Catching Herring

[Caz - Galway]

Is it possible to caysh herring with Rod and line here in Ireland? I know that they are caught from the shore in the Baltic using very small mackeral like lures that are luminous green in color. They come in strings of 4 and the weight is quite light, flattened and coloured white and red which is supposed to attract the fish. I'm know that they can be caught in great numbers. Any comments anybody?

[Bigbill.]

Plenty caught from boats on rod and line from the Antrim and Down coastline, mostly in the evening.
Once they come on, they even take bare hooks.
Gets a bit boring after a while though, 6 hooks, 6 fish 12 hooks 12 fish, 36 hooks on a wheel rim 36 fish. :lol:

Bill

[Ronald]

Bills right bout the herring best time around belfast lough is from june to july when the shoals are passing on their way to the isle of man to spawn then you get another run of them in september ,we use mustad shrimp rigs which have a small enough hook as herring have pretty small mouths .
suppose if you wanted to target them from the shore you could try fish a trace of feathers around the gobbins cliffs sometime in june ,but i think it might be a bit far for you to travel just to catch some herring :lol: presuming your from galway caz . you could ask some fo the local trawler men :twisted: and see if you get a certain time of year when the herring are around .

[caz- Galway]

Thanks for the replies. I am from Galway and we get a run of Herring through in the Connemara Bays in December to february. I have never tried for them with rod and line but I will try this year. :D

[donal]

they were caght last year form nimos peir around december using mackrel fethers espeshly the small fethers

[Chris Mc]

I have seen herring caught acidentely on baited hokkais from Dunlikey and the bridges of Ross in clare. And also from Camden fort in Cobh but they seem to be far and few between and I've never really tried targeting them.