Sea angling reports

Sea fishing reports from shore and boat.

Last Bass of April

Farewell to April and bad fishing, Hello to May in Cork

I headed out on Saturday evening for the last session of April as the weather for the last two days of the month looked...

Wexford Biodiversity draft plan and Bass conservation

Jim Hendrick brings your attention to to Wexford Co Councils biodiversity plan from January of last year When all submissions to the Wexford Biodiversity Plan...
A Bass in tough conditions

Black clouds, brown water and a flash of Silver…for our Wexford man

23/04/12 Prime conditions for the Black Beetle it wasn’t ! Headed for the sea after work on Friday, Pat and myself scouted a few preferred marks but...

Weed causes a problem for trolling in Cork Harbour

Got out after work on Friday to do a bit of training, and the plan was to paddle around Spike island and on down...
Neil Driver kicked off his bass fishing season with this 6lb fish from Cork Harbour

Soft plastics a firm favourite for Cork Harbour bass anglers

Neil Driver from Greystones, Co. Wicklow, sent us this photo of his first bass of 2012. He caught and released the fish on Sunday 22nd of April....
My wonderful 67cm bass on ruler

67 cm Bass weighing 6 lb. plucked from the sea before the storm

Our old friend Rock Hunter is back after a little break and he tells us that due to work commitments over the last few...
Valentia fishing

Great sea fishing off Valentia

15th - 20th April 2012 Siegy & Billi Grabher from Valentia Fishing write their first logbook entry of  2012!  Six anglers out on the Sioux Charter Boat during  four trips...

Specimen sized megrim from Killala Bay

Donal Kennedy reported on another successful day onboard the Leah in Killala Bay. The party of anglers from County Longford departed Killala Harbour at...
The anglers who qualified to represent Ireland at the World Championships in Holland later this year. L-R: Joe Duggan, Derek Kendrick, Tom Lillis (team manager), John O'Brien, Eugene Farrelly and Dave Roe. Missing from photo is team captain Martin Howlin, who was already qualified.

Top anglers qualify for Irish shore team

The Connacht Shore Committee of the Provincial Council hosted the IFSA World Championship Qualifiers over the weekend at various venues in the Mayo area,...
74cm bass for Jim

Bass to almost 10lb and good cod on Cork Harbour reefs

Jim Clohessy and Kevin Murphy teamed up again for some great fishing on Cork Harbour during the week. Kevin and Jim had headed out for...