blue shark from the shore

[mickser]

Hi lads planning something for the future has anyone caught a blue shark from any shore in Ireland looking for ideas of where they might be caught
mickser

[Bass Dad]

I reckon The Old Head of Kinsale would be well worth a try . It bottle knecks a lot of fish travelling along the coast, is deep and sharks are in the area. If you made the effort of getting a box or two of fresh mackeral down to the shore and got a big slick going on a fine day you would be in with a great chance in my opinion. I would start putting rubby-dubby bags into the water at high tide and let the slick travel out with the ebb carrying the sent miles out to sea .
I've had encounters with Orcas 100 metres off the shore while out in the boat there so watch you don't bite off more than you can chew, ........also blues aren't the only shark that passes The Head either........

[mickser]

thanks for your reply i have tried what you advised but no luck what i am really wanting to know is has anyone caught one from shore and where I have tried Kinsale,achill,rosslare and a few other spots the way you suggested with no luck as yet
mickser

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http://www.irish-trophy-fish.com/articles/kevinl.htm
Good write up here about sharks from the shore, not sure how relevant it is to you but well worth a read

[robbiekennedy]

the last very fine summer we had i was jigging a few mackerel about 300 yards off ram head or ardmore head and a fine blue swam right by the boat maybe 60 or seventy pounds i was talking to local fishermen about and they reckon its a regular thing there

[Viper]

My brother in law caught a blue off the shore at salthill many years ago. It got tangled up on a string of mackerel feathers and he ended up lassoing it around the tail.