South Galway 28.03.09

People: frenchvisitor, corbyeire & myself

Duration: 15:00-18:30

Tide: Rising HT @ 18:18 height 4.99m

Weather: Dry and Sunny wind NW force 5-6

Bait: mackerel, herring, squid and sandeel

Rigs: various

Results: nada blank zilch




Report: corbyeire and myself arranged to meet frenchvisitor to introduce him to sea angling. We decided to try a mark i'd spotted on OSI maps after a magical mystery tour down mazey roads we eventually arrived at where the road to the mark should've been, we were about to give up and head off for another mark when i asked a local if he knew this side road we were looking for. Thankfully he pointed us in the right direction and what was showing as a public rd on OSI was infact a little boreen running at the back of someones cottage. The boreen opened out to reveal a cracking looking mark into deep water right out into Galway Bay even though we all blanked was happy enough to have found this mark (had been searching for it 3 times last year without success). Will fish it into darkness during the week as the tides will be spot on, might get some of the elusive Galway Bay Bass from here later in the year
Nice to meet you by the way Alex i'll PM you my mobile if you fancy getting out later in the week...

fair play to ye for showing a visitor the traditional irish blank thats supposed to be just for us

hard luck lads. conor might join you for that during the week.

fair play to ye for showing a visitor the traditional irish blank thats supposed to be just for us

was thinking that alright well at least the blank is it out of the way now

hard luck lads. conor might join you for that during the week.

no probs nige let me know what day suits...

Good to get out fishing anyway lads. This cracking mark of yours has me wanting to go fishing now but work awaits

well done on giving a good irish welcome to a visiting angler lads hard luck on the fishing though,hope ye did not put him off

what part of south galway?parents have a summer house outside Kinvara that i stay in loads,{directly across from New Quay}, any good marks around there?. I have a 18ft speet boat so can go out a few hundred yards if needs be. thanks

i entertained alex to another blank in north clare yesterday - you have to admire his enthusiasm

i think i remember now why i have a heart attack everytime i catch a decent fish

Hard luck on the blank, but it sounds like you have found a good mark - hopefully it will fish well after dark.
On Saturday I went to check out a new mark that I had identified on the OSI website - it looked like there was a small lane going down to the coast - there may have been a lane there 50 years ago but it was now just an overgrown grassy track and a long walk down hill. I walked down it (didn't bring any fishing gear) and found a small sandy cove between the cliffs - looks like another good mark - and probably isn't fished much if at all. A spot for bass in the summer I reckon

i entertained alex to another blank in north clare yesterday - you have to admire his enthusiasm

i think i remember now why i have a heart attack everytime i catch a decent fish

I did offer to take you to where the fish are We had seven flounder, a schoolie a dog and the ray in the end but but the pier is going to be unfishable during the day and early evening due to somebody putting a photo of an eleven and a half pound bass being caught there in the local tackle shop

I will be out in North Clare early tomorrow, hope I can find something decent there.

unlucky with the blank conor, but it's always good to scout out a new mark