Blue shark - Kinsale 03/07/11

Michael Walsh skipper of Ocean Ranger sent on a report to me of a shark fishing trip last Sunday.
Michael and crew on Ocean Ranger managed to hook 13 and boat 10 blues the best fish estimated at around 140lb.
Conditions on Sunday would have been described as "not ideal" shark fishing weather as there was little drift. No doubt the spring tides did the needful on the scent trail.

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That's a great day out there Jim.

Indeed Dave. It would nearly have me dusting down the rubby dubby bags and traces

Brilliant fishing, a good day in fairness considering not ideal conditions, wish i had a day like that love to catch one of them, what depth of water do they usually be in Jim?

This is my number 1 aim for this summer...

Nice blues. The closest i've got to them this summer are smoothie pups . I'd love to have a go at them but i dunno would my gear be up to it. I might have to wait till next year and hope santa's good to me in the mean time.

Nice day for shark fishing all the same. I was out in my kayak thinking about the blues...

Nice blues. The closest i've got to them this summer are smoothie pups . I'd love to have a go at them but i dunno would my gear be up to it. I might have to wait till next year and hope santa's good to me in the mean time.

You don't necessarily need to go big on reels and rods for this. petekd was out with me and used his standard uptider to successfully land a shark or two....
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23431&start=0

Damien you'll get a flavour here:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8ZAxHgxIM

Realistically you can catch blues close in. I've seen the Ballycotton lads have them not too far off the island. I like to get into open water outside the headlands, probably around the 8-10 mile mark, depending on the direction of drift and the stage of tide.

That looks series fun Jim,I've enough dubby bags collected to get out every weekend..

fine fish

whos your man standing on the ledge, reminds me of a cartoon with the woman standing on a chair afraid of a mouse hahaha

nice and early jim lets hope its a good sign for the summer better weekend wind wise and loads of mackerel around.