

Clare Dragoon

Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…

I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com