Sea Angling Ireland

Got out on both Thursday evening and Friday evening for about 4 hours fishing. Conditions were perfect, flat calm and a nice moderate tide. We tagged and released 8 tope on Thursday, and 8 tope again on Friday. Mostly male fish 18lbs to about 30lbs. Mackerel heads and live whiting (which are in abundance at the moment) accounted for most of the tope, although I did get a 20lber on light spin gear with crab bait on a 1/0 hook. I initially thought I was into a monster smoothound, so although I was dissapointed to see it was a tope, I got great sport from it all the same. A 12lb Thornback Ray on Thursday was an added bonus.

Hopefully we'll find some bigger tope over the next few weeks.

Rob

hello
i am new to this site, i was a regular beach caster about 12 years ago, had some chaps and stopped beach fishing, i am getting back into it again and was wondering where to go i used to go to Kilcoole, greystones, clones beach, kilmichael, and was wondering are the worth going back to any of them,

im going tope fishing for the first time this year on my own boat ive read plenty about it has any 1 got any good tips for me thanks darren......

going heading shore fishing Friday, Anyone know any good rock marks in cork that are good for conger bullhuss ect.. and that can still be fished at lowtide..

thanks Jay

hi lads, im on the look out for dawia supercast! if anyone is selling one and its in good condition id be very interested!! from the cork area. regards paul