Sea Fishing In Cork

oflynno

i was in kerry last week for 4 days on a mini holiday and was looking forward to hitting fenit pier with the kids

no way could we go anywhere with the rain
the only dry day we had was the day we went to dingle aquarium,which was good craic,but i was tempted to bring some fish home with me in the wife's handbag

extremely frustrating trying to go fishing in the evening or at the weekends with the kids,or even on my own with the weather.

has anybody been down to the bridge in kinsale for mackerel?
are they around?
any other safe places to take 3 kids for a bit of fun?

Popanddrop

The Kinsale Bridge is fishing well for mackerel I have heard at the moment from reliable sources, I would be hitting the spot myself to fill up with fresh bait for other shore species but since I am away I havent had a chance to fish it yet. If you are wondering about safe fishing spots around kinsale that is amoung the safest, the pier is ok, and so is the silly walkway if fished on the walk itself which will produce dogfish amoung other species.

oflynno

i was down on the bridge in kinsale last night
i caught 2 small yokes that wouldn't fill a cracker between them,one was a tiny pollack and the other looked more like a tiny bass

the guy beside me caught 1 mackerel and a few tiny yokes

the guy behind me caught 1 mackerel and loads of the little buggers


so not a great night
high tide was half eight-ish

jArgHA

oflynno wrote: »

i caught 2 small yokes that wouldn't fill a cracker between them...

lol I love yer description

Popanddrop

:oWell it was definetly fishing well a while ago, plus mackerel run in shoals and on different parts of the bridge from time to time you could have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

oflynno

Ah shur I know that,but i just said i would report anyway in case any one else was there and caught loads:D:D:D

Popanddrop

I might give it a bash next weekend depending on the tides, if not I will be trout fishing.:D

mawk

if anyone is still having trouble finding a fish or two, i was down on the bridge over to hulbowline island, between the crematorium and the guardhouse, and there were a good few mackerel about and even a scad or six. plenty of sprat in the water too.

this was at night, fairly low tide.

jArgHA

mawk wrote: »

if anyone is still having trouble finding a fish or two, i was down on the bridge over to hulbowline island, between the crematorium and the guardhouse, and there were a good few mackerel about and even a scad or six. plenty of sprat in the water too.

this was at night, fairly low tide.

hmmm wasn't hawlbowline island in the news recently for having a pretty serious toxic waste issue? not sure if I would be comfortable eating mackerel caught beside it

mawk

jArgHA wrote: »

hmmm wasn't hawlbowline island in the news recently for having a pretty serious toxic waste issue? not sure if I would be comfortable eating mackerel caught beside it

well they are the same mackerel youre going to catch in passage, cobh, crosshaven...

they all have to swim past hulbowline to get anywhere in the inner harbour

oflynno

well i was down on the bridge in kinsale last night

there was mackeral there at the end of the bridge furthest away from the town on the left hand side of the bridge
i was there 2 hours before high tide and everyone else was catching singles,2's,3's and a few guys got 6's

anyway i caught 1 down deep just jigging straight in over the side and then i got a double hook up,but the buggers fell off the hooks before they got to the bridge rail

there was one guy who was really doing well so we moved over near him
my kids were giving out nicely that they were catching zilch so he asked me if they wanted to reel in some of his he caught

the 11 year old said ya and ended up reeling in a catch of 3 mackeral together,he said it was heavy and hard but he got the rush anyway

the smaller guy declined the offer this time

so a big thank you to the random guy fishing on the bridge,he made a great evening for the kids,even if i couldn't get them to catch any

i'm a bad father!!!!!!!!!

i will be changing tactics and feather type (foil type feathery things were working,but i ain't telling anyone) and we will return

they were filleted and cooked and i used the tandoori paste on some and feck they were lovely

good fishing

deRanged

there were plenty of mackerel just off the deepwater quay in Cobh on saturday afternoon. People were pulling in strings of 2 and 3 with feathers.

irishwhirlwind

try ballyfin college in loais!!!

jaxon

monkstown wall alive with mackerel yesterday. breaking all over the place. havent seen them like that for a long time. happy fishing!:)

oflynno

oh ya baybee,

i can't wait to get at it again

jArgHA

Yeehoo good to hear the macks are starting to show up, they're easily one of my favourite eating fish. I'm going to try this evening at a spot near head of Kinsale, will post tomorrow with how I get on.

jArgHA

Caught 16 mackers off the Old Head of Kinsale (the side facing north-east) yesterday in just over an hour's fishing (started an hour before high tide). Was using silvery type lures (those hooks with the plastic silver bits coming off them.

ErniePie

Hi, I'll be staying in Kerry the week after next. Not a fishing holiday really, but was going to bring a spinning rod and reel and see if there's anything to be caught. Would be happy enough with mackerel / pollock, maybe spinning from rocks. Will be in and around Derrynane / Caherdaniel. Any advice on good spots? Tackle? Time and tide? Would be much appreciated, cheers.

oflynno

jArgHA wrote: »

Caught 16 mackers off the Old Head of Kinsale (the side facing north-east) yesterday in just over an hour's fishing (started an hour before high tide). Was using silvery type lures (those hooks with the plastic silver bits coming off them.

is that fishing off the rocks or a boat

i though you couldn't get within an asses roar of the old head with the golf thing?