May 3… My clients were the Dunne brothers from Derry with their uncle Martin from Nottingham. We departed the Quay at 9am and by 12.30 we  had run out of bait… such was the fishing. What a day! A bite with practically every cast… every fisherman’s dream. Days like these don’t come very often but …

May 2nd… There are good reports coming in from local boats… John Fitzpatrick and Aidan Higgins had 21 sea trout for two days. Two guests from the Ice House hotel fished for a short spell with me Sunday May 1st and had five sea trout despite a strong easterly wind. Judd