killiney beach - This place is alive!

People: Myself and 2 mates:

Duration: late:

Tide: Up and down:

Weather: Absolutely fabulous:

Bait: Rag, Lug, Mac and squid:

Rigs: all types:

1 3 inch flounder:




We arrived at the mark on the incoming and started to get the gear un-packed, within minutes of arriving we got approached by a guy and the first words from his mouth was " you know there's a bass ban on! "..... I was happy and annoyed at the same time, Happy because its good to see Irish lads looking after the bass and the rules, but annoyed because there is more than just bass in Irish water... Also I have never had a bass off Killiney so my target was coalies and flounder.

We ended up chatting to the lad for a bit, turned out to be a nice bloke. He was telling us about the guy on the beach in a thong, which happened to be TRUE!!

We setup early in the oncoming tide and put our bait out. While waiting and sunning our selves we had a show from some of the local dolphins jumping about 5 foot out of the water and what looked like chasing down food, they stayed there most of they time we were there and by their behavior all I can say is they were herding the fish into the center of the 3 and then all 3 would come flying out of the water. The the seal arrived, which was MASSIVE! and he joined the dolphins in catching fish, cormorant, and them diving gulls. All the signs said there was loads of fish there....

We left the beach late and deflated after catching crabs and 1 3 inch flounder. But TBH the dolphins was the highlight of the trip. :

nice beach that killiney but its better fished in the dark, and yet its good to see people responding to the bass ban, but hard look and maybe next time,

there definitly bass in killiney my pb of 12.5 lb is from there wait til the ban is over wait till august or early septemper and try the rocks with peeler crab meanwhile there should be excellent wrasse sport from the rough ground past the tea rooms now to big ragworm or crab ya might even pull a resident cod or two at distance .. killiney can be an aladdins cave if fished right and at the right time

A bloke in a thong in dublin in this cold weather???? ha ha was it Borat? or a lost soul from a stags

The thong fella is all right. He likes the sea and nature so all he needs now is a fishing rod.

you where so busy looking at everything else you prob missed loads of bites

There are guys and women without thongs on the W end of the beach. There are also much more interesting distractions......................BASS if you put in the effort

Two of us fished here for a couple of hours earlier on today, harry had one Ballan wrasse 35cm and i had one shore rockling 30cm, beats blanking i suppose

Sorry if i came across a bit over the top the other night, as there where 3 of you i thought i might be met with a Go Fxck Yourself responce, but yous where sound about it. Glad yous managed to have a good night and don't forget to try the other place i told you to go to, down there they dont bother with any clothes so avert your eyes.

good 1 keith

Sorry if i came across a bit over the top the other night, as there where 3 of you i thought i might be met with a Go Fxck Yourself responce, but yous where sound about it. Glad yous managed to have a good night and don't forget to try the other place i told you to go to, down there they dont bother with any clothes so avert your eyes.

LOL, Nice to meet you dude, it was a nice night and just a pitty about the fish..... I will deffo be hitting that mark come the 16th of june

And nice one for the heads up on the naked body's, I know not to bring the young lads out there...lol