New to sea angling

Hi Guys,

Im pretty much brand new to sea angling mostly because I usually fish lakes for pike and trout. The season for that is over anyway and I have been reading that cod and whiting are around this time of year?

Does this mean that bait such as lugworm will catch these as they are sitting deeper in the water rather than lures? Excuse my knowledge on sea fishing, Im finding it very hard to find reputable information for fishing on the east coast of ireland

Or what are you guys using/doing to have a successful day out? I understand fishing at different tide times may be beneficial?

Thanks for your help

use the search facility to look at reports from different marks / locations where you will want to try .... also strongly recommend that you join a local sea angling club. Great advice, bit of banter, people to fish with... and you will learn loads.

I am also generally new to angling on the east coast (Wicklow/Wexford) since the summer of 2019. I find lug works best for generally all species but unless digging yourself it can be hard got, certainly in any Arklow bait shops. Rag worm generally works and tipped with Mackerel or squid (as fresh as possible) is not likely to go wrong.

I find at the moment that there are plenty of whiting and coddling around but very small in size. As I said, I am still new and also looking for tips and half decent marks from the experienced anglers on here.

I hope this helps and happy fishing!

Lures are a moving bait/lure wereas bait are static bait will give of sent trail attracting fish wereas a lure needs to be passing by a fish. I general cod n Whitting wouldn't really take a spinner or lure more static dead bait like lug. Mackeral strips for Whitting. There are loads a stuff on Google or search on fb for a local page for more help

Hi Guys,

Im pretty much brand new to sea angling mostly because I usually fish lakes for pike and trout. The season for that is over anyway and I have been reading that cod and whiting are around this time of year?

Does this mean that bait such as lugworm will catch these as they are sitting deeper in the water rather than lures? Excuse my knowledge on sea fishing, Im finding it very hard to find reputable information for fishing on the east coast of ireland

Or what are you guys using/doing to have a successful day out? I understand fishing at different tide times may be beneficial?

Thanks for your help

Hi Danok,

Very similar to yourself, im a firm coarse man but want to give the sea fishing a bit more time, been a few time before on the west coast catching wrasse but live in Dublin so looking to try here. Have you managed to get out since the post and any tips on spots and tackle advice?

Join a club or two,best advice anyone can give

Hi all.
I know there's not much about at this time of year. I've been looking at rock Mark's from balbriggan to donabate and was wondering does anyone have experience along this stretch. 2 spots in particular look interesting. 1 north of balbriggan and one north of rogerstown. I've never fished there so was just wondering

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Hi Guys,

Im pretty much brand new to sea angling mostly because I usually fish lakes for pike and trout. The season for that is over anyway and I have been reading that cod and whiting are around this time of year?

Does this mean that bait such as lugworm will catch these as they are sitting deeper in the water rather than lures? Excuse my knowledge on sea fishing, Im finding it very hard to find reputable information for fishing on the east coast of ireland

Or what are you guys using/doing to have a successful day out? I understand fishing at different tide times may be beneficial?

Thanks for your help

Hi Danok,

Very similar to yourself, im a firm coarse man but want to give the sea fishing a bit more time, been a few time before on the west coast catching wrasse but live in Dublin so looking to try here. Have you managed to get out since the post and any tips on spots and tackle advice?

Hey, I've never fished Dublin although I've heard of people fishing in the laytown/bettystown area (bit of a distance from dublin city but worth mentioning?) and at Killiney beach to the south. Feel free to pm me about tackle and such.
Check this link out, a shore guide for Dublin made by kieran years ago: https://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/sho ... dublin.htm
Best of luck

Hi Guys,

Im pretty much brand new to sea angling mostly because I usually fish lakes for pike and trout. The season for that is over anyway and I have been reading that cod and whiting are around this time of year?

Does this mean that bait such as lugworm will catch these as they are sitting deeper in the water rather than lures? Excuse my knowledge on sea fishing, Im finding it very hard to find reputable information for fishing on the east coast of ireland

Or what are you guys using/doing to have a successful day out? I understand fishing at different tide times may be beneficial?

Thanks for your help

Hi Danok,

Very similar to yourself, im a firm coarse man but want to give the sea fishing a bit more time, been a few time before on the west coast catching wrasse but live in Dublin so looking to try here. Have you managed to get out since the post and any tips on spots and tackle advice?

Hey, I've never fished Dublin although I've heard of people fishing in the laytown/bettystown area (bit of a distance from dublin city but worth mentioning?) and at Killiney beach to the south. Feel free to pm me about tackle and such.
Check this link out, a shore guide for Dublin made by kieran years ago: https://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/sho ... dublin.htm
Best of luck

Thanks, that guide is fantastic,

that guide is 20 years old... so accept things will have changed. There are also marks that have come back into fashion for example at the Pigeon House hot water outflows on the south Docks... which i I dont think are covered there...

Hi Guys,

Im pretty much brand new to sea angling mostly because I usually fish lakes for pike and trout. The season for that is over anyway and I have been reading that cod and whiting are around this time of year?

Does this mean that bait such as lugworm will catch these as they are sitting deeper in the water rather than lures? Excuse my knowledge on sea fishing, Im finding it very hard to find reputable information for fishing on the east coast of ireland

Or what are you guys using/doing to have a successful day out? I understand fishing at different tide times may be beneficial?

Thanks for your help

Hi Danok,

Very similar to yourself, im a firm coarse man but want to give the sea fishing a bit more time, been a few time before on the west coast catching wrasse but live in Dublin so looking to try here. Have you managed to get out since the post and any tips on spots and tackle advice?

Hi, sorry I havnt been replying since the first post!
I have found that information is very hard to get on which fish are where and times of year etc.
I have been out twice since, only catching whiting and pouting. I used lrf once and got nothing on that rod.

It seems to be trial and error, I'm going to head out and make my way down the coast recording the baits and fish I get for future reference. I've found that a lot of people will actually steer you wrong for fear of their fishing spots being taken

So it is very much up to ourselves to find out where which species are and at what times or year etc.

Have you had much luck?

What part of the country are you in?

What part of the country are you in?

Dublin, I will be working my way towards Wicklow first and logging all my finds.

I'm also new to sea angling (kind of), I'm starting off by trying to catch bass off the beach in Rush for the moment, good luck to you!

the Pigeon House hot water outflows on the south Docks

I'm trying to locate this on Google Satellite, but there seems to be no public access near the actual outflow... ?