Dodging seals and catching fish in Cork- the continued adventures of a small boat angler | Fishing in Eire

Initially it seemed good for a shark run however an absence of obtainable crew ( should arrange a WhatsApp listing ) had me altering plans to fish extra inshore. On the heel of the hunt was chatting to Ruairi and he fell in for what was billed as a visit down reminiscence lane to see what’s taking place.

As many would know I used to do numerous fishing on and off the Ling Rocks. I used to be actually trying to fish some reefs close to the Ling Rocks after which try my outdated stomping floor north of the Lings.

We blasted off in tremendous situations with a northerly blowing in opposition to the approaching tide (that put paid to a couple outer harbour bass drifts) and we headed for the primary reef. I hoped to keep away from the seals which have turn out to be a characteristic out this manner. No pleasure. Inside 10 minutes of arriving to our first reef the snorting and heavy respiratory introduced the arrival of what seemed like a really succesful bull seal!

Ruairi’s first introduction to the Dick Turpin of the Ling rocks was full. That is no smash and seize younger pup. This man is aware of the place the enterprise finish is so he bites simply behind the pinnacle and strips the fish (like Chilly Willy used do in cartoons!).

What ensued was a sport of chasing across the pinnacles. You may get one fish in till the Sundance Child of seals would arrive and begin robbing once more. It was humorous on the day however you may see the way it’s will get outdated pretty rapidly. The quantity of business gear in he space was unbelievable. Each peak was marked with a set of buoys. I’d guess that given the pollack restrictions these must be pots relatively than nets?

We had struggled considerably for mackerel, disappointing for the time of yr, however we had sufficient to float in Pink Gurnard nation.

We had loads of fish however the dimension was actually poor. Bear in mind this space is known for the standard of its pink gurnards and has accounted for extra specimens than anyplace else within the nation. We had whiting, small ling and different bits n bobs. No haddock (we used get them right here and naturally no cod). We had an quantity of octopus.

In direction of slack water Ruarai had an awesome tussle with what transpired to be spurdog. Not a fish I’ve ever had out right here. We had a number of extra spurs earlier than we determined to go for extra reefs.

We completed up fishing a reef we had not fished in years and had a gradual stream of pollack. Not one of the cod I keep in mind having on this reef.

We headed again to the harbour however as anticipated the weak ebb tide was now in opposition to the by now southerly breeze so bass drifting within the pissy weak tide was a no no go once more.

All advised it was a beautiful day in all respects. We had some good fishing but in addition there’s a realisation that issues are powerful on the market for a lot of species.

Now, anybody for some shark fishing?