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What kind of fish?

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  • 04-10-2010 12:50pm
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    DConway
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭


    Hi
    Just started fly fishing this year
    Also did a bit of sea fishing, which I want to do a bit more of over the winter, now that the trout season is over.

    Just wondering what kind of fish I can catch from the shore over in Galway over the winter>? i'v just moved over here from Dublin. What kind of bait would be best to use? And could anyone pm me some good spots for fishing in this direction!?

    Any help appreciated!

    Thanks a lot!

    Derek


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    artieanna
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    I'd be thinking pollack, coally and mullet anyway....


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    skipz
    Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭skipz


    artieanna wrote: »
    I'd be thinking pollack, coally and mullet anyway....

    Will you get mullet in the winter?


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    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,455 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Not really.
    The summer visitors, mackerel, garfish and mullet will disappear but in their place cold water species will increase in numbers. So you would see more coalfish, and some codling and whiting would make their appearance.


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    DConway
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭DConway


    Thanks coolwings!
    Anybody any tips for fishing for these? Any decent area's around Galway? What kind of bait to use etc? Can you pm me?

    Thanks a lot


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    coolwings
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    Detailed PM sent.
    Cheers :D


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    DConway
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭DConway


    Hey Coolwings

    Thanks a lot for your reply

    Its greatly appreciated!
    Hopefully can go catch some now!

    Derek


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    super70
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    Why not try fly fishing in the sea


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    DConway
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭DConway


    Dont really have the right gear for it.
    My reel and rod arn't anti rust.

    Also, just want to try out all the different aspects of fishing!


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    stevecrow74
    Registered Users Posts: 570 ✭✭✭stevecrow74


    here goes a list of fish that you can catch in various parts of Galway bay over the winter.

    Coalfish
    Pouting,
    Poorcod,
    Whiting,
    Codling,
    Dogfish,
    Conger,
    Flounder,
    3 bearded rockling,
    5 bearded rockling,
    Shore rockling,
    Bass,
    Thornback ray,
    Bull Huss,
    Dab

    that's just to name a few regulars that I've caught over the winter months from Black head to Carraroe.


    fish baits seem to work better through the winter months too. ;)


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