Mark Gannon reports on the charterboat fishing Courtmacsherry…
With the weather improving we put a charter together with anglers interested in gilling for pollack, cod and coalfish and then anchoring up to try for Common Skate.
We had some good sized pollack with JJ Kelly landing the biggest, and his brother Paw had plenty of medium sized coalies on feathers and lures.
At anchor we caught a few dogfish and within the hour Craig Kelly landed a Common Skate, total length 193 cm approximately weighing 160 lbs, an Irish Specimen the first one of 2025 tagged and released.
We fished till 5pm but only had several more dogfish. Great to get the season off to a positive start.
Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre offers charter boat fishing and inshore small boat hire.
Lady Patricia
Aquastar 38′. 370 HP Skipper: Mark Gannon Licence: 819 Base: Courtmacsherry Operational Area: 30 miles out from Courtmacsherry
Notes: Mark has two Aquastar 38’s, Lady Patricia and Lady Louise. Specialising in wreck fishing, Mark’s boats have consistently provided specimen fish over the years. Shark, reef and general inshore angling also on offer.
Lady Louise
Aquastar 38′. 370 HP Caterpillar Skipper: Sean Maxwell Licence: 818 Base: Courtmacsherry Operational Area: 30 miles out from Courtmacsherry
Authorised blue fin tuna boat 2026
Notes: Mark has two Aquastar 38’s, Lady Patricia and
Lady Louise. Specialising in wreck fishing, Mark’s boats have consistently provided specimen fish over the years. Shark, reef and general inshore angling also on offer.
Inshore small boat hire
With our Self Drive boats several different activities can be enjoyed. Our self drive 16′ Boats are equipped with 8 HP Yamaha 4 stroke engines. Equipment includes:
• Set of oars
• Life-Jackets
• Anchors
• Charts of local area
Lady Patricia
Lady Louise
