Monkfish from the shore

[somedose]

Just wondering lads if there is anywhere good for getting monkfish from the shore? I've heard the Cork coast is the best but anyone know of any marks?

[BASS POINT]

Tralee
But no one going to give you much info because of the problem of netting

[sully]

forget about tralee anyway.
they used to be pretty plentiful but in recent times they've been decimated even from the small boats they seem to be a thing of the past.

[somedose]

Cheers for that lads. Might as well just go on dreaming

[dan]

dunno about cork or anywhere but up this way there are a few at the mouth of strangford lough, but i think you need to be boat fishin for them

[nobuzz]

The bottom of Belfast Lough used to be carpeted with Monkfish. The commercials always caught tons but I never saw one caught on rod & line. That was 20 years ago.

[Ronald]

dunno about cork or anywhere but up this way there are a few at the mouth of strangford lough, but i think you need to be boat fishin for them

The bottom of Belfast Lough used to be carpeted with Monkfish. The commercials always caught tons but I never saw one caught on rod & line. That was 20 years ago.

I think you guys are getting mixed up with angler fish , the commercials call them monkfish but they're actually angler fish (which belfast lough holds the british and irish records for).
The monkfish is a totally different type of fish ,was there not one caught last year from galway bay by a guy boat fishing not far from the shore .