Sea angling reports

Sea fishing reports from shore and boat.

Dublin Angling's crew show off John Brierton's specimen Hound of 13.4lb

Treble specimen trips of tope and smooth-hound with Wicklow Boat Charters

Wicklow Boat Charter’s skipper Kit Dunne reports on a few recent trips when he recorded Treble Specimens of Tope and Smooth-Hounds. And for this...
Double hook up for Megan and Adam

Good bass fishing in Cork Harbour with plenty of scope for other species

Eire Bass guide Richie Ryan  had a pleasant surprise at the very start of an outing in Cork Harbour when two tourists hooked up...

ILLEX–CELLENT bass fishing in Wexford

Jim Hendrick had one of those excellent evenings of fishing that will go down in memory last week. Fishing with one of his regular...

A double for Dan while fishing with Dad

Wexford guide Sid Jones has a bountiful trip at Kilmore quay: On a recent boat trip to the beautiful Kilmore quay with a mixed party...
Ian Murphy with a 33lb ling caught out of Kinsale on the Silver Dawn last Wednesday

Good reef and wreck fishing around Kinsale with ling to 33lb last week

Mike Dennehy, skipper of the Silver Dawn out of Kinsale reports that mackerel are now becoming easier to locate and that their season is now in full...
Lavender flies and fine flouro leaders saw daytime catches improve

Jim Hendrick goes pink in the sun…

Jim Hendrick reports that a change in tactics brought an improvement in daytime bass catches during the recent bright sunshine... Long time favourite fly colour...

Clare shore anglers find angling difficult in persistent strong winds

Ken O'Neill, IFI reports that shore angling on the Clare coast has been challenging due to weather conditions.  Strong winds persisting. Some Mackerel are...

2.7kgs specimen ballan wrasse caught on Beara

Paul Harris reports Busy week with plenty of fish caught. Tony, Martin and Edwin from Holland were on their third visit to the Beara. Previously...

Henry Gilbey tackles the suspended weeds to land the Bass

The shear frustration of seeing great numbers of fine sized bass and not being able to catch them because of the amount of suspended...
Dutch anglers on the Sea Breeze III had the first blue shark of the season

First blue shark of the season reported from Kinsale last week

The news in from Kinsale is that the first blue sharks of the season were landed last Thursday... Ger Murphy, Skipper of Sea Breeze III...