Into the West, Clare rock mark info?

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Into the West, Clare rock mark info?

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Guys a couple of us are heading to North Clare (just one day on a tour of the west coast, heading up the way), anyone help with a couple of deep water marks for Pollack and Wrasse we could try? Any info gratefully received.
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Re: Into the West, Clare rock mark info?

#2 Post by jw »

what time or year are you planning, my experience is that you wont catch these species
from the shore till sometime in april
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We don't plan to be down there til Mid July man.
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Re: Into the West, Clare rock mark info?

#4 Post by tight lines »

mid july is a great time to fish black head great for pollock and wrass big ones also lots of mack i find spinning rag worm or frozen sandeel best

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Re: Into the West, Clare rock mark info?

#5 Post by corbyeire »

if youre going to try blackhead or ballyreen, go midweek and early
weekends are full of our can drinking littering mac bashing friends - casting leads and strings of 8 hooks over you as youre "on a hot spot" even though there are 500 metres free left and right of you!!!

a decent cast with fish baits brings dabs, dogs, rays and huss into play in those areas also
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Sounds wonderful Corbs.... Maybe somewhere all little more secluded
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Re: Into the West, Clare rock mark info?

#7 Post by corbyeire »

if its lure fishing and your travelling light you can find the quieter spots handy enough - the locals can be fairly protective about access apart from those main areas above

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