Fenit Co Kerry

People:self

Duration8pm /1am

Tide:2down /3up

Weather:very mild /odd shower

Bait:crab,lug ,mack ,s eels razor

Rigs:3 p,s

Results:4 dogs macks whiting pollack




Report:Went out hoping to stop the run of blanks i had last trip,first stop was a mark i,ve had success before, its thrown up ray ,bass, and the 1st stinger i ever caught ,tides were slack so i as thinking ray might be around ,1st hour was quiet only crab working as the turn came on got my first knock doggie, over the next hour or so landed another 3 missed a couplle due to drinking coffee and smoking fags ,decided to go to pier as most of the day trippers would now be gone bottom fished first hour crab/lug/mack combos ,zero fish.set up rod 4 floats and right away hooked some fish macks ,whiting, pollock 1 great crack on the light gear, Ifished both rods till 2am approx bottom fishing produced zero??????
not even a spider crab. well went home tired but happy broke my blank and the bass ban almost over

i expect i'll be proved wrong, but in my opinion fenit pier is pretty much finished as a decent bottom fishing mark except maybe for conger, we used to swear by it for lots of rays but it seems to have turned into a swimming pool!!??? apparently areas of the shannon (south) are pretty much the same, i hope someone can prove me wrong :? :?

shannon is fishing very well these days IMO

Fenit pier is crap though according to the tralee bay lads..

what does 'imo' mean? also are you chattin about the south side, ie kilteery and tarbert piers, cos we used to have some fantastic sessions on them 10 to 15 years ago for ray bull huss and conger, but it just seemed to get worse from late 90's on :( :( :(

IMO= In My Opinion...

well im talking about the region in general..plenty of ray..as many conger as you want in some spots..bull huss are patchy but can still be picked up...dogfish plagues in some areas...whiting, flounder, bass, mackerel,specimen 3 bearded rockling,dab,gurnard, the very odd stinger and tope off the boat...what more do you want!!

Fenit pier has definitley gotten worse. I ve had plenty of sessions there recently and the quality of fishing there has declined alot compared to years back.

Theres alot of work gone on there over the last couple of years so it has changed a good bit. It always was hit and miss could go through brilliant patches and then be completely empty of fish. I also think the increased activity has affected it as well there are alot more boats and jet skis around I think that is scaring the fish during the day.

the new part on the right at top of the via duct seem good for dogs still though.

cheers fenit bob, but i always used to fish the end at distance(well sort of) castin out or back to tralee for good ray even a skate we had prob. 10 years ago :(

yeah saw an english group catch a big skate there about 10 years ago covered the boot of the guys car
:shock:

i wish that was the one we caught but unfortunately ours was probably not big enough to cover the boot of a mini !! definitely a skate tho cos of the snout. they used to be fairly common(hohoho) apparently years ago. i red a bit about it in 'successful shore fishing' by anthony pearson, this book was printed 30 or 40 years ago and covers the shore in england, wales and ireland, a brilliant read( just has stories of fishin trips in it) and a bit on tackle etc.