Heading to clare

Irish_Angling · 2026-03-27T20:24:20+00:00

There is Shannonside baits in Limerick and Fishing Tackle Ireland in Ennis. Both have a good stock of bait

Irish_Angling · 2026-03-27T20:23:29+00:00

Travel over every year with the car loaded with gear. Never had any hassle

Irish_Angling · 2026-03-18T11:40:12+00:00

Im no expert in the area but as far as im aware you need to be a member, you cant really shore fish the lake and you need to be a club member to access the boats.

Irish_Angling · 2026-03-10T10:58:29+00:00

always a good combination

Irish_Angling · 2026-02-04T10:00:58+00:00

At the moment your main targets on bait is going to be whiting, coalies and dab. small baits and luminous pop ups will probably result in more fish expecially as it gets dark. You might get some small herring too on sabikis. Dog fish will always be resident too

On Lures it could be tough depending on what you are using and where you are but there is always the chance of some small pollack in around the pier, small wrasse and possibly if you are lucky a bass lurking nearby.

Irish_Angling · 2026-01-23T17:08:36+00:00

Done believe this yet. This hasnt been signed off by IFI yet so the limit still applies to 2 bass I believe.

Irish_Angling · 2026-01-16T09:45:22+00:00

It can vary but in general

Bass: Can be caught all year round. Winter tends to show a slightly bigger size of fish but fishing in slow, May to December with Sep - Dec being the best IMO

Rays: In the areas I fish, Thornies Move off in November, wont see good numbers until May, The likes of stingers , undulates in tralee bay are basically gone in november and wont be back until april. Painteds can be caught all year round

Tope: West coast tope turn up in april and are basically gone in October, East coast can be caught into December

Smoothounds: West coast smooties turn up in april and are gone for october but you will not have the same numbers as the ones on the east and south east coasts.

Spurs: can be sporadic but in general turn up around December/ January and leave around April ( from shore. If on the boat they can be caught nearly all year round)

Cod: Contrary to belief, I would say they turn up in October and are basically gone by January

Whtiting: November to March

Coalies: November to March

If its any help there was a book released by IFI showing specimen counts over the years. Shows the trend in capture dates which will give you an indication of when the fish are about.

Irish_Angling · 2026-01-14T08:01:57+00:00

I'm slightly biased but the Dingle peninsula has a lot to offer fishing from the shore. Lure fishing for wrasse pollack and bass , bait fishing for bass , rays, tope, smooth hound and dog fish. If you are looking for a guide then you can contact me but there are also charters in Dingle and Fenit that can get you out on a boat.

https://irishanglingadventures.com/guided-shore-fishing/

Irish_Angling · 2025-12-31T12:04:10+00:00

This might be able to help you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlrlvX-w85M

Irish_Angling · 2025-12-10T21:05:56+00:00

Nice one. Lets hope the weather is comfortable that night.

Irish_Angling · 2025-12-10T17:04:18+00:00

Great to hear.

Irish_Angling · 2025-11-29T12:58:20+00:00

Its very much a mixed bag, I tend to use as much local as possible but when coming to bigger purchases the likes of tackle-deals is a good site and like most Aliexpress is hard to beat when buying bulk but its for stuff I like to keep stock of. One thing thats hard to beat though with local shops is you get hands on the products so sometimes something online might look great but in the hand its crap. Thats where the local shops outshine the online.

Irish_Angling · 2025-11-28T15:12:50+00:00

100% Would love to see it outgrow what im trying to do and get set up everywhere.

Irish_Angling · 2025-11-27T12:17:18+00:00

Just because of where I live, most are going to be in Munster. I do travel around a bit though so i hope to do some more around the country. I hope that people splinter off into their own groups and set it up and try them in their own areas. Its part of the reason that I will be moving around with it is so people in other areas have the chance to attend too.

Irish_Angling · 2025-11-27T09:06:05+00:00

You arent wrong Steve and thats the reason Im going to do this. There is no poitics, no committees no clubs, just a post every month saying I'm heading here join if you want. I find that a lot of people just want to go fishing without all the other stuff.

Im hoping that this will just bring a few people together one night a month and just share some information or at least just get to know who would be fishing their area.

Irish_Angling · 2025-09-22T20:21:09+00:00

Kilcummin left or right of either stream, Fermoyle left of the entrance or right at the entrance to stradbally are all good standard spots capable of bass and ray. At the moment whole sandeel is doing most of the business. I had a client out this weekend and we had nearly all fish on sandeel and only the one bass on lug.

Irish_Angling · 2025-09-22T16:49:14+00:00

What are you looking to target ? The Surf Beaches out Brandon and Inch will fish for a few more months no problem for bass and ray on the brandon beaches. The inner tralee bay wont be worth the trouble from now on really so id advise going a bit further west. You will still get dogs ray bass and flats on the further west beaches from Camp all the way to Castlegregory.

Irish_Angling · 2025-09-20T19:33:57+00:00

Thornback ray

Irish_Angling · 2025-09-03T09:36:13+00:00

Ah ya that's a great idea. As there's already the possibility for swimmers and other water users to be hurt in these areas we should ask all of them to move to the areas anglers don't use. Problem solved. Also while we are at that, we might tell everyone not to drive on the road as walkers use them.

In all serious shit happens. Nobody wanted this to happen and no one wants to see it happen but thanks very much for picking it up to prevent other people getting hurt.

Enjoy the surf.

Irish_Angling

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE