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2010

Fishing Report May 3rd

We had good fishing over the last weekend with some fresh Mackerel and good ground fishing.

I have been doing just a few trips over the last couple of weeks. To be honest with no Mackerel around and the water temp still in the 9 to 10’C range the fishing had been quite poor. Indeed I had put off some trips hoping that things would soon improve. With 4 or 5 days between trips I was sure that every trip would be the one where Mackerel would show up and with them as fresh bait I thought that the general fishing would take off.

This last weekend came after a week when the weather had changed from all the fine weather we have had this April. Gone was the light Easterly wind to be replaced with a good blow from the south followed by moderate North West winds. I was sure on Saturday morning we would have Mackerel at the Loop. However all that a half hour spent at all the normal spots produced was 1 Mackerel. I decided to move off a few miles and this did the trick! Soon we had Fresh bait and this was quickly followed by a steady catch that produced some fine Pollack, Haddock, Whiting and a few fine Ling with 2 over 15lb.
By Sunday the weather had freshened a bit but by now there were Mackerel and some Pollack just south of Loop head. I pushed off the land a bit but while this produced some good fishing some of the crew also found the going a bit hard! so we came back into the shelter of the land.

Fishing Report 12 April

Back fishing last weekend with 2 day charters. There was no sign of any Mackerel so we had to settle for frozen bait, some Rag worm and Peeler crab.

We had a good session on a mark just to the north of Loop Head for some Wrasse. Lots of Ballan Wrasse from 2 to 3 lb were about. Further off the fishing was mixed with some quite periods but overall there was a steady run of Pollack to 5 lb. We also had some handy ling and a few haddock to 4lb. The second day we covered more ground looking for whitefish. Again we only had frozen bait. The fishing was ok in the morning but got very slow in the afternoon.

Out again at the end of this week and we will be hoping that some Mackerel show up as this always has a good effect on the fishing.

Hi All

This is going to be updated soon....I promise!!!

Well my first season catching fish for fun instead of relying on fish catches for a living is almost over!! It has gone really well for me and I want to thank all the people who fished with me this year and hopefully I will see all of you back next year.
On the rest of this page you can see just some of the fish we caught this year.
Please do get in touch, even for a chat, if you are thinking about fishing in Ireland next year.
Tight lines!!
Regards,

Luke Aston

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