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fishing in galway bay help help

#1 Post by cearra »

I am thinking of goin fishing in a charter boat this week in Galway bay and Aran Islands and am jus askin what type of fish would i be looking to catch at this time of year Thanks.
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#2 Post by saltydog »

you can expect the following:

pollack, coalfish, good sized pouting, poor cod, cod, whiting, ling, with dogs, huss and thornies depending if fishing at anchor or not and skippers knowledge. baitfish will be scare enough so bring some mack squid etc with you if at anchor trying for Ray fresh fillets of whiting is working very well ;-)

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#3 Post by chrisfeeney30 »

well said salty...which charter boat ya going out on??
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#4 Post by cearra »

Kevin MacGabhann in spiddal or Pat Conneely in roundstone,can you recommend any good carters around galway and could you tell me prices for day out fishing in a charter boat
thanks very much :lol: :lol:
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#5 Post by saltydog »

Kevin is a first class skipper i've never had a bad session when out with him... his boat was outta the water last time I passed through Spiddal a couple of weeks ago. he can take 12 anglers @ €50 per head but for comfort 10 @ €60 is better give him a call on 0868547890

I've never been out with Pat Conneely so can't give you feedback there.
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#6 Post by doggie3131 »

as far as i know kevin is getting a new engine fitted and wont be back on the water till march
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#7 Post by Peter Kinsella »

Whiting and haddock are about currently. Fog yesterday and today.
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#8 Post by nige »

doggie3131 wrote:as far as i know kevin is getting a new engine fitted and wont be back on the water till march
would still give kev a call - he might know if Max is going out fishing
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#9 Post by chrisfeeney30 »

nige wrote:
doggie3131 wrote:as far as i know kevin is getting a new engine fitted and wont be back on the water till march
would still give kev a call - he might know if Max is going out fishing
I think maxs boat is in ros a mhil at the moment
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#10 Post by lucky »

ha man i know for afact that kevin is not in the water till about early march cause i help him work on the boat.. pat connelly in roundstone is quite good. but if you want to catch fish. kevin is the man. worth waiting for him...
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...

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#11 Post by lucky »

ha man i know for a fact that kevin is not in the water till about early march as i do some work on the boat with him.. pat connelly is quite good.. but worth waiting on kevin if you want to catch fish...
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...

boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....

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