clare island hints + tips

any info on where to try

i was advised by kieran not to bother with "the stony pier" or "the cove" or "the herring harbour" - three names for a crap mark on the northern side of the island

so apart from the piers and the beach where else is worth the walk!

have never shore fished of the island but have boat fished on the southern side(clew bay side) and have caught pollock and wrasse from there about a hundred yds from the shore,there is a fish farm near the spot we were fishing

looking at the OS map is appears to be mostly rotten bottom or float work outside the main beach

junk leads all the way

never heard of anyone fishin off the island... even the islanders go out in boats.. way too rough to fish from the shore

any info on where to try

i was advised by kieran not to bother with "the stony pier" or "the cove" or "the herring harbour" - three names for a crap mark on the northern side of the island

so apart from the piers and the beach where else is worth the walk!

never fished it bryan - but that is a hell of a tour of the north west your doing - good luck for the trip.

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looking at osi map i would say bring plenty of floats,crab,and feathers,looks like it could be a good place for wrasse and pollack
i would say you would lose a lot of tackle bottom fishing,looks like there is a lot of cliffs in the north and west,for the south and east travel light as you can because it looks like you will have a lot of walking
best of luck Brian looking forward to your report