Kinnego Bay

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#1 Post by **kissafish** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:30 pm

Any anglers out there ever fished Kinnego Bay (Donegal) :?:
I am due to fish it in april (club comp')
But i don't even know how to get there :?
Any info would be of help :D

#2 Post by **pete** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:54 pm

Kissafish,
Flounder, turbot, small bass and the odd sea trout. Fished it about a half dozen times and found it always looked better than it fished. Lots of tiny coalies once it gets dark. Stunning location to fish though.

Pete

x · #3 Post by x » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:58 am

Never tried it either, but the following may help with collecting bait, travel directions, a pic of the place etc

http://www.movilleinishowen.com/gallery ... ge_bay.jpg

http://www.movilleinishowen.com/travel/ ... oville.htm

http://www.visitinishowen.com/tour/scenic.html

Kinnagoe Bay: Rock fishing at either end of the bay for pollack and wrasse. Beach fishing for flounder, dabs, plaice and occasional sole and bass. Dogfish and spurdog in autumn.

Coast Road (Lough Foyle): Along the coast road on the way to Moville lugworm, ragworm and crab can be caught.

[img]http://www.movilleinishowen.com/gallery/coloured/kinneoge_bay.jpg[/img]

#4 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:34 pm

lovely pic sandman - working for the tourist board!!!

x · #5 Post by x » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:09 pm

Nope, just scraped it off the web. It gives a reasonable idea of structure, pity the day it was taken wasn't a bit brighter, it would've been really useful.

Interesting about getting sole off it. Rare one, that.

I wonder how much of a hike is required to get onto it?

#6 Post by **beachcaster** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:24 pm

about 100 yards as you can park right beside the beach.always found it does not fish as good as it looks ,and there is a wreck in the bay some where.

x · #7 Post by x » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:10 pm

Handy enough to get to so. The wreck, if memory serves (open to correction here) is that of a Spanish Armada vessel. It'd have been wooden hulled so will, I'd say, be either buried or reduced long since to matchwood.

Anyhow, I can't cast far enough to hit wrecks. :lol:

I'm sure some of the diving sites will have info on it...

#8 Post by **beachcaster** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:08 pm

100% right mate they still dive on it though.last time i fished it got 2 sea trout about 3 lb in weight they went back alive and well.

x · #9 Post by x » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:54 pm

A couple of 3lb sea trout are not to be sneezed at. Would make a useful addition to my species list for the year.

As a matter of interest, anyone know how much a licence costs if you wanted to keep the sea trout?

#10 Post by **scara** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:23 pm

fished this beach on many occasions and its not good. trout can be taken but not worth the trip, culdaff beach turns up trout far more regular.

there is a spanish armada wreck to the left of the beach, divers usually just swim out to it.

Just does not fish the way it should. going to try the far right this year and some diffrent tides. (i always say this and get two night of blanks and never bother fishing it again for another year)

x · #11 Post by x » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:37 pm

Not sounding good for that competition or club meet there, then.

#12 Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:26 pm

Only ever fished it once, 3 off us spent a weekend on it. We only managed few flounder and they didn't come till around dawn time.

The only thing that keeps this place in my mind is that when we arrived on the Saturday afternoon we saw a shoal of something about 1/2 mile out swimming around, just the fins on the surface the odd one would have made a bit of splash on the surface but never enough to fully see what they were.

More than likely porpoises or the like... :?

that was as exciting as it got ! :lol:

#13 Post by **pete** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:51 pm

Its a pity it doesn't fish as well as it looks as there are few nicer backdrops than Kinnegoe. The wreck is the Trinidad Valencera, lots of spaniards drowned when she sank which makes it an eerie enough place to fish at night. Popular spot for beach parties in the summer, so you've been forewarned!

Pete

glengormley-gavin · Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:04 pm

Sod all that lads - I'm in the same club as kissafish!!!

I was looking forward to this trip until I read the reports :cry: :cry: :cry:

GG

#15 Post by **kissafish** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:53 pm

glengormley-gavin wrote:Sod all that lads - I'm in the same club as kissafish!!!

I was looking forward to this trip until I read the reports :cry: :cry: :cry:

GG

I have been informed by a few anglers that april is the best month to fish there. Plenty of flatties to be got :roll: Just have wait + see what happens 8)