Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:40 pm
can anyone help me? i am staying in downings for a week wid da young lad and just wondered where i could take a him for some easy access comfortable fishin to catch a few mackerel and the like. was down this weekend and went off the rocks 2 miles west of the pier(dodgy enough) to a lovely deep gulley and tried the float and castin feathers but no macks and not much else(early sunday morn). whats the pier like? probably bunged in good weather? cheers booner
Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:17 pm
Mackeral are a bit patchy still around here. If they're about in numbers you'll take them off any of the piers.
You could try Tranarossan, over the hill from you on the Atlantic Drive. Or Melmore Head, but that certainly isn't easy access.
There's sea trout showing around Ards Friary and Doe Castle, but the licence is required to target them. It's possible to walk/fish Tramore and try them on sandeel too.
The flat rock just around from Portnablagh pier might produce wrasse, coalie, pollock, mackeral, but watch the sea state if you go out on it. (Been fine just recently).
The slip at kerrykeel is always good for a thornback ray and dogs, going into dusk.