Inch Beach - Kerry - 22nd April

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Inch Beach - Kerry - 22nd April

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People:Me and mate Al

Duration:10.30pm to 1am

Tide:High water was around 8pm

Weather:Mild but windy and wet

Bait:Mackerel, razor and sandeel

Rigs:Running ledger and flapper

Results:Bass, flounder & coalfish

Catch and Release:: Yes except the smallest bass



Report:First time fishing the famous Inch and even though I missed out on the bass It was a productive session. First cast the mate wound in a 5 pounder and on of all things but a strip of mackerel, lovely looking fish and quite fat. After admiring it for a few moments the fish was released back into the surf. Two casts later the fecker had another :evil: ,at around 2 1/2lb it had managed to swallow the razor so was knocked on the head.

All I could seem to do on the other hand was catch flounders, 6 of them altogether, up to around 35cm. All the bigger ones were quite thin obviously not long back from spawning. I had fish every cast on the flapper rod it was just that my bait put out for the bass never moved except when a flounder managed to gulp down one of the full sandeels I was using.

Best of the fishing was in the first hour and it gradually tailed away after that as the tide dropped away. Hope to get out again on Tuesday night when the wind drops :wink:
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#2 Post by Adam S »

good stuff

seems like its going well down there at the moment.
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#3 Post by pete »

Pm sent your way Adam. :wink:
Sea Species(25) bass, codling, whiting, turbot, seatrout, stingray, pollock, coalfish, longspine scorpion, ballan wrasse, dogfish, ling, pouting, poor cod, dab, mackerel, smelt, sandeel, launce, bull huss, painted ray, thick lip mullet, golden grey mullet, rock goby.
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#4 Post by Bradan »

As petekd said last week..... are you doing any work at all down there McGroary?? :lol:
Nice fishing, even if you missed the bass this time :wink:
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#5 Post by SeanP »

Nice report Pete, the last 2 visits I've had to Inch with bigcol he has been kept busy with the bass, while I've had only a few flounder :evil:
We were down there on Friday night, Col managed 1 bass 1.5lb and numerous Flounder, I did try most of the night with mack strip as well.
All that weed came from the mussel dredgers on the backside of Inch, I was out in the boat on thurs night and they were dredging, there was loads floating away from where they were, shame its been clear for quite a while now.
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#6 Post by pete »

Sean that weed was a bit of a pain alright got worse as the tide dropped, still I was well impressed with the beach. Mate of mine catches few bass up beside Cromane itself, do you fish up there too?
Sea Species(25) bass, codling, whiting, turbot, seatrout, stingray, pollock, coalfish, longspine scorpion, ballan wrasse, dogfish, ling, pouting, poor cod, dab, mackerel, smelt, sandeel, launce, bull huss, painted ray, thick lip mullet, golden grey mullet, rock goby.
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#7 Post by corbyeire »

was wondering how did they get the planning permission for the warehouse at the end of the spit at cromane - the place is absolutely torn up!
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#8 Post by SeanP »

Yeh its a bit of a state along there, handy for putting the boat in right at the end though, they say they are doing the pier with a slip and hopefully the road next year.
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#9 Post by corbyeire »

yea the current road has pot holes that looks like it requires that moon buggy
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