Second time’s a charm for Amy with West Cork Angling Adventures

Fast forward to 2025 and Amy came back to West Cork for a break and another coastal lure fishing session with me. Since her first trip life had got in the way of fishing and she hadn’t had the opportunity to do any more, but she had gone away with my advice and invested in some lure fishing kit.

Here’s where I have to give big props to @southsideangling in Dublin, to which I have no affiliation. They supplied a superb Shimano Rod/Reel combo, that I’d be more than happy to fish with myself. Further to that they loaded the reel with braid and even tied on the leader from the spool they supplied along with a decent selection of Lures one of which (a Kilty) found success during our session. So a big well done to Southside and whoever it was that took the time to do a great job equipping somebody new to angling who’d had the courage to walk in with limited knowledge and ultimately come out with some gear that is in my opinion ideally suitable and something that’s unlikely to happen when buying online!

So back to the fishing, after a casting tune up at Rosscarbery off we went to a wild rocky spot where I coached Amy to count down the metal lure and fish progressively slower and deeper before she hooked and landing a feisty pollock before we retreated and moved on to the next spot.

On arrival I selected the uber versatile SG Pencil for this location as it was a polar opposite of the first – shallow, calm and weedy. Amy got into a rhythm of covering the water and as I set off to answer the call of nature Amy shouted “Fish on!” and I quickly returned to deal with a super – bright green wrasse as caught by one very proud and happy angler!