Flounder gathering in South Wicklow and Wexford estuaries

Over the last week flounder numbers started to gather in the South Wicklow and Wexford estuaries. Good numbers of flounders have been caught and...
Mullet

Good mullet fishing still possible, specimen fish at Laytown

Liam Kane, Dublin, enjoyed good mullet fishing at Laytown last week. The high point of the day was when he caught this lovely mullet...

Conditions deteriorate at east coast angling competition, 2 bass and a flounder win

Peter Cunningham reported that at the last East Coast Angling, Drogheda, sea angling competition, seventeen anglers turned out for the one o'clock start and conditions were...
William Walsh with a fine specimen mullet

A fine specimen mullet recorded in Wicklow

Low winds and high pressure have brought some great fishing conditions to the East coast. William Walsh, Director, IFI Blackrock caught a...
John Holmes specimen wrasse 2.36 kilos with Suzanne Campion, head of Business Developement, Inland Fisheries Ireland.

33 species recorded at the excellent Rosslare Small Boats Competition.

‘Screaming Reels’  from Rosie’s sea angling club in Cork won the 26TH Rosslare Small Boats competition, which was held from 10-16th September with 26...

An east coast adventure: Tope from a kayak

Gary Robinson reports on some exciting tope fishing... I headed back down to a Wicklow beach this morning after a forecast break in the "hurricane"...

September outlook for east coast bass

Sea fishing conditions are poor this week with the current spell of low pressure and high winds. However, September is the ...

Catch of the Week, 18/08/11

Photo: Stephen Hayden wins Catch of the Week with a 54lb tope. Stephen Hayden was fishing with friends off Bray for mackerel and tope...

Catch of the Week, 11/08/11

Photo: Des Chew with his specimen mullet from Co. Wicklow Des Chew caught and released a lovely specimen mullet from Co Wicklow at...