Sea Angling on the West Coast

thecivvie

Just wondering if anyone is fishing anywhere on the Galway/Mayo
coastline. I am failrly new to fishing and want to fish during the
"Mackeral off-season" but not sure what is around atm

Sean

jd

Originally posted by tcob1
Just wondering if anyone is fishing anywhere on the Galway/Mayo
coastline. I am failrly new to fishing and want to fish during the
"Mackeral off-season" but not sure what is around atm

Sean

Don't fish up there myself
Take a look here..
http://www.wrfb.ie/

also the fishering reports archived on central fisheries board

http://www.cfb.ie/Angling/update/update.htm

jd

thecivvie

Many thanks for the urls, I will look at them in depth later.

Shame this is very quiet

Sean

Illkillya

i dont fish there either but as long as you're not in an estuarine area i'd say whiting will be plentiful this time of year. it all depends on what kind of place you're fishing from, theres bound to be flounders in the estuaries (altho now is not a good time for them since its cold).

Where I live, theres bass and codling around all winter, but you'll have to ask someone local (unless the website knows) where you can get bass... afaik Galway/Mayo is not a good place for it. When the weather gets a bit warmer (even before the mackerel come in) there will be a lot more fish around.

andell

I believe Scotland is quite good for Salmon at certain times of the year.

thecivvie

Originally posted by Illkillya
i dont fish there either but as long as you're not in an estuarine area i'd say whiting will be plentiful this time of year. it all depends on what kind of place you're fishing from, theres bound to be flounders in the estuaries (altho now is not a good time for them since its cold).

Where I live, theres bass and codling around all winter, but you'll have to ask someone local (unless the website knows) where you can get bass... afaik Galway/Mayo is not a good place for it. When the weather gets a bit warmer (even before the mackerel come in) there will be a lot more fish around.

Yeah this is true, I live around 10 miles inside the Killary harbour (a
fjord) and fish tend to be rathjer thin on the ground. I am looking
through the web sites and trying to see if they suggest anything. I am
also going to chat with some of the local boat fisherman as they will
have the local knowledge

Sean

Scruff

Apparently you can go Blue Fin Tuna fishing off the NorthWest coast now. Read an article in the paper (Irish Times or Indo, can't remember) a month or 2 ago about this guy in Killybeggs who is trying to get the yanks to come over and spend the fortunes that they pay for doing it in the states.

Showed him on killybeggs harbour with a 12ft tuna strung up beside him. those things are worth up to $20,000!!

Haven't a clue how much you'd have to pay or whether they're in season.

jd

Originally posted by Scruff
Apparently you can go Blue Fin Tuna fishing off the NorthWest coast now. Read an article in the paper (Irish Times or Indo, can't remember) a month or 2 ago about this guy in Killybeggs who is trying to get the yanks to come over and spend the fortunes that they pay for doing it in the states.

Showed him on killybeggs harbour with a 12ft tuna strung up beside him. those things are worth up to $20,000!!

Haven't a clue how much you'd have to pay or whether they're in season.

lin here ealier
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34263
jd

psychotic mouse

should be some good shore fishing when the weather subsides a bit - loads of food being stirred up with the bad weather.

Estuarine should be good for flatties