Does watersport games on a beach scare the fish away??

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Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:26 am

hello all once again.this is something that always had me wondering.i took a spin back west yesterday to a well known beach.as i got there i was expecting the odd surfer to be there but there was about 10 guys other than the surfers with parachutes and skimming the top of the surface with a smaller board.they went from one end of the long beach to the other.in tight,our deep etc.i think this is more common over the east coast around the dublin area.

surely no fish such as seatrout or bass would be in the area while this is going on.maybe it might even move some of the flatties in the sand to deeper water etc

i think your chances of catching are well below average.has anyone had this problem or any encounters with these thril seekers

#2 Post by **Preston** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:35 am

Ive seen shoals of salmon move back out to see when surfers were present as they do when seals or dolphins are about but they moved in after they left the area. I presume its the same for other species but the beach is an amenity for all so I try not to think about it too much otherwise id be aiming for them lol

#3 Post by **sparkey+1** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:46 pm

Yea the kite surfers are ever present on dollymount once there is any sort of wind blowing

#4 Post by **spindlefist** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:06 pm

I've caught flounder in liscannor, next to the estuary, while the lads have been hockeying up and down on kite surfing.... they move back up the beach too when ya start launching grip leads their way....

#5 Post by **pok17r** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:22 pm

I have seen fish jump real close to me when out kitesurfing. so i dont think they are to worried

#6 Post by **paul mason** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:04 am

I've had an encounter with about 50 surfers on Streeda beach in the Master Angler five years ago. Not a fish was to be had with all the commotion in the water............ I never caught a fish but I got a great bite from a giant surfer when I launched a 8oz over his shoulder

#7 Post by **rocketman** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:45 am

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i remember that well paul and the killing thing about it was they only had about 2 miles of water to your left

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#8 Post by **nicefish** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:03 pm

We were fishing a South Dublin beach a couple of years back there,were a few people swimming beside us naked

not a bite. Then when they left the place came alive with fish jumping all around us, we had 3 Bass

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