by SiDtheFish » Sat Sep 26, 2020 6:29 pm
There were, reportedly, 2 19lb pollack caught from Kerry Head a few years back. Guy didn't want any publicity, apparently. It's a wicked spot to fish BUT is extremely dangerous due to freak waves (the very same that give Loop Head (supposedly) the biggest waves in Europe). It is a very rough ground mark and lost tackle has clogged the reef just offshore, making it really difficult to fish due to lost tackle from spinning rods etc (spoke to a diver who won't dive there due to hooks). It is also reported as still good for mackerel (two autumns ago I spent a few days there and saw porbeagle herding vast shoals of mackerel and sprats into the rocks). If you really must try it (it's one of Kerry's best hidden gems) stay above the lowest rock ledges and fish into the bay to the North, and remember that if it hits bottom it's lost! I've had big pollack here on float fished live mackerel