Sea Angling Ireland

People:2 people

Duration:8 hours

Tide:ebb 4 hours flood 4hours

Weather:fair 4/5 winds n/w

Bait:mackeral

Rigs:shark trace, 10/0 hooks feathers , shrimp rigs

Results:6 blue sharks, 12 species Red/grey gurnard, haddock, launce,whiting,pollock,ling,cod,pouting,poor cod,cuckoo wrasse
After a failed attempt to catch shark out of dunmore east, headed to my old stamping ground , with good results, Shark sizes 2 x40lbs 1x50lbs 1x60lbs 1x80lb and 1approx 100lbs also lost two others .



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I was just wondering what your shark consists of,
cheers steve

Sorry forgot too mention that, they were all blue sharks
regards

Hi Screaming
Nice to see the summer visitors back
Did you get these far offshore?
I'd love a crack at some blues, as Ive never had the opportunity before, and kilkee is close to local for my boat
Kev

meant to say what does your shark trace consist of!!!
cheers steve

Hi, we went 12 miles offshore as on the days previous boats closer in had no success. Its also important to get passed the influence of the water coming out of the shannon estuary, and along the coast.
Just a normal rubby dubby with no secret additions was used. ( 3 day old mackeral, mushed up with bran flakes)
Terminal tackle was 10/0 hook, heavy duty clip link attached to 6/0 swivel and 8 feet of 250lb wire, i use the heavy wire , more for its resistance to being bitten through, and when the shark is near the boat they often role like crocodiles, wrapping themselves into the wire, if they reach the mono, it most often breaks.
I use 50lb mono for the reel line
hope this helps, good luck, ( oh, its also helps if there is a bit of wind to get u moving on the drift, u cover a bigger area that way)