Black head, Co. Clare

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#1 Post by **antbear** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:08 pm

I decided to take my first trip this year on Sunday.

Weather was a little windy from SE so I fished slightly on the Southern side of the head.
Fished with fresh sand eel, lug, mussel and crab.
Floated at various depths in close and ground-baited out farther to about 100 meters.
Fished from low water around 1pm until it started to rain at around 6pm.

Results: Apart from a few bites nothing except two edible crabs, one of which I managed to land.
Overall it was nice to be out and enjoyable

#2 Post by **MAC** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:55 pm

Pity about the fishing...

Does black head normally fish at this time of the year?

Kev

#3 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:25 pm

MAC wrote:Pity about the fishing...

Does black head normally fish at this time of the year?

Kev

from my experience of fishing there... it usually picks up around april/may

i find the best time to fish there (around the light house area) is september/october, around 'the flats' june to september, and further down 'ballyreen' from may right through to november... but weather seems to be a major factor in the fishing around the areas

#4 Post by **antbear** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:37 pm

Usually not reliable this time of year. But it was a nice day and I just tried it. There was 4 others fishing in the area and none seemed to catch anything.
But I am not going to give up, will try again next Saturday if the weather is half decent.