Skipper John Fleming reports some great fishing at times over the last couple of weeks. Although the shark fishing has been hit-and-miss, there have been some good days with a number of porbeagles brought to the boat, some firsts and PBs for anglers, and plenty of craic.
A couple of shark trips were not possible due to weather offshore, particularly with the arrival of Storm Floris, but on the plus side the spurdog fishing was absolutely astounding for one group who had booked a shark trip. With the shark not playing ball, a move to spurdog ground for the last hour or two saw hectic action, John says they lost count of the spurs, with a good three quarters of the fish probably specimen size, if they hadn’t been too busy catching to measure them!
There has also been excellent mixed species fishing, with plenty of good pollack, coalies, wrasse and many more.
Go fishing…
To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320
A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
Package deals available
Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
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Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320
