Spot for the better half and the kids?

Hi all.

I took my better half on a boat trip and she loved it, she's hounding me to arrange another.
But I wanna test her on the shore angling and also have the kids off for the week, so heres the problem.

Im not havign much luck with my own marks latley and need to find a spot that will throw up somthing....
Heres what im thinking because I live in tallaght dublin:

Pigeon house, hope for dogs and flats.
Dun Laoghaire: havent fished it for years.
wicklow pier: fished it a few weeks ago and got, whites, scorps and dogs.

Wicklow is a bit out but if its the best of the bunch thats where im going...

Anyone any spots thats good for beginners and kids?.....

Not going near graystones pier because theres always to many fishing it.

if ya dont want to go to greystones dun laoighre pier is easily accesable an should start throwin up a few fish around this time of year, the west pier should throw up whiting,pollock,collies flats and the odd dogfish.. try fish ragworm on the bottom or a float fished ragworm off the back wall for pollock... 2 hours either side of high tide ..

Greystones is worth considering. Plenty of fish straight down off the wall, all small ,but a nice variety of species. You might even get to show them a scorpion fish which should keep the interest up

We have found that fishing back in towards the harbour from the Greystones pier is pretty good for the kids, just drop the line down off of the wall.

The invasion seems to be concentrated on the seaward side of the pier so there should be plenty of space.

My kids have got Scorpion Fish, Rockling, Crab, Whiting (of course) and even Dab from that part of the pier.

Just for a change of pace we headed up to the trout fishery in Annamoe yesterday and the kids had a ball in the junior pond, it made up for a couple of blanks!

Thanks for the tips lads.

Graystones is a great place for the kids but as I said I can never seem to get a spot no matter what timew I get there...

Sure Il find fish somewhere, its what we do!

Bray pier could be an option too. I've had whiting, Pollock, rockling, codling, scorpions, dogs and flats. Haven't fished it for a while but it was infested with 5-beardys last winter!

Bray pier has plenty of room and I always had plenty of whiting when the tide is right

And what about the CRABS..... and not the sort you can cure with cream!!!!

And what about the CRABS..... and not the sort you can cure with cream!!!!

Right enough the crabs can be bad there. Cream won't work but a few floaty beads can!

Ended up bringing them to the pigeon house....

Loads of lads out looking for mac, and a few out hunting bass but not a single fish landed...

We fished the whole lenght of the peir, right up to the light house and nothing cept 2 crabs.

arklow south the kids wont blank there used to run kids comps on that beach plenty of fish to keep them interested