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    South West Sea Angling – Dingle Peninsula (Derrymore Point – Castlemaine)

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    1. Derrymore Point: Fish on a flooding tide for tope, stingray, undulate ray, thornback ray, painted ray, dogfish, flounder and bass. Access difficult, peeler crab and fish baits best.
    2. Derrymore Strand: Surf fishing for flatfish, ray and bass.
    3. Castlegregory Beach: Fishing for flounder, dogfish, painted ray and bass near stream.
    4. Lough Gill Rivermouth/Sandy Bay: Fishing for flatfish, dogfish and bass at high water. Further north at Sandy Bay, painted, thornback, sting rays and dogfish are taken from the car park during the last of the flood and high water. Specimen sting ray recorded here. Fish baits best.
    5. Kilshanig: Fishing for bass and stingray in sandy gullies with crab baits, this area can be very weedy at times depending on prevailing winds.
    6. Fahamore: Bottom fishing, float fishing and spinning for conger, wrasse and pollack over rough ground.
    7. Stradbally: Good surf fishing for bass, flounder, painted ray, coalfish and sea trout can also be caught here on small fish baits.
    8. Brandon Bay Beach: Surf fishing all along this beach for flatfish and bass. Painted ray taken during night tides in summer and autumn months. Sandeel and worm baits best.
    9. Cloghane Estuary: Good lugworm beds in this area.
    10. Cloghane: Spinning and bottom fishing for good flounder and bass on flooding tide. Many specimen flounder recorded here and crab best bait.
    11. Ballyquin Beach: Surf fishing for flatfish, lesser and greater dogfish and bass. Live sandeel can be gathered here.
    12. Brandon Creek: Rock fishing on eastern shore for conger, wrasse and lesser and greater dogfish. Spinning for pollack and mackerel. ‼️ This mark can be dangerous with Atlantic swells rolling in. ‼️
    13. Feohanagh: Rock fishing for wrasse and conger and spinning for pollack. Specimen wrasse recorded here.
    14. Ballinrannig: Surf fishing for flounder and bass.

      Ceann Sibeal, Dingle Peninsula

    15. Dun an Oir: Float fishing on western side of Smerwick Harbour for wrasse, also spinning for pollack.
    16. Ferriter’s Cove: Bottom fishing for flounder, dab, bass and dogfish. Fishing near stream on last of flood and high water has produced specimen flounder.
    17. Clogher Head: Very good wrasse from northern side of headland. Irish Record taken from here. Care must be taken in wet and windy conditions, as access is very difficult.
    18. Dunquin: Spinning and float fishing for pollack and wrasse below Ryan’s Daughters school house. Access difficult in wet conditions. Specimen wrasse recorded here.
    19. Slea Head: Spinning and float fishing for pollack and wrasse all along here. Access very difficult.
    20. Parkmore Point: Rock fishing for pollack, wrasse and conger over very rough bottom. Lure fishing for Bass over mixed ground.
    21. Ventry Pier: Bottom fishing for dogfish, especially good at night.
    22. Ventry Strand: Bottom fishing for dogfish, flatfish and bass and mullet.
    23. Reenbeg: Bottom fishing for conger, thornback ray, dogfish and flatfish.
    24. Dingle Harbour Mouth: Bottom fishing for conger, dogfish and spinning for pollack and mackerel. Lots of mini species caught from inner harbour.
    25. Trabeg: Bottom fishing for conger, dogfish and spinning for pollack and mackerel. Lots of mini species caught from inner harbour.
    26. Minard: Dogfish and conger eels taken here, fish baits best from beach, sea trout and bass in summer months.
    27. Annascaul: Lure fishing for Bass and sea trout, ground extremely rough.
    28. Inch: Surf fishing for flounder, dogfish, small turbot, bass and occasional tope. Stingray occasionally taken in calm conditions during summer months.
    29. Castlemaine Harbour: Bottom fishing for flounder, bass and freshwater eels. Flood tide best using crab.