clare island hints + tips

[corbyeire]

any info on where to try

i was advised by kieran not to bother with "the stony pier" or "the cove" or "the herring harbour" - three names for a crap mark on the northern side of the island

so apart from the piers and the beach where else is worth the walk!

[doggie3131]

have never shore fished of the island but have boat fished on the southern side(clew bay side) and have caught pollock and wrasse from there about a hundred yds from the shore,there is a fish farm near the spot we were fishing

[corbyeire]

looking at the OS map is appears to be mostly rotten bottom or float work outside the main beach

junk leads all the way

[stevecrow74]

never heard of anyone fishin off the island... even the islanders go out in boats.. way too rough to fish from the shore

[davyp]

any info on where to try

i was advised by kieran not to bother with "the stony pier" or "the cove" or "the herring harbour" - three names for a crap mark on the northern side of the island

so apart from the piers and the beach where else is worth the walk!

never fished it bryan - but that is a hell of a tour of the north west your doing - good luck for the trip.

d

[gfkelly1969]

looking at osi map i would say bring plenty of floats,crab,and feathers,looks like it could be a good place for wrasse and pollack
i would say you would lose a lot of tackle bottom fishing,looks like there is a lot of cliffs in the north and west,for the south and east travel light as you can because it looks like you will have a lot of walking
best of luck Brian looking forward to your report