poor fishing

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:12 pm

out at the weekend where have all the fish gone. not even a bite ? in the last 3 outings one fish .poor i fish in north donegal. i think i will give it a rest for a week or two.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:40 pm

Things are the same down here in Clare, Ive heard of a few rays being caught off of a local beach mark so three of us went out Sunday. Six rods in the water for about 5hours not a bite between us. I met up with another mate on the way home who had caught 1 small pollack between two of them.
Thing are normally slow at this time of year here, I'm waiting for the water to start to warm, the crabs starting to moult and the rays to invade the Shannon.

Member Joined: Oct 13, 2008 Posts: 22

Things are pretty quiet up round Portrush and Portstewart, though I am hoping that will change next saturday!

Joined: Mar 02, 2009 Posts: 2 Location: north clare

Have been out 4 times last month (feb) spinning & bottom fishing nothing doing in North Clare, 2 trawlers working close in to shore regular around galway bay & south sound.Things may pick up this month with a bit of luck.

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:58 am

A warm welcome to the forums mate. Things seem poor all around the UKs coasts at the moment. Plenty of undersized fish on the odd days. Beeen pretty poor all last year fishinf from the shore. Cheers keith big grin

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:29 am

Still the same this weekend, a few lads fished the Lighthouse at Blackhead for about four hours Sunday, not a bite between them. At the same time a lad was fishing a beach mark a bit further down the road and had a small bass of about 2-3lb with his first cast on a big lump of mackerel.Nothing after that.

Joined: Mar 02, 2009 Posts: 2 Location: north clare

Thanks Keith i'll keep trying

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:12 pm

Things seem to be picking up a bit now, over the weekend we were down on the Shannon and took dogs, flounder and bass, today in North Clare we had flounder and a couple of sea trout( on mackerel strips)

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:43 am

Same all over, has been poor over hear all winter. Hope summer picks up.

Craig Wave

Joined: May 04, 2009 Posts: 3 Location: derry nireland

i was the same so i went up portrush it was a bit of a driv but it payed off winking

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:43 pm

jimbob3651 wrote:

i was the same so i went up portrush it was a bit of a driv but it payed off winking

Come on then jimbob, spill the beans give us a bit of a catch report. Not many reports from anybody latley(including myself)