sixgill shark

Monster shark – 1500lb – caught of Clare coast!

The big hits just keep on coming for anglers on the Clare Dragoon. Having just won Catch of the Week for a sixgill estimated at 900lb,...
Chris Logan and his first ever skate

A first skate on a sunny Sunday at Red Bay

After a great day at the Irish Specimen Fish Awards on Saturday it was back down to the nitty gritty on Sunday hunting big...
Thomas Quinlan and one his carp

57 lb bag of carp wins Oaklands match for 15 year old angler

Adrian Browne of Oaklands Lake in New Ross reports that this weekend's match was a great event which saw Thomas Quinlan, 15, beat off...
skate

Show me the weather! Red Bay anglers get amongst big fish

Hamish Currie and a crew of specimen hunters were out last weekend and got into some big fish in deepwater  off the Antrim coast… Another...

Specimen spurs for Wicklow anglers

Kit Dunne reports that finally after a number of weather caused cancellations he got back out to sea on March 18th. And what a...
skate

183lb skate on 12lb rod plus lots more great inshore fishing

Terry Jackson, specimen hunter and angling writer, sent us this report from a recent sea angling trip: On a recent trip aboard my Red Bay...

Magnificent River Trout for Swedish Angler

Last week, well-travelled Swedish fly angler,  Leif Stävmo, was fishing the River Suir. Leif really knows his fishing and made the most of his...
Marek Kozinski with a beautiful 86cm ferox trout from Lough Corrib, taken while fishing with guide Tomi Kurman, June 2014

Tropical conditions on Corrib means ferox fishing

The bright sunny conditions of the last week have morphed into a full-blown heatwave in Galway, with temperatures of 25 degrees over the last...

Lovely early season mullet caught on the fly in West Cork

Angling Guide Richie Ryan reports on good inshore fishing for mullet for his clients in West Cork Welsh angler Andy Davies and Eire Bass guide...
Duncan Lennox, 38kilo Upper Dam

Some lovely catches at Inniscarra Including a winning Catch of the Week for Duncan...

GREAT FISHING on Inniscarra yesterday, Sunday January 25th. Some lovely catches from the Upper Dam on a warm January day at 13 degrees. Duncan Lennox caught...