David Edwards, skipper of the Silver Dawn at West Cork Charters, reports on a near blank on sharks…
Had a really tough, long day at Sharks on Tuesday this week.
With weather playing havoc for our Dutch anglers’ plans for the week, we decided on a 12 hour trip to make the most of a rare settled day.
A handful of fresh Mackerel and Scad were added to our baits and we headed offshore.
I was being kept busy fishing the ground while the lads set their Shark lines out.
Plenty of fish were being hauled from the depths, including some fine Whiting, Megrim and even a small Spurdog & Octopus.
The Shark lines were quiet…VERY quiet.
A couple of enquiries from Porbeagles, including one good sized fish, that followed the remains of a large Whiting live bait to the boat, was all we had to show for our efforts.
I was staring down the barrel of my third ever Irish Shark blank, and my first for 3 years, when finally we had a run that stayed connected.
Robin had the lightest set up and it took some time to get his good sized Blue Shark onboard.
A fine fish and a very welcome one.
Today was the definition of why it’s called fishing, not catching.
Go fishing…
Silver Dawn
