Carrigaholt Sea Angling have spent a lot of time hiding in the estuary lately, and this week wasn’t much different. Thankfully, there have been plenty of fish hiding in the estuary too and skipper Luke always knows how to find them…

Saturday 17th was the last day for one crew and the forecast gave Luke some hope, so he pushed out to try shark drift. But conditions where far from perfect and he had to head SW from Loop Head so that when the wind (that was already fresh) got stronger it would be with the boat heading home. As it was, they got 4 hours of a drift and plenty fish off the bottom, but no shark. A short stop on the way home saw a few bonus rays and a couple of Tope landed.

 

On Sunday Luke took advantage of the good conditions to get well out west. There were lots of small pollack on the ground, all of which were returned, but the crew also got some fine keepers.

Plenty of small pollack but one or two better fish as well
It blew up a howler on Monday and even in the estuary the fishing was very bad. There was no sign of sunshine but the moody sky and different lights were still impressive.
There were only a few fish caught, with one decent bull huss being the pick of the day. One good thing was the amount of mackerel in the estuary – they seem very plentiful at the moment.
Pick of the day

Tuesday was a slightly better day, but the fishing was still tough, with some ray and tope caught. Wednesday was another bad day in terms of conditions, and the mackerel that had been plentiful lately were hard to come by. Luke decided to head for home to raid the bait freezer, and when he returned, one of the anglers had caught this…..

Catch of the day!

Clare Dragoon

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

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