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Rossanrubble, Co. Mayo Driving south from Newport on the N59 towards Westport,  there is a signposted turn to the right (west) towards this picturesque spot.  The road leads you down to a small muddy inlet - follow it to the left and at the T junction turn right.  Follow this almost to the very end, through what seems like a private farm gate / entrance and up the dirt gravel road to a point level with a house on the right hand side, well below you.  Park here, before you meet the trees and the mark is a few hundred metres directly south down over the field.  Most people choose to fish from the rocky promontary pictured above opposite the island, as this accesses the deepest water.  It is about 100 metres inland from the remains of a pier cum slipway, although anywhere here will suffice if there are a lot of you!

There is a rocky fringe that is heavily matted with seaweed, a difficulty when drawing fish in after a successful hook-up.  The bottom slopes away quite dramatically leading to a clean sandy bottom from as little as fifty metres out.  It fishes at any stage of the tide, although most people seem to prefer around low water, and particularly with the onset of darkness if you are targeting the Bull Huss.  This said, the photographer, Colin Brett, pictured here alongside took this Bull Huss in brilliant sunshine in July 2004!  Casts around 50 metres worked best.

It is a very sheltered mark, with only a south westerly likely to cause any problems.  The shore area is quite narrow but you can scramble up the scree if the tides doesn't stop at the high tide mark!  Mackerel is the preferred bait however the crabs are horrendous so you should look to bullet proof it with squid or other harder baits.  The only option is to keep the baits relatively small - we found 2/0s perfectly good as the stamp of fish is not that big - and change them regularly, at least every fifteen minutes.

On our visits so far we have failed to contact any other species bar the Bull Huss and Thornback Rays... mostly up to 3 kilos however Huss to 5 kilos have been taken in 2004.

Probabilities: Bull Huss, Thornback Rays (Summer); Whiting (Winter); strap Conger Eels.

Possibilities: Flounder, Dogfish (resident)

Rare Exceptions: none listed.