Ireland Spearing 2012

[fla]

You squeeze, but you would really need to have a death grip on it to build up any kind of pressure to do damage.
Ya boiled water is important, a health warning had to be issued in the States when using sinus rinses. A couple of people died from a brain eating bacteria because of using tap water. Not a nice way to go.
Unbleached salt! Cool bananas, I still have about 200 sachets to go through but its good to know for when they're gone.
Coming home next month for a while, can't wait. Back to spearing my old haunts, any word on a meet this year?

 

[bobdonny]

No word yet, think Pedro mentioned the final 2 weekends in west cork. I am looking at my schedule and thinking about a weekend in August somewhere... open to options!

 

[fla]

Well if anyone is in the Connemara area drop me as shout, I'm going to be without a car but luckly for me alot of my spots are within cycling distance. I don't mind if it pours rain as long as the water vis is decent. I am going to be down in Cork at the start of Sept might go sniffing out a few Bass while I'm there, never even seen one!

 

[Derekn]

Went to a spot yesterday with Vasile and the viz was only 2-3 metres, this sheltered spot normally has 10+ metres so I went again today and it was even worse. I'm afraid the viz in the south east is just pants at the moment...probably still a lot of surface water draining in to the sea. Managed to see 2 bass yesterday but they were gone before I could even react, could barely see my hand in front of my face today. Water temp is 14-15c and the sea is quiet flat...pity about the viz, would be lovely otherwise.

 

[chealy]

Had a quick look myself around East Cork yesterday as not been out down here for awhile, Kerry most weekends.
Viz was awful, did'nt even bother going in.

Going to head away again this weekend if the weather is good, anyone know what the viz is like on the Beara peninsula?

 

[bobdonny]

Had a quick look myself around East Cork yesterday as not been out down here for awhile, Kerry most weekends.
Viz was awful, did'nt even bother going in.

Going to head away again this weekend if the weather is good, anyone know what the viz is like on the Beara peninsula?

Coulda saved you the trip!
East cork is funny... fishes fab all year round but any bit of wind or swell and you have weeks of bad vis!
Beara should be fab tomorrow and wed and only ok-good at weekend. You'll find decent vis there, maybe even some tropical surprises if the water temp is good

 

[chealy]

Bobdonny- cheers for the info, I went down there last year but did'nt see much.
Not asking for specific spots but don't suppose you could give me a general idea where might be ok, save me dragging the misses around looking for good viz.

cheers

 

[sunfish]

I went out to look for a pollack today, getting in at 5.pm, and missing the best part of the tide:ycard. Where I got in, the beach was covered in 2 feet of smelly rotten seaweed and I fell over a couple of times before making the water:yack. Vis was bad at first. I had to swim out 20ft before I could see the speargun but it improved the further out I went. After swimming for 25 minutes I reached my mark and anchored the float.
Plenty of small pollack were showing. After a few dives a pair of better sized ones came in. There wasn't much to choose between them so I took this one.

I carried on diving for another ten minutes then caught a glimpse of a huge fish, at least twice as big, but it saw me and finned off quickly, looking like a ship in full sail. Of course I tryed to find him again but the tide was ebbing and after an hour I gave it up. I've seen huge fish here before (and even caught a couple) so "I'LL BE BACK!!"
Coming back through the rotten seaweed was at least as bad.
The fish I got was 5lb 7oz and it's still only 12 degrees celsius offshore!

 

[spudlington]

Cracking pollack!

 

[bobdonny]

Nice wan dave

 

[bobdonny]

if we could hunt at 23 meters...

Irish Angling Update » Specimen pollack of 13 lb. 10 oz. in a good sea angling competition in Aghada in east Cork.

 

[johnnybuoy]

Ling rocks???? 40-60M!!

 

[gavkm27]

RE: Orca's ,i work in North Sea as diver and yesterday we were working on a wellhead up north past shetlands,when the supervisor told us to get back to the diving bell immediately as there was a pod of Killer Whales spotted off the bow! We sat on the stage below the bell for about 15 mins hoping to get a glimpse but they did'nt fancy diving down to 190m for a look,pity they did'nt as there were lots of tasty congers and wolf fish down there.. and 2 divers!

 

[sjwpjw]

gav

interesting. are they more or less danger free? strange when they are so intelligent and we are so slow and awkward in the water by comparison!

steve

 

[sunfish]

Went to a spot yesterday with Vasile and the viz was only 2-3 metres, this sheltered spot normally has 10+ metres so I went again today and it was even worse. I'm afraid the viz in the south east is just pants at the moment...probably still a lot of surface water draining in to the sea. Managed to see 2 bass yesterday but they were gone before I could even react, could barely see my hand in front of my face today. Water temp is 14-15c and the sea is quiet flat...pity about the viz, would be lovely otherwise.[/QUOTE

Hi Derek, in this situation if the sea's calm then you'll find better vis away from the shore a bit. If you look at an admiralty chart of your area and find some reef with only a couple of metres of water on top you can often find a few bass on top. If there are no bass on top then you can look for pollack or crabs 'n lobsters down the sides.

 

[gavkm27]

gav

interesting. are they more or less danger free? strange when they are so intelligent and we are so slow and awkward in the water by comparison!

steve

AFAIK Orca's don't attack humans and if so very rarely,but for us we have umbilical with gas,hot water etc that is our lifeline back to the bell,that would be my main concern having one of those beasts barging through it

 

[Derekn]

Hi Derek, in this situation if the sea's calm then you'll find better vis away from the shore a bit. If you look at an admiralty chart of your area and find some reef with only a couple of metres of water on top you can often find a few bass on top. If there are no bass on top then you can look for pollack or crabs 'n lobsters down the sides.

Yeah the viz got a bit better further off shore but I was out several hundred metres and still only getting 1-2 metres viz, the previous day was around 4 metres that far out. There was a lot of weed churned up recently and the beach is full of decaying weed (stinks to high heaven in the sun). Think I'll need a kayak to get out a bit further or a boat to get me out to the islands .

 

[plbenza]

Think I'll need a kayak to get out a bit further or a boat to get me out to the islands .

Waterford & Suir Estuary: Chart of South Coast of Ireland from Dungarvan to Kilmore Quay 2011: Visitmyharbour.com

I hope it will help

What about flatfish Derekn ?? oh come on...!

 

[Derekn]

Waterford & Suir Estuary: Chart of South Coast of Ireland from Dungarvan to Kilmore Quay 2011: Visitmyharbour.com

I hope it will help

What about flatfish Derekn ?? oh come on...!

Hey Pedro I was only out on the low water, no good for flatties around here I'm afraid. The last time I went out looking for flatties (about 4 weeks ago) the only ones I seen were tiny and too small to take. The charts are very handy ok, I use google maps and the OSI website as well...very good for giving you a broader view of the charts. Have a look at this one if you haven't got it already... Shop.osi.ie Mapviewer

 

[chealy]

I was out myself today for two sessions, first one was at low water and barely anything around.
Then went in further up the head of kinsale, viz was'nt to bad probably 5mtr + in some places. I managed 3 Pollack in the end spent ages trying to get near the bigger ones but they were very skittish.