It’s been a week of variety on the Clare Dragoon, with a lot of species caught. Starting in the estuary, where the last day for one group produced some nice ray and huss, including a seldom caught spotted ray. An enjoyable finish for a crew who are longtime visitors to west Clare, some of them fishing with Luke since he first had the Clare Dragoon.
The new crew wanted to target sixgill shark, but two days of drifting produced just one hookup from a sixgill. Unfortunately it spat the hook after a few minutes, but the consolation “bycatch” was a nice porbeagle shark.
More breeze meant fishing sheltered reefs, with plenty of pollack taking baits. Luke says its great to see anglers putting the smaller fish back, and the Charter Skippers Association have introduced a policy of returning all fish under 40cm to encourage guests to practise catch-and-release.
And finally, an angling holiday in Ireland is not all about the fishing. Enjoying some local hospitality, food and drink and meeting new people is all part of the experience, and no better place to do it than Carrigaholt!
Go fishing…
Clare Dragoon
Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…
I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com
