Cork by laws

Got asked to leave a beach today, got told I was fishing illegally due to a by law, no sign post around, no law quoted and I found a 15 page document online but no mention of it's illegal to fish this beach or any beach.

Any idea lad's?

Who asked you to leave? just some randomer?

Life guard

Where?

I call it garretstown town big beach but I think its actually garrylucas. Plenty walking around it we set up tight to the water line, had a martial arts group training 100ft to the left and a swimmer 600ft to the left.

I'm guessing the blue flag beaches can only be fished in the depths of winter or in heavy rain

Last edited by Go Big or Go Home on Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:20 am, edited 1 time in total.

A lifeguard has no business telling people to leave, they are there to save people from drowning and that's it. If it was me I would have ignored them unless they could show me the by-law or if the gardai asked me to leave.

A lifeguard has no business telling people to leave, they are there to save people from drowning and that's it. If it was me I would have ignored them unless they could show me the by-law or if the gardai asked me to leave.

Would agree but was out for an enjoyable day not an debate I knew nothing about. First I ever heard of it but it may yet be true.

I had friends on the beach recently that the lifeguard tried to move as well ( they were not fishing ) he said he needed them in a different part of the beach . They refused as they are going there years and they were left alone .
There has been people fishing on that beach for the last few weeks .

Fished it last week .. day and night,, no issues.. wasn't too busy and didn't see any lifeguards.. the upper beach had a lifeguard on duty and was much busier though.. so didn't bother there.. I'd probably have left too just to avoid any conflict and ruin a days fishing but it would be interesting to know the story on the by-law ,

had you any luck last week

Fished it last week .. day and night,, no issues.. wasn't too busy and didn't see any lifeguards.. the upper beach had a lifeguard on duty and was much busier though.. so didn't bother there.. I'd probably have left too just to avoid any conflict and ruin a days fishing but it would be interesting to know the story on the by-law ,

This is what I found:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 12bf9eRdSC


Regardless of what the entire document says page 3 part 7(a) states you can not disobey a council employed life guard. Another reason to buy a boat

I still would have told him to f off! If there was no swimmers near you of course

I still would have told him to f off! If there was no swimmers near you of course

It would be poor judgement to fish where people swim and even poorer to swim where people fish given theres a kilometre of beach.

No mention of fishing prohibited.. but if the lifeguard decides to be a dick and tell you you have to go then you have to,, going by the by-law.. got a nice bass from there any way..

Unless a sign said fishing prohibited i would fish away as long as no bathers were close. At the end of the day the coastline belongs to all citizens and common sense is law as i see it. I fished strandhill the other day up the North end ,had the beach to myself until a family basically just set up an hour after I got there and went swimming. I packed up and went. Some people are just rude and thats life as annoying as it is

Some stretches of coast line do have county bye laws prohibiting fishing - if it was one of these stretches, a council employee could tell you to stop fishing
think there was one for kiliney and the 40 foot - there was one in cork specifically mentioning leads in casting - the diving board area in blackrock, salthill, galway has the bye law, i know for certain.
County councils continuously bring these bans up and they need to be fought - as they want it to stop anti social behavior - littering, drinking etc. - of people who happen to be angling (i use the term loosely)
Angling is not the problem - its idiots behaviour
Or before you know it - whole swathes of the country will be blocked off
stay vigilant - ask that lifeguard whats the bye law number, wheres the signage, where is the area covered

I was asked to stop once on inis oir on the beach, by the lifeguard - he couldnt tell me the bye-law - it was empty in any case
i kept angling - following day rang up the lifeguards and was told the only place a lifeguard could stop me was at the diving board in salthill