Boat trip out of Cork

beer enigma

Anyone taken an organised boat trip out of Cork before ?

I'm looking for recommendations & if anyone's interested in joining in !!

Cheers

Andi

mawk

yeah i have been out in cork harbour and beyond loads of times. I was out last week with a good skipper by the name of finbarr on the 'cuan ban'

there wasnt a lot of fish hopping over the gunwales but that was just down to bad luck. though i did catch my first ever herring! and a couple of plaice and whiting

0866070402 is the number i have for him if yoou want it
price was about 300e and i think tackle hire was 6e if you needed it, boat will fish 8 in comfort, probably 10 with a few tangles


and if you are going go out for a bash on a weekend, id be pure up for a trip

beer enigma

Cheers I'll give the guy a buzz & see if I can round up a few ppl - I'm definitely up for it

mawk

any joy getting a trip together?

if you are still up for it I can probably +1 or +2 people

beer enigma

mawk wrote: »

any joy getting a trip together?

if you are still up for it I can probably +1 or +2 people

Nothing yet - been out of it for a week with the lurgy but hope to get something sorted soon enough - will pm you

deRanged

I've gone out with Donal Geary a couple of times - had a great laugh. Conger, cod, mackerel - all the usual suspects. Ideal for a bunch of IT heads who have no idea how to fish

mawk

yeah donal is pretty good, he also owns the tackle shop in cobh. knows his stuff! and the john boy is a nice boat

Redrocket

hmmmmm will keep my eye on this thread for the possibility of heading on with ye, im no fisherman but sea fishing is savage craic. t'is hard to get all my mates together at once to go out again so....

beer enigma

Well thats three potentials from here - John Geary looks a good bet - any idea what the optimal number is for a trip on the 'john boy' says max 10, but I dont wanna be hooking people

deRanged

Andip wrote: »

any idea what the optimal number is for a trip on the 'john boy' says max 10, but I dont wanna be hooking people

he'll say 8. I've been out with 8, there's plenty of room. We had 6 one year, we had stacks of space for hauling in conger.

tell him you want a nice turbot!

mawk

deRanged wrote: »

tell him you want a nice turbot!

I dunno about that gravy.. say we get a boat load of 8 and go fishing for turbot, what are the chances of all of us going home with a fish?

better to go for some big ling and conger. chance of some sport

deRanged

The turbot thing is a joke. We head down out of UCC each summer for a fishing outing, and usually have one or two people who've never been fishing before (or in some cases never seen the sea). One of them hooked a beautiful turbot last year - they're rare these days outside Cobh. It was a fish most in demand, and the guy who caught it couldn't bring it back to his B&B, so there was a dignified scramble for it.

denismac

Hi, just saw your post today. I went fishing out of Ballycotton a few years back and had a good day out. If you are still looking for a crew I'd definately be interested. Could bring one more too. PM me if its a runner.

SkySter

Take your pick...

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/boats%20-%20cork.htm

mawk

since we have a positive response, how about we pick a date?

would people be interested in going next weekend? of the one after?