Portmarnock and malahide area - Cant find the fish

[hatfry]

Ive tried high rock 3 times the past 2 weeks and velvet strand 3 other different times within the past 2 weeks. 2 times I fished at night including tonight and the rest fished during the day. Ive fished on all states of tide aswell. Bait has been mixed between peeler/rag/mussel.

Just cant seem to find the fish. What am I doing wrong? Only thing I can think of is maybe they are really far out because Im only casting about 50-60 metres (i think)

Any advice?

[chuckaroo]

welcome to the site hatfry
i fished a few marks a week ago and was catching fish for fun - loads of fish!
only yesturday, 1 week later, did i try every mark along the shore but could not catch a fish! - they just werent there
so maybe the fish just arent in the area that you are trying right now either
try somewhere else, get onto a boat, or return a nother time... keep at it
my thoughts anyway..

[Deleted User 3488]

The smoothounds probably move out into the bay when the shore crab moult slows down.
They are getting plenty of them on the boats just off the bailey lighthouse.

[hatfry]

Thanks lads. Im newish to sea angling so im sure some casting practice would help. Is distance a big factor when fishing for general species? And would i have better luck on one of the isolated beaches in howth?