Time of year to fish?

[FlyFisher]

Posted this in the SWFF section also but noticed that it's not very active (last post was nearly a year ago).

New to SWFF - just wondering what time of year I can expect to head out to a few marks along the east coast and have a chance at catching something.

My goal for this year is to catch my first bass and first mullet - both on the fly preferably.

Any tips/advice would be appreciated!

[Chris T]

Hi, unfortunately you won’t get too many answers on this site as a lot of people are super suspicious and not willing to share anything unless you’re in their ‘click’.Thankfully there are a few genuine guys who are willing to help and thanks to them for their help through my time on the site.

I’d say your best bet would be summer time and rocky marks , never had bass on fly or spinner just bait but I know rocky marks are best. The further south you go the better. Have a look at the bye-laws on the cob site before you go though as these have changed in recent years!

Mullet on the fly will be tricky I think!!

[Flounder123]

Early in the season I find that bass tend to gather around rocky marks and later on in the summer and autumn they start to turn up around surf beaches. They seem more willing to take flies and lures in warmer weather.

[MAC]

probably July onwards for Bass. Mullet will make an appearance in June. You need to fish places where people sometime throw bread for the birds. In these Areas the mullet will be used to taking bread and a bread fly might work..... They will drive you mad

For Bass on the fly, have a serious think about any rock mark west or Tramore in Waterford (Copper Coast) you will up your chances significantly and with the motorway it just over 2 hours from Dublin