holiday fishing

hi all. im looking for marks to fish around the dingle and connemara areas. ill be camping with the better half for a week at the end of next month and cant find any info on these areas.ill hopefully be targeting pollock and bass from the shore. i would really appreciate any help on this as i dont fancy trying alll week to find a half decent spot to fish from.my lass will also be fishing so it would help us both.
hope someone out there can help.
thanks, brian.

Hello,
If you want info on parts of west Connemara, a lot of my posts to date give pointers

Have a look at this

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... php?t=6012

You can do a search (see icon above) on my posts.

You can PM me if I can help you I will

Blackie

thanks for that mate, some usefull info there.
come on you guys, help me out here. if anyone comes over to north wales ill help you out no probs. not after any secret top marks just general areas. im only their for a week! :cry:

hi brian check out bob moss when you get to dingle,he stocks plenty of ammo frozen bait and he,ll give you some info on wheres fishing i,ve been to dingle for the last 5yrs very nice town and the people are very helpfull,for pollock try slea head ,bass inch beach but it can get very weedy there other places i,ve fished are parkmore point(nice treck cross farmers fields) dunmore head very hard walk up over the head to get the open water side(take care as the swell can crash over the rocks here} plenty of good size pollock on these last 2 marks i mentioned my best pollock from here was 8lb, slea head good wrasse here seen a 6lb plus wrasse from this mark and best of all the black stuff is fantastic have a great time and you,ll definetly go back

just like to say a big thanks to the guys who have helped me out with advice over the last few weeks, will be trying around dingle and galway areas due to good info from you. any extra info would be happily recieved also. will be their from the 26th july.
thanks again. :D

2 good spots I've found in Connemara are the beach at the SE corner of Mweenish Island (rays, low water), and Roundstone harbour wall (rays and dogs, high water).

Fished Ventry Last Summer and had a great time. One excellent Mark that proved best was An Baid (Local Name) - lies just outside ventry on the Slea Head Road. Travel out of Dingle towards Ventry pass through Ventry heading for Slea Head (On Past Paidi O'Shea's Pub) Keep on the Coast Road until you pass the Antque Shop/Archaelogical Musem on your left, around bend to your left.

Firstly there is a lane on your left, this leads down to an old pier (apparently used for the blaskets before Dunquin was upgraded). Good fishing here, big Wrasse, usual Makerel and Pollock. For the Mak and Pollock you will have to try get to the rocks beyond the pier gully (You will know when you see it).

For An Baid (The Boat), continue past this laneway and park at the next Cattle Gate on your left. There is room for a car either side of the gate - Don't Block It!

Leave the car and walk along the road until you come to a gap/gate in fence (about 25-50 yards not far). You will see the remains of an old lane/road cutting across the field in front of you. You, the road is aiming for the cliffs at this point, you should be able to see it arcing around to the right and rising towards the Slea Head Drive.

Go through the gap and head across the fields straight towards the cliff edge, there is a gap in the ruined walls either side of the old road. When you get to the cliff edge, follow the cliff path to the right and you willl see a path going down. Carefull here, clamber down the path - not too difficult as the rocks are stepped, but there is a long drop to the left. Round to your right and you will see An Baid. Large slope of Rock about 50 yards by 10 sloping down to the waters edge under the cliff. Excellent Platform for fishing woth access to deep water (A

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:49 am Post subject: Ventry

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Fished Ventry Last Summer and had a great time. One excellent Mark that proved best was An Baid (Local Name) - lies just outside ventry on the Slea Head Road. Travel out of Dingle towards Ventry pass through Ventry heading for Slea Head (On Past Paidi O'Shea's Pub) Keep on the Coast Road until you pass the Antque Shop/Archaelogical Musem on your left, around bend to your left.

Firstly there is a lane on your left, this leads down to an old pier (apparently used for the blaskets before Dunquin was upgraded). Good fishing here, big Wrasse, usual Makerel and Pollock. For the Mak and Pollock you will have to try get to the rocks beyond the pier gully (You will know when you see it).

For An Baid (The Boat), continue past this laneway and park at the next Cattle Gate on your left. There is room for a car either side of the gate - Don't Block It!

Leave the car and walk along the road until you come to a gap/gate in fence (about 25-50 yards not far). You will see the remains of an old lane/road cutting across the field in front of you. You, the road is aiming for the cliffs at this point, you should be able to see it arcing around to the right and rising towards the Slea Head Drive.

Go through the gap and head across the fields straight towards the cliff edge, there is a gap in the ruined walls either side of the old road. When you get to the cliff edge, follow the cliff path to the right and you willl see a path going down. Carefull here, clamber down the path - not too difficult as the rocks are stepped, but there is a long drop to the left. Round to your right and you will see An Baid. Large slope of Rock about 50 yards by 10 sloping down to the waters edge under the cliff. Excellent Platform for fishing woth access to deep water

Saw Specimen Wrasse (on crab bait) and Specimen Garfish (makerel strip) taken from here. Caught plenty of Makere/Pollack myself. Looks like an excellent spot for Conger fishing, but would have to be careful re the climb back up at night. Will visit again.