Fishing up a storm

The Summer is what many anglers look forward too..... and there is only one reason for this THE FISHING.

Sadly this Summer has been very bad weather. We've had lots of rain and wind. I've got out fishing as much as I could but it has been poor. 

 Yesterday myself and Mom went up the country,  Mom had to deliver quilts to someone in Galway so we took some rods with us as well. We didn't want to miss an opportunity to find a few more species.  It was a very windy day in Galway and a bit wet however it was not cold.

After a safe delivery we took the Wild Atlantic Way towards the Cliffs Of Moher. We drove round the Coast Road for about an hour getting out to check if it was ok to fish every once in a while. We did attempt one nice spot that we liked the look of, so we set up our gear but it was clear after the first cast it was too weedy. 

Eventually we made a decision on going to Doolin (A small Tourist Village). 

When we arrived it was nearly impossible to get out of the van because of the wind.

 Mom and I had a discussion  over whether we should fish or not. We had a little look around and fortunately there was a sheltered area just down the rocks. 

 We said we would fish for 30 minutes and we ended up fishing for 3 hours. 

Despite the wind howling over our heads we were happy to have found a safe little place. 

The fish started to take the bait straight away and ended up with nearly 20 fish between us, with a good few species. 

My first fish was a 20cm Corkwing wrasse. That followed with another Corkwing I then had a big Ballen wrasse.

 Suddenly something big took the bait and I fought it until it hit the surface. It looked to be a specimen wrasse at first. Sadly it wasn't but  it was definitely close. 

We continued to fish after that I had a few nice blenny's and some more wrasse plus a nice little Pollock. The weather deteriorated and the swelll of the water made it unsafe to continue so we called it a day and headed home. 

Tight lines
  Eoinangler 

Co Kerry 

   Ireland