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#1 Post by **steveboy** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:56 pm

was thinking of heading to Co, donegal for a day or two,s fishing/camping. Was wanting to know if anybody has any good marks where u could put up a tent close to the sea and keep the car safe and close at hand...?

Irish_Shamrock · #2 Post by **Irish_Shamrock** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:47 pm

Culdaff ain't a bad spot for camping. You can pitch a tent right beside the carpack above the beach, or on over behind Bunagee pier to the left of the beach is quiet enough to where you can fish from rocks or the pier.

x · #3 Post by x » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:28 pm

Tra na Rossan or Portsalon.....

Irish_Shamrock · #4 Post by **Irish_Shamrock** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:55 pm

Or Teelin down past Killybegs...

#5 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:16 am

Irish_Shamrock wrote:Or Teelin down past Killybegs...

oh.. the memories of Teelin :D :D :D plenty of species to be caught there ofthe rocks this time of year...

#6 Post by **Marty Harrison** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:47 am

St Johns point just past the beach.

glengormley-gavin · Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:03 pm

I've just returned from a weekend in Donegal.

We fished St. John's Point on Sunday - great fishing.

There is an EXCELLENT hostel and campsite in Bruckless (next to St John's Point) called Gallaghers (€9 per night for camping), great facilities - well worth a look.

Go through Donegal town and head for Killybegs, Bruckless is the next town after Dunkineilly.

There was over 30kgs of fish caught between 10 club members on Sunday - great day.

Jude

#8 Post by **steveboy** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:00 pm

right lads, thanks alot for the replys. am going to try gallaghers place in bruckless .sounds just what i was looking for. just 1 more ? for gavin... did u catch many mackerel last weekend...? thanks again lads.

#9 Post by **Marty Harrison** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:46 pm

Ive stayed in Gallaghers a few time with my girlfriend and have to echo the above, it is an excellent campsite/hostel.

#10 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:27 pm

culdaff aint bad at the beach area, the pub is close by too if the fishing aint workin ou too good!!

#11 Post by **markj** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:42 am

Gallaghers is probly your best bet, well situated.
Bruckless -->Pubs: Mary Murrins (Bar Food), Ringfort (Bar Food)

Killybegs --> http://www.killybegsonline.org
Check out the website for food & drink!

For plenty of fishing, check out http://www.killybegsonline.org/visit_ki ... ngling.asp

Bruckless Pier: Mackerel, mullet, dogs, wrasse and flounder in places. Possible chance of a ray aswell...but you would need a good cast into the channel. If you walk out to the point to the left of the pier, about 15min walk, it would be a better place to try for ray. Plenty of wrasse and pollock here aswell, along with the odd sea trout , mullet and mackerel.

St. Johns Point: Mackerel can be hard to get a times, pollock not as good as they used to be, conger and loads of good wrasse fishing.

If your going to Teelin dont both with the pier, unless its a night, where you will get conger, whiting, coalies the odd pollock, dogs and the odd dab. During the day mackerel and mullet.
If I was you I would fish the rocks to the south west of the pier. Park at the first slipway and walk over the small hill on your right (you'll cross a wall with some metal cage things up against it) following the worn path. You'll come to a series of rocky platforms where you can get down the water. Mackerel are here all the time, even until november! First 25 yards is all rough before turning mixed before going to sandy ground. Really deep water where you can pick up almost anything: pollock, coalies, wrasse, dogfish, whiting, ling, rockling, congers, gurnards etc.

#12 Post by **steveboy** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:09 pm

once again lads i say a big thankyou... and thanks 2 markj for all the info, very helpful. Am heading to bruckless on sunday morning for 2 days or so but if the fishing is good it might be longer. Going to try bruckless itself and st. john's point and then maybe head on to teelin. so if all goes well i should be back on tuesday or wednesday and will post a full report :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: THANKS AGAIN.

#13 Post by **markj** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:02 pm

Bruckless Pier: Mackerel, mullet, dogs, wrasse and flounder in places. Possible chance of a ray aswell...but you would need a good cast into the channel. If you walk out to the point to the left of the pier, about 15min walk, it would be a better place to try for ray. Plenty of wrasse and pollock here aswell, along with the odd sea trout , mullet and mackerel.

Maybe I made the pier sound a bit too good?

Mackerel will be quite scare at the pier unless high water, wrasse and pollock will be scare at the pier and will be quite small if you get any! :shock: There are flounder in the channel as Ive been told by a local angler as are the dogs. Ray are possible, not sure on the location, can be anywhere from the pier out along to the rocky point. There are ray along here somewhere, havent tried for them much. Out at the point you will get loads of specimen wrasse :D and some good pollock up to 6lb! Fish the side opposite the channel, its like a little cove. Sea trout and mullet seen here but havent caught them.

Mad Mo · #14 Post by **Mad Mo** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:53 pm

I heard from people in the past that thornback ray have been caught in Teelin, but never seen any caught.
Is the point your talking about, have a navigation light on the top of it, because always seen people fishing this area but casting into the bay, probably into the channel.

#15 Post by **markj** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:46 pm

Yes that is the point, if there was a chance of ray it would probly be between the mixed to clean ground, or else a long cast onto the clean. Never head of anyone getting ray here, but theres no reason why they shouldnt be out there!! I have asked that question serveral times and no one has heard of ray being caught :o

#16 Post by **markj** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:10 am

Hey steve, any luck with the whole fishing and camping thing? Did you make it back yet??? :lol: