West Cork ----- HELP

A friend and myself are travelling to West Cork for the fishing. This is our annual trip, (16th Aug - 9th Sep) we will be staying at Rathmore House Baltimore and also taking part in the Baltimore Sea Angling Festival.
We would very much appreciate any catch reports for the area,s of Beara Peninsula, Sheeps Head, Barley Cove, Owenicha, Long Strand and areas east of Clonakilty. This area is grossly underfished and info on catches is very sparse, so please if you are in the area enter reports. Both of us will do likewise,

Many Thanks

I believe Rampant Wreckfish would be a man in the know down that neck of the woods- perhaps he might be of use

Heading down sheeps head and beara this week end will let you now how it's fishing

Not fished the area until late August but I have been leaving reports if I calculate correctly for the past 10 years- check my posting history !

I also asked for advice for my next trip at the end of October, but so far not a word. Hard to believe that an area that offers such good fishing is so lightly fished !

To be honest West Cork is an isolated coast line and especially when Cork Harbour and East Cork fishes so well.
I live in the city and as above It's a lot easier to head east to well proven ground than to spend money and time searching new ground west.

Now to kill 2 birds with the one stone, Most of the post requesting information on West Cork I refer posters to contact Paul Harris http://www.dromagowlanehouse.com/ or Pm him on the site memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1041

Hopefully he'll write a book about fishing on the Beara and we'll all buy ten copies and live happily ever after

Not fished the area until late August but I have been leaving reports if I calculate correctly for the past 10 years- check my posting history !

I also asked for advice for my next trip at the end of October, but so far not a word. Hard to believe that an area that offers such good fishing is so lightly fished !

Pyrenennguy, Thanks. I might also suggest u view my entries under Cachalot both here and on WSF

To be honest West Cork is an isolated coast line and especially when Cork Harbour and East Cork fishes so well.
I live in the city and as above It's a lot easier to head east to well proven ground than to spend money and time searching new ground west.

Now to kill 2 birds with the one stone, Most of the post requesting information on West Cork I refer posters to contact Paul Harris http://www.dromagowlanehouse.com/ or Pm him on the site memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1041

Hopefully he'll write a book about fishing on the Beara and we'll all buy ten copies and live happily ever after

Thankyou. Have stayed with Paul for a couple of times. Know his marks and fished them, some are totally awesome. I am sure you can appreciate the difference going further West into relatively untouched territory, however, I just need to get a feel on the general standard/catches caught in the area closer to the date.

Heading down sheeps head and beara this week end will let you now how it's fishing

Thankyou ogie

To be honest West Cork is an isolated coast line and especially when Cork Harbour and East Cork fishes so well.
I live in the city and as above It's a lot easier to head east to well proven ground than to spend money and time searching new ground west.

I suppose a lot depends on what you are looking for in your fishing. For me, it's no problem to set off for a 30 minute hike to fish a new mark; chances are it's never been fished before and hides that specimen shore pollock or huss that many of us dream about. I very rarely keep any of my catch for the table so the guarantee of fish doesn't enter into the equation.

Hi, I have fished this area over the last few years including some "unfished marks". The fishing there has declined recently due to trawlers fishing very close to the coastline. A few years ago you could walk along the coast and find deep water marks which held superb Pollack right under your feet and there were huge shoals of mullet but this is now the exception rather than the rule. The area still has great fishing but as in other areas the commercial fishermen have spoiled the fishing.

Check Facebook page 'Sea fishing on the Beara Peninsula' for latest catch reports and the best pollack fishing I have ever known in the 11 years I have been here.