Malahide/Portmarnock/Redrock

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#1 Post by **GF80** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:44 pm

Was thinking of taking the spinning rod and some plugs out some evening this week to one of the above beaches hoping a bass or sea-trout may be feeling charitable, was wondering if anybody knew:

a) am I mad as it is early in the season and there is no chance of a fish
b) if there are fish to be had at this time of the year to plugs, which beach and which plugs should i go to / use

#2 Post by **Steve** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:52 am

Hiya,

It's still probably a little early for bass in most parts. However I have heard very reliable reports of sea trout being taken from some of the estuaries in that area. Might be worth spinning rather than plugging.

#3 Post by **barto** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:17 pm

hi,have fished malahide 3 times and rogers-town twice over the last two weeks and not had a thing. tryed all types of lures,spinners etc. hope this does not put you off giving it a try.on the plus side i did see some sea throut jumping on both places,so there are some fish about .

#4 Post by **GF80** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:43 am

Cheers Barto

Might leave it two weeks or so and see if the bass start turning up.

#5 Post by **Bradan** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:11 am

GF80 wrote:Cheers Barto

Might leave it two weeks or so and see if the bass start turning up.

In 2 weeks it will be the close season for bass:

Bass Fishing Conservation Bye-law
The effect of this Bye-law is to impose a bag limit on anglers of two bass in any one period of 24 hours and to provide for a ban on angling for bass during the spawning season (15th May to the 15th June).

You might want to leave them alone til the 15th of June...

#6 Post by **GF80** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:19 pm

ah yes true...my bad