lahinch marks?

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#1 Post by **nialler** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:21 am

headin to lahinch in a week or so lads, just wonderin as i havint fished ther before would anyone have any advice or info about how its currently fishing... would like to try for some pollock from the rocks if theres any decent spots in the area.. wasint aiming on fishing the beach but wud it be worth a crack? havint shore fished this side of the country at all.. any info would be great, thanks

#2 Post by **kieran** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:14 pm

Hi

I have a detailed explanation of all the marks around Lahinch on my blog, a reproduction of one of the earliest detailed Irish Angler pieces. Pollack can be taken off the rocks on the lhs but only in rough (and I mean rough) conditions. There are better pollack marks out past Liscannor heading for the cliffs of Moher or on the far side of Liscannor Bay heading for the green island of Jack Shine fame (what do you think the porbeagles were eating!).

You would have better luck seeking a bass in the mixed ground between sand and pure rock or legering baits for big wrasse around LOW water farther out on the lhs on the rocks. The spot under the first set of houses topping the promenade (behind Kennys bar) is a good spot for bass and flatfish...

Failing that try at the bend in the promenade near high water or further down towards the end of the car park, and all this best done near sun down. The final mark is the Inagh river estuary but unless you know it well stay well clear as there is quicksand there and people have drowned.

The odd rock in the river marks a spot where a priest tried to get across to visit a dying parishoner for the last rites, or so the story goes. My brothers told me it was the prow of a viking ship and I believed them!

FWIW

#3 Post by **mickeyfish** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:03 pm

was down in lahinch last week, we shore fished fanore beach, 13 flonuder caught betwwen 8 anglers

we shore fished seafeild and cregg beach and blanked , we tried ballyvaughan it produced some pollack and wrasse but not in great numbers

#4 Post by **corbyeire** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:11 pm

did you shore fish in ballyvaughan and if so where from?

pm if you like

cheers

#5 Post by **shambobala** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:43 pm

fishing near the estuary (it isn't all that dangerous tbh) can be quite good, but you'll need to recce the place at low water to understand where the pools / gullies are on any day. Has produced bass and sea trout recently enough, though i've not had a flatfish or doggie there for some time.

the far side of the estuary used to be a good mark but, again, hasn't produced much in a while, get the occassional influx of mullet there though (though I haven't fished for them for a long time).

I'd also recommend the far left of liscannor bay (cregg) which has turned up some nice silver and a a kennel full of doggies on ocassion, look for a full tide and a fullish moon.

Use lug.

also: you can head for green island for mack and pollock or up to ballyreen if you like a crowd.

#6 Post by **mickeyfish** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:08 pm

i fished on the paited pegs from 42 - 59 if that makes any sense to you the best way to fish here is either spinning a jelly/rag or float fish, people using those methods were the only one's to catch fish

#7 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:12 am

cheers for that mick :)