Inniscrone Pier, Co. Sligo, 27/01/07

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#1 Post by **Paramedic030** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:37 pm

People: just Me

Duration: too long, about 4 hours I'd say

Tide: coming in

Weather: mild, light breeze, thin clouds with occasional moon

Bait: "Berkley" lugworms, real lugworms, sandeels

Rigs: flounder rigs, selfmade "two hooks on one line" rigs

Results: shore rockling ( about 15cms ) and a whiting, missed two bites and had persistent nibbling but no bite when fishing into the harbour

Catch and Release:: Yes/Yes

Report: Well, that mark produces a fine selection of crab, if anyone is interested! everytime I fished live bait, I had blank hooks after only a few minutes so I decided to use the artificial "Berkley Lgworms 400 times more scent fish eat it" thing and it worked! I got that miniature cod ( or what ever it was ) on that and the although crad did tr, they couldn't get them off the hook...

I'll give it another go one of these days when I have restocked...

Patrick!

#2 Post by **pete** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:00 am

I've seen reports over the years from that venue and I've never seen anything other than a few fish being landed. Am I right in saying its not much good?

#3 Post by **Paramedic030** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:10 pm

Well, Pete,

I have to say that there is worse and I have landed a fine whiting there and it has produced a few fine pollack too, but those were in season.

I suppose, the beach is the better place to fish esp for flatties. And if you go to Easkey your chances rise with every mile towards the open sea, I'd say.

Are you from the area here?

Patrick...

Irish_Shamrock · #4 Post by **Irish_Shamrock** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:37 pm

I've fished the pier at Easkey quite a bit but never caught anything more than pollack. Very rough ground, and very dangerous at times also when a swell whips up with water breaking right over the top of the pier.

If you head on round the coast road for another few miles there are numerous marks which hold big numbers of ballan wrasse - big ballan wrasse! :lol:

I've fished Inniscrone only a few times and talking to locals there never seems to be much happening, apart from the swarms of mackeral-bashers who descend upon the pier every summers evening. It's an incredible sight - they stand shoulder to shoulder - sometimes two deep! I don't know how they'd be bothered with it.

Caught plenty of flounder, and dogs from the beach, and one or two turbot also.

Not spectacular fishing - but better than sitting in the house all day! :P

#5 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:59 pm

iv fished easky a few times...never caught anything. i have fished enniscrone pier a good few times. it always produces fish. iv caught a lot of conger there...and plenty of dogfish. iv seen flatfish been caught there. never got one though! i also got a few decent pollack and huss.

#6 Post by **davyp** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:59 pm

Inniscrone seems pretty hit and miss, i've blanked a lot there, but have seen pollack to about 6lb taken, even heard of a 31/2lb sea trout on a makeral rig at low tide. there is certainly a serious plague of crabs around the harbour.

on the plus side it can be pretty sheltered at times when other nearby areas are pretty freaky, as was said Easkey can be bad, a local i know,well experienced, got knocked off his feet and in to the raillings at the end of the summer.

have also found the ground round easky so rough that a float was the only option, even with rotten bottoms, I seemed to be loosing a rig every cast

anyone fished augris head pier, or the harbour at pollinadiva??

I have fished inniscronee a fair bit recently and fancy a change of scenery
any ideas appreciated

Davy

#7 Post by **Paramedic030** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:38 am

Hey Davy!

I've been round to Lacken and Cilcummin Pier, to The Flags and Ross beacon lately, also fished the Moy Delta from the shore around Rosserk Abbey ( no good, lost every lead I had ) and was planning to go to Easkey one of these weekends. But might as well take it further up the road to Aughris Head.

I'll post if I go!

I'd appreciate any advice on that part of the bay! Anyone local to give hints or anyone planning in going there these days?

I was thinking about floating with one rod and doing some bottom flounder rig patience waiting on the other... With my famous artificial lugworm to beat the "effin" crab and perhaps some frozen mackerel???

Thanks,

Patrick...

#8 Post by **pete** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:43 am

Hi Pat,
When I was living in Donegal I used to head down that direction the odd Saturday morning. Seems like the lads have had some decent fish of it then.

Have caught pollock of the rocks at Aughris and I know there are plenty of dogs to be had of the rocks just beyond the pier, should be some dabs about it too. The beach beside the pier there looks like it should produce plenty of flounder too.

#9 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:54 pm

i have fished lacken pier a lot for the last 3 summers. iv caught ling and conger there. i have got conger up to 25lbs close in. i have caught congers at distance also.

there is a few huge congers around lacken pier...iv hooked them up to 7ft in length! never landed a monster there but i have got them to the surface. i have also caught pollack and wrasse.

i have neer fished aughris pier. i was told you get pollack and mackeral in the summer.

i have fished auchris head a few times. i only fished it in very rough weather. huge swell and very deep water. i got plenty off pollack there. i put out a beachcaster a few times but i lost rigs nearly every cast. i had problems holding bottom(8oz grip lead wasnt holding). i asked the locals about the headland and they sayed it is very dangerious but they also mentioned that people have caught tope and conger there!

#10 Post by **davyp** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:26 am

cheers for the info follks, have had a heap of blanks recently (not alone in that at least :-) ) and new info can only help

Hey Davy!

I've been round to Lacken and Cilcummin Pier, to The Flags and Ross beacon lately, also fished the Moy Delta from the shore around Rosserk Abbey ( no good, lost every lead I had ) and was planning to go to Easkey one of these weekends. But might as well take it further up the road to Aughris Head.

I'll post if I go!

How did you get on at these spots? been thinking of giving Lacken a go myself - might head over tomorrow if I can skive off work early

There is a rock mark, near dunmoran strand, ( dunmoran is sign posted , easy access to the rocks on the next left off the coast road about a mile or so after dunmoran if you coming from ballina side) easy turn to miss, there is a wee derilict house at the junction) had loads of colies and pollack there in the early autumn on a rising to full tide, fished it a few times on outgoing to low. but blanked,seen some good wrasse taken from this spot as well

#11 Post by **Paramedic030** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:14 am

Was down to Kilcummin today and had a monster on the rod! Lost him, though...

Not messin! I don't know what the heck it was but Sweet Jesus, I was fishing 1/0 steel hooks and Berkley rubber fish and when I finally got my line back it was bent straight out and the plastic fish was torn to bits! Fought the feller for half an hour, sore arm now but Hell it was worth it!

I'd love to know what it was! Took the hook and went straight for the open water.

Lacken now, was really dead. Not a fish to be seen. Ross beacon pretty much the same story but Kilcummin was worth the time. Also someone had caught - I found the bones of a fish, might have been Pollock or Whiting, at the back of the pier.

If you go out, do mind the waves, they're vicious these days! A surfer got swept off The flags today, wouldn't want to get washed off them with my wellies on, my rod in my hands, the phone in my back pocket and the small digi cam round me neck.

Give me a shout if you go and I'll see if I am around myself - not fishin though, me arm is gonna hurt in the morning, I'd say!

Tide is in at half five...

#12 Post by **Paramedic030** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:16 am

by the way! check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilcummin

Great stuff!

#13 Post by **MARRCO7** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:52 am

I have fished Lacken many times in the summer and one evening hooked something very big near dark off the back of the pier it stayed on for 10minutes then broke the line may have been a conger rocks on strand are good for dogs and mack in summer and the odd seatrout. :wink:

fearghall · #14 Post by **fearghall** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:22 pm

davyp wrote:Inniscrone seems pretty hit and miss, i've blanked a lot there, but have seen pollack to about 6lb taken, even heard of a 31/2lb sea trout on a makeral rig at low tide. there is certainly a serious plague of crabs around the harbour.

on the plus side it can be pretty sheltered at times when other nearby areas are pretty freaky, as was said Easkey can be bad, a local i know,well experienced, got knocked off his feet and in to the raillings at the end of the summer.

have also found the ground round easky so rough that a float was the only option, even with rotten bottoms, I seemed to be loosing a rig every cast

anyone fished augris head pier, or the harbour at pollinadiva??

I have fished inniscronee a fair bit recently and fancy a change of scenery
any ideas appreciated

Davy

I have fished pollinadiva, as have a few friends.

The concensus is that occasionally what appear to be large mullet can
be seen swimming about in pairs at high tide. Other than that just
a few rockling and on special occasions small pollack and conger.

Great place to lose tackle nearly every cast. Most of the fish I have caught there have been under the rod tip around high tide.

Have caught the occasional pollack and small coley at aughris.

#15 Post by **blowin** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:03 am

You frequently see very good mullet in Polnadiva harbour during the summer . I don't know whether they work along the wall , as you would expect , but I have never seen them closer than about 30 ft from the pier . That means there is usually a mooring line between you and where the fish are so it would be nearly impossible to land anything . Pity !
There is a conger mark just off the end of either Polnadiva or the other , smaller harbour , just to the West of it . Unfortunately I can't remember which . Anyway , it is a deepish hollow at about the 11 o'clock position between 20 and 30 ft out from the end of the pier . Heavy on tackle due to kelp .
Definitely conger straight down the western side at the end of Inniscrone pier . Fish close to the steps if you fancy your luck --- I had a 21 pounder from there and pulling it up the steps by grabbing the trace was the only way to get it out ( hoards of kids swimming at the slip end ) . I think I saw the 3 1/2 lb sea trout you mentioned . It was a very good one anyway .
The access to Aughris Head had a " no trespassers " sign across it the last time I went there ( ?? September ? ) . I know the farmer had problems with people driving over the field / hill to the Head , leaving the gate open behind them . I don't know whether the sign is intended just for them ie for vehicles or if he wants to keep everyone out . Any thoughts ?
Aughris pier -- very small pollack but sometimes decent mackerel . The trick is to floatfish sandeel 3 to 6 ft deep and quite close to the end of the wall -- only between 10 and 30 ft out .
The rocks to the left are very hungry !!
I don't know of anyone who has caught anything off the beach in front of the pub in the last 30 years . There were apparently a few flounder and "white" ( ?? sea ?? ) trout before that .
So if I know all these things , how come I can't much of anything from the shore / rocks ? I do wish I knew the answer to that ! :lol: . Good luck .

#16 Post by **davyp** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:20 pm

fished the pier last thursday

me an my son had 4 strap conger (one at the steps, others at the back of the wall) all small bout 3lbish, had a better one drop off - maybe 7-8lb

and a good few missed bites - all these were as the tide dropped
thankfully there were few crabs about compared to the usual plague

the wee lad also got a blenny float fishing at the side of the pier with a tiny mack strip

bout a dozen or so mack caught by guys spinning feathers as well - nice to get some fresh Bait !!

the beach nr dromore west has been surfer city anytime ive been near recently - never had any luck further down the beach - either side of the stream

in that area there seem to be a fair few seatrout at portavad - an a few flats - had a seatrout close on 4lb mark last month - thought sure it was a grilse when he lept out in front of me

anybody else having any luck in the west??

davy

#17 Post by **davyp** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:21 pm

fished the pier last thursday

me an my son had 4 strap conger (one at the steps, others at the back of the wall) all small bout 3lbish, had a better one drop off - maybe 7-8lb

and a good few missed bites - all these were as the tide dropped
thankfully there were few crabs about compared to the usual plague

the wee lad also got a blenny float fishing at the side of the pier with a tiny mack strip

bout a dozen or so mack caught by guys spinning feathers as well - nice to get some fresh Bait !!

the beach nr dromore west has been surfer city anytime ive been near recently - never had any luck further down the beach - either side of the stream

in that area there seem to be a fair few seatrout at portavad - an a few flats - had a seatrout close on 4lb mark last month - thought sure it was a grilse when he lept out in front of me

anybody else having any luck in the west??

davy

#18 Post by **blackiemc** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:41 pm

Hello,
I fished a place that's in the 'Shore Marks' section of this site, given the catchy name "East of Easky", its No. 9 in the Mayo - Killala Bay section.

If you read that you'll be interested.
I fished it for about an hour one evening, I was lobbing Hokkais out and letting them go as deep as possible.
Despite getting snagged a couple of times I never seemed to be in danger of losing any tackle, nice spot, not too busy that evening though, I caught a little pollack to save a blank.

Blackie