Malahide/Portmarnock/Redrock

Was thinking of taking the spinning rod and some plugs out some evening this week to one of the above beaches hoping a bass or sea-trout may be feeling charitable, was wondering if anybody knew:

a) am I mad as it is early in the season and there is no chance of a fish
b) if there are fish to be had at this time of the year to plugs, which beach and which plugs should i go to / use

Hiya,

It's still probably a little early for bass in most parts. However I have heard very reliable reports of sea trout being taken from some of the estuaries in that area. Might be worth spinning rather than plugging.

hi,have fished malahide 3 times and rogers-town twice over the last two weeks and not had a thing. tryed all types of lures,spinners etc. hope this does not put you off giving it a try.on the plus side i did see some sea throut jumping on both places,so there are some fish about .

Cheers Barto

Might leave it two weeks or so and see if the bass start turning up.

Cheers Barto

Might leave it two weeks or so and see if the bass start turning up.

In 2 weeks it will be the close season for bass:

Bass Fishing Conservation Bye-law
The effect of this Bye-law is to impose a bag limit on anglers of two bass in any one period of 24 hours and to provide for a ban on angling for bass during the spawning season (15th May to the 15th June).

You might want to leave them alone til the 15th of June... 8)

ah yes true...my bad :oops: