Malahide estuary

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eoghanb
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Malahide estuary

#1 Post by eoghanb »

Does anyone fish the inner estuary?,never seen anyone trying,I’m sure it’s full of mullet eels and flounders,would spinning for bass/trout be a waste of time?,also can anyone provide info on access to the viaduct,is it possible or is their trespassing/legal issues?
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Re: Malahide estuary

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Hi I havnt fished it but have been for walks around it and often seen discarded wrappers from tackle and bits of nylon so it is fished.
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Re: Malahide estuary

#3 Post by Fanad80 »

There are sea trout but they tend to be very hit and miss from the shore. I have kayaked out in the middle of the estuary and have come across them feeding on the surface but they tend to move around a lot so can be hard to track down. The inner estuary itself is very shallow with a lot of silt and mud, typically a lot of fresh water as well so aside from sea trout I’d imagine there are flounder in abundance but haven’t tried catching them given how many crabs are in the estuary! I would imagine kayak fishing close to the rail bridge on an incoming tide would throw up something though...it’s on the 2020 to-do list!
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#4 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

some old info in this document from UCD

https://researchrepository.ucd.ie/bitst ... 0RONAN.pdf
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Re: Malahide estuary

#5 Post by eoghanb »

Interesting reading,it’s a sad reflection on the dwindling stocks ,the boyne river bass we’re especially interesting it’s hard to believe how far up they used to be caught it was practically fresh water
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#6 Post by Teegerstk »

Nice to read that booklet again, really eye-opening.
2019 species: codling, whiting, flounder, dab, dogfish, spurdog, sole, smooth hound, bass
2020 species: codling, dab, whiting, flounder, dogfish, turbot, smooth hound, bass
2021 species: flounder, black goby, dogfish, smooth hound
2022 species: dogfish, smooth hound
2023 species: flounder
2024 species: dab, smooth hound, flounder, bass

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