Great to start posting on SAI. Had a dutch group here (in Cork Harbour) for the weekend so will have reports coming for you all in the next day or two!!!
with this heat wave coming (if we get it) would it be a good time to target ray????????
Well with the last of the light line competitions out of the way it was time to collate the results for the overall series. Well done to Martin Perryman of Cobh SAC who was the overall winner. Martin was pushed hard all the way by John Dennehy, captain of the Irish Home Nation's Team and in the end, after 5 competitions, there was nothing between them.
For a full report and results have a look here
http://bit.ly/Ld3eZrI have heard about this about the place and some crazy price to rent it.But have to say i was impressed
could anybody tell me what I have here ? We got maybe 15 of them while jigging for macs.Iv never seen them before and was thinking they might be pilchards .
hello to you all just a question, why do people get depressed when they blank while out fishing,
Kayak(s): 4
Duration:11.30am - 6.30 pm
Tide: Rising
Weather: Cold / warm / windy / calm bit of a mix but stayed dried
Bait: Squid,rag,sand eel,frozen mack
Rigs: All sorts
Results: Thornies,Doggies,Whiting,Dab,Gunard oh ye and a TOPE
Report: It all began very early on Saturday morning got up at 5am had some breakfast, had a chat with the dog and then packed up the rest of the car. On the road and driving for 6.20. One stop along the way made for a 4 hour journey not bad timing. As I got through Londonderry I had a missed call from Graham so I called him back to find there was a change of plans Tullagh was too bad and we were on for TOPE
Graham directed me to the new venue which was a little closer to me so I was there first followed very shortly by Graham and Sean. We parked up and started to get kitted out Sean had everything including the kitchen sink
and Graham was like captain Kirk with a spaceship all rigged up .Nice to finally meet you lads
I remember very clearly asking Graham how far the paddle was and his answer was about 1 mile ! My back side Id say it was easily 2-3
Some lovely scenery along the paddle .We dropped the feathers in the hope of some fresh mackerel for the tope but there wasnt a tap between us.We got to our mark and dropped our line about 50 metres apart from each other.After a short time the rods began knocking. Graham was first on with a lovely Thorn back and then myself only for Sean to follow with two
Very happy with another species for the hunt ! On we went for another while and then Hurler appeared think he forgot to set his alarm .My rod took a heavy knock and the reel started to peel away lovely I thought a Tope but didnt last long as the line went slack.there was a small consilation on the other rod a dab. So sitting there minding by business when knock again the line is peeling from the reel.
Could this be my first Tope ? I knocked the ratchet off and put it into gear and the battle commenced
.He came right up to the top of the water he was trashing about and would dive again. Id reel in maybe 10 metres of line and 20 metres would peel back off so I tightened the drag and started to reel to find the reel wasnt engaging WTF Graham came up along side me and we managed to get the Tope onboard . What an adrenaline rush
A beautiful species
A few photos and we let him back down .Shorly after that I had another thorny slightly bigger than the first
I took to the shore to stretch the legs and got back on the water. I think I had 5 doggies in total one more thorny and two whiting. The lads were kept busy with the thornbacks and doggies but no other tope for the day. Without any doubt the best days fishing ive ever had. Thank you Graham
I look forward to the next time.
Thanks to all the guys who attended yesterdays free Intro Bass Workshop as part of F.A.W. – it was a special day for me and I wish you the best of luck with your Bass fishing in the future.
Ken thanks for the photos and Dan for your able assistance, sorry we were a bit squashed I didn’t realise the numbers.
Hi lads , I am planning to have a go off Trawee beach early next week . Would appreciate advice on the best state of tide and , being really cheeky , best position ( perhaps by pm ) .
I'm hoping for turbot , flounder and coalies if they are still around but would settle for my first sea trout
I plan to go a couple of hundred metres to the West of the car park .
Many thanks
Hey Guys,
Just wondering does it matter what colour snood you use on your trace?
I,ve always stuck with clear mono amnesia/suffix etc or the more plain coloured snoods.Just curious what effect,if any at all would luminous red/yellow have on attracting/deterring the fish!might it spook certain fish if they saw a vivid coloured hooklength.
Are some fish more attracted to brighter colours or does it even matter as the colour will fade in the water anyway,never though about it much but would be glad to know if their or any benifets or drawbacks from using various colours
cheers
ferg
Hi all.
I took this excerpt from a Jim H post:
While our politicians debate Bass fishing in the dail, it might be no harm to take time out and remind them of your Bass angling activity in this country and the special status of the fish – "
Mick.wallace@oireachtas.ie or
simon.coveney@oir.ie
So please take a few moments to do so.
Yours faithfully,
John D.
has any1 fished south beach lately??????
is there any rays showing in lough swilly yet?? might plan a wee trip next week
cheers fagan
Lads just wondering can anyone give advice on good weather and tide conditions for sea trout? I bit the bullet and bought the licence a few weeks back but they seem to have vanished since then ( I have that effect on fish!) The mullet seemed to be making an appearance a few weeks back and seem to have dissapeared too. Is it all these easterly winds maybe? The water has been murky true enough but even the odd time when the water is clear there's no sign of them jumping etc and no sign of the mullet either. I should say - I'm fishing the Dublin estuaries
Aiming to catch my first sea trout this year so any help/pms would be much appreciated
hi all,
Just to leave ye know..because of the ban i went out pollock fishing with a light setup that i would use normally for Bass..
had great craic at a deep water rock mark..
no great size to them average about three pounds..
My buddy lost what looked like a really big fish..he said he couldn't hold it...
although hes new enough to this type of fishing..so i left him off with that comment..
had about 5 pollock on various methods..soft plastic shad..one up one down rigged weedless...sinking illex water monitor plug..varoius soft plastics...
i really enjoyed it and although i didn't have any wrasse i'm definately keeping this up for the ban.
I would recommend it to anyone with the sickness...ye know what i'm talking about..
Would love to catch a nice sea bream- I hear that Courtmac can produce giltheads around this time of year is that right?
Has anyone had any luck targeting these? Would be very interested to know what baits/hooks to use.
Info on marks would be very welcome too but maybe I'm asking too much!
PMs welcome too.
Im heading out this weekend with getting my first conger in mind.I was told to use a perk with a pennel rig.Would this be your main line connected to a swivel/snap connected to the top of the perk and a swivel connected to the bottom of the perk and to a long snood of 100lbs with 2 6/0 hooks ?
If this rig is right is it just left on the bottom or is it jigged every now and then ?
latley i fished the light house in youghal and caught a 53cm flounder it was the last cast of the day ,all day i used flapper rigs looking for that one place my last cast i through on a pully rig with a size 2/0 hook and loaded it with lug and half a crab 5 mins in i caught that flounder if any one out there can tell me whats the best place rig out there i know every one has there own ways of catching them and if you can tell me if colour on the snoods work as i had no beeds or anything else on the pully rig thanks.
hello all.a couple of months ago we were bringing the punt out for a spin the engine just came back from a service everything was going fine we came back in and tied up, the engine was ticking over in neutral when all of a sudden there were smoke and flames coming out of the engine ,thankfully we had a small extinguisher and put it out after what seemed like a very long 2 minutes so we took it to the local expert and he has engine going again says it was the carborator packed up and overheated and now says it is as good as ever the engine is a 10 horsepower honda 10 years old and never had trouble off it .my question is would ye trust it after that happened or just look for something else
Just wonderin what is to be targeted on clones on a rising tide in daylight.anyone fished it recently?any input appreciated.
Any info appreciated on these beaches, it's the only spot I can go to when the gf is around because "she can go for a nice walk on it" while I'm fishing
What tides are they best fished on- times of day also?
Species available? I've heard tell of it as a Bass beach but what else can be found down there?
Tactics? Talking baits that work, casting distances, rigs etc?
PMs welcome if you don't feel like divulging trade secrets here!
Thanks folks, tight lines
HELP!!
So I picked up my new boat a month ago and dropped it in for some repair work to the port side.
Picked it up yesterday and its in my driveway. I've a huge list of jobs to do to it!
However it seems the steering has gone a bit wonky. I can turn the wheel fully to starboard (two turns from center) but it only goes partially to port (one turn from center). The teleflex is original (on a 10 year old orkney 590tt) and the engine is a 60hp 2 stroke. When I viewed the boat the steering cable was out (of the tilt tube) but its been left in for the last 2 months (I never saw or tried the steering when the cable was in the tilt tube).
If you look at the picture you can clearly see where the cable is stopping (where the grease stops).
I tried grease and force and a little heat from a hairdryer to move it but it wont budge.
So I tried to remove the cable from the tilt tube, but that wont budge either?
Any idea's would be greatly appreciated... I'll be working on the boat all weekend so don't want to drop it in the dealers to sit idle in the yard until they fix it next week.
Thanks
hi fokes i met with me trawler friend and he was so good to give me lemon soul, monk fish tails, better knowing as john dory, or monk angler fish, so im going to have a nice meal tonight with the wife, aney tips on best way to cook them, im spiled for choice,
happy days ................................
Hi guys,
I was walking my dogs mid March (only got around to doing this now) on a beach in waterford, and i came across some bones from some sort of fish, i think, and i also found a large jelly and both of these i have never seen before, but also its the first time i have been on a beach in march so maybe its normal that time of year.
The skull and bones look pretty big for any fish i know, plus the sharp teeth, type of doggy? And the jelly, biggest ive seen
So do you know what these both are
And the Jelly
Hello
Decided to try diging my own bait.
I am living in wicklow so if there is any good spots in wicklow or Dublin. I tryed out at dollymount strand were the old salt water pool use to be but found the worms a bit on the small side so if anyone has any suggestions it would be most helpful.
Cheers
Tight lines
Mark
Delighted to start posting on SAI. Our boat is the John Boy a Lochin 33 fully licensed boat operating our of Cork Harbour. Watch out for our reports.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Dail Eireann Debate May 10th 2012
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 764 No. 5
Unrevised
6. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine Information on Simon Coveney if he will undertake new research to determine the stock levels of sea Bass in Irish waters with a view to looking at the feasibility of allowing small boats to fish for sea Bass for even a defined period of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/12]
Deputy Simon Coveney: This is a particulary sensitive issue. Irish vessels are currently precluded from landing sea Bass under the Bass (Conservation of Stocks) Regulations 2006, S.I. No. 230 of 2006, and the Bass (Restriction on Sale) Regulations 2007, S.I. No. 367 of 2007. The complete ban for the commercial fishing of sea Bass applies to Irish fishing vessels in all areas. These regulations were introduced as a co-ordinated set of measures with the sea Bass fishing conservation by-laws. The by-laws imposes a bag limit on anglers of two Bass in any one period of 24 hours and a ban on angling for Bass during the spawning season, from 15 May to 15 June in any given year.
These measures have been in place since 1990 and were introduced arising from the dramatic decline of sea Bass stocks in the 1970s. Bass in Irish waters are a slow growing fish and, at a recruitment age of roughly five years, are late maturing fish. The distribution of Bass around Europe is found mainly in southern waters, including the inshore waters of the south west of England and the English Channel. It is farmed extensively in Mediterranean waters.
The Marine Institute carried out an annual Bass survey between the years 1996 and 2007. This survey validates previous research on the species and indicates that the stock of Bass in Ireland’s inshore waters remains greatly depleted since the 1960s and 1970s. In Irish waters, the available scientific advice is that the sea Bass stock appears depleted and should be allowed to rebuild. The evidence suggests that sea Bass in Irish waters do not exhibit the same strong recruitments as recorded closer to continental Europe and the species abundance remains depressed.
Studies conducted in the 1970s in Ireland when commercial netting was permitted by smaller boats found that the majority of net caught fish were immature. The shoaling nature of these immature fish close to shore coupled with the dependence on a good year class means that the sustainability of the stock can be disproportionately depleted by inshore netting when compared to other commercial species.
Additional information not given on the floor of the House
Studies submitted to my Department argue that the value to the economy of a Bass caught by an angler and which is returned alive is many multiples of its value to the commercial sector and I am aware of a number of businesses, such as fishing guides, hotels and guest accommodation in the south, which are reliant on this Bass tourism. I understand that Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, is currently undertaking a socioeconomic survey of recreational angling in Ireland. The overall objective of the survey is to establish the current volume and value of domestic and overseas recreational angling in Ireland. It will run over the course of 2012.
From a scientific perspective, our knowledge on the biology and stock dynamics of sea Bass in Irish waters is poor. There is a need for new research in this area. Following recent discussions, the Marine Institute and Inland Fisheries Ireland are considering developing a research programme to deepen our understanding of sea Bass. This will inform future discussion on policy and management of the resource.
Deputy Mick Wallace: It is clearly very important to protect the angling sector of the industry. There are huge benefits for the economy from angling. However, I get the impression that much of the research that has been carried out appears to have been carried out by the anglers. Since the regulations were introduced, Irish boats have not been allowed to fish off the coast, but things do not appear to have changed a great deal. Are the rules in place benefiting the stock? One would imagine that with less fish being caught the stock would be higher. The French and British boats are still allowed to fish-----
Deputy Simon Coveney: It is much further out at sea.
Deputy Mick Wallace: Yes, it is past the 50 km mark. Given that they are allowed fish there, do we know that letting small boats fish off the coast, even for a short period of the year, would definitely impact on the angling industry?
Deputy Simon Coveney: These are fair questions. We are trying to take a cautious approach towards this stock because it is very vulnerable. If we start catching them commercially again, we could do huge damage and they would take a very long time to recover. They do not grow quickly, unlike other stock that can recover quickly. It is not just the inshore fishermen and the smaller boats that are concerned about this. I have been asked about this by the owners of bigger boats also, who are actually discarding large volumes of Bass which they catch while trying to catch other fish. They say it is crazy because they must dump dead fish over the side of the boat, and ask if they can be allowed to bring in a small quota. The danger with that is that if one agrees to allow a certain quota of fish to be caught, one sends a signal that it is okay to start catching Bass commercially again. One is then into a quota management situation for a very delicate stock. I would be slow to do that.
We must make decisions on the basis of science and information. We are currently in discussions with the Marine Institute on ways in which we could conduct scientific research on the Bass stock. I am very protective of this stock. First, it is very valuable. Second, it is very important for both angling and tourism. That is not to say it could not be very important for commercial fisheries as well, but I would require convincing before changing the current approach towards banning the commercial netting of Bass given that it is such a delicate species.
Deputy Mick Wallace: While I obviously do not agree with overfishing, could more research be carried out to ascertain the best thing is being done?
On a different point in respect of angling, I was contacted by a person from Wexford, Mr. Ashley Hayden, who maintained that the angling industry in Ireland is worth approximately €100 million. He reckons south-east Ireland potentially has a world-class angling product but that it is poorly developed and marketed, with the result that only 5% of Irish tourist anglers stop in the south east and generally only do so for a single bed night. Mr. Hayden personally visited a major angling association in south Wales with a membership of 3,000 and over the past six months, has managed to get 300 people from this association to come to the south-east region of Ireland for a week. As they spent an average of €1,000 per head, he reckons doing this has brought approximately €300,000 into the local economy. He thinks a professional should be appointed in the south-east region to promote angling and to further develop what he did himself.
Dont forget our next meet (27th May) will be the "150g Day" of the club championships,
I hope to see you all there...
Hi all as the Bass fishing is now closed I'm planing a trip down to west cork Sunday weather permitting fishing for pollack & wrass using soft plastics senkos,wave worms & savage gear slug Sandeels. As I have not caught fish on these before any tips would be very grateful as I've read all about how to fish them on the net. Thanks
The IFI are introducing new signage making anglers aware of current Bass legislation but as yet I have failed to see any of these on any of the marks I fish.
I know however these signs have gone up in certain parts of the country and I would just like to build up a picture for myself of areas that are covered by the signs and areas that are not.
If you have seen one of these signs can you let me know where and what county
Thanks
just to say i have a friend that works on the tralwers and most of the time he give me prawns and fish, and im begining to tink that this take the buzz away from fishing, but yet its good to get fish, aney tips for me in wath to do, main fish i get is black sole, and lots of flowenders ray and cod and so on and so on,
A few seats still going on a charter with Butch Roberts out of Kinsale on Saturday 19th May.Pm's if interested.
would a fixed spool be better for scratchin in close than a multiplier
Just getting into sea fishing and wondering what price i would be expected to pay for frozen peeler crabs and sand eels.Im down in the sunny south east. Havant really the time or know-how to get the bait myself Thanks.
Hi,
I am going to Kerry in a couple of weeks and would like to fish Culloo rocks on Valencia island but do not know the directions etc . I tried to find it a couple of years ago and parked up by the lighthouse and headed to the right ( as there was a strong SW blowing) but do not know if this was the right area. If someone could help it would be much appreicated.
We were fishing in Brandon Bay last weekend and we also got few crabs on rods.
What crabs are they ?
Cheers
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Article here, tragic, and cant beleive one was found on the shores of lough beltra - i fish it for salmon regularly and would have loved to have seen a sea eagle flying wild and free at such an amazing place.
