I have not fished since last Monday as conditions are not good due to the spring tides. These high tides stir up the sand on the bottom creating “clouds” in the water and the sand upsets the fish if it gets into their gills… at least, that is my theory! Saturday the tides drop back …
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
Conditions on the estuary are good as a result of the fine weather we are currently enjoying… My good friend Pete Hannan and his son Richard (Moira, Co Down) fished with me for two days during the week and they had 34 beautiful fresh run sea trout. This is unusual weather for April and it …
Friday last was a good day, my first trip for 2011 which produced 18 sea trout. The sea trout season opened last Sunday week (April 17th) with very high spring tides. By Friday they had dropped back to a nice easy 3.4 meters. My companion was Steve Tagg from Harpingden UK. This was Steve’s first …