Dave Edwards of West Cork Charters has really been getting among the shark over the past week. He had a couple of visitors from the USA alongside a regular client, and hooked into a blue on the first drift. But better was to come, as they were shortly into a double hook-up of porbeagle, landing a 165cm female and a 145cm male at the same time. They then followed that with another few blues and topped it off with a third porgie, this one a male of 160cm.
But if you thought that was a good day, things only got better yesterday, as the group he had onboard managed 16 blues and 6 porgies, exceptional sharking by any standard! Dave tags sharks as part of IFI’s Marine Sportfish Tagging Programme, so it will be interesting to see if any of these sharks show up again sometime soon.
41′ Rodman 1250. Twin 430 HP Engines Skipper: David Edwards Licence: P5 Licence Base: Courtmacsherry Operational Area:60 miles to sea from ports from Kinsale to Portmagee
Authorised blue fin tuna boat 2025
Notes:The range of fishing found within close range of Courtmacsherry is superb, with trips producing anything between 6 and 15 different species as a norm and in excess of 20 is possible if anglers are prepared to change methods and use different baits and lures throughout their trip. As a rule mackerel, pollock, cod and ling are usually encountered but several species of wrasse along with whiting, pouting, coalfish, bull huss, conger and many more are often added to the catch.
If you do choose to head offshore to sample the superb shark fishing available within 10 miles of Courtmacsherry, there is a very strong chance of encountering blue sharks and an increasing chance of bringing a porbeagle shark to the boat.
Silver Dawn
