By appalled at the extent of this decline made all too apparent after a first boat fishing trip off Greystones in nearly two decades, the idea for An Irish Anglers World was spawned, a website informed by regular sea angling trips and desk top research highlighting this inshore marine decline while also offering workable solutions.
That evening using lugworm codling, flounder, gurnard, and dogfish were beached steadily throughout the session. Below is a diary entry for that day and an image of the bass which on being gutted proved to be stuffed with mussel. High Water Arklow Roll on sea, no white horses, single wave on beach, stirred up , no weed, no lateral tide run. Lugworm, Ragworm, Frozen Mackerel. All fish caught close in on Lugworm, close to rock forty meters out and to the right of my position.
Bass and smoothy gave very light bite indication. Bass caught about Strong fight from each. Bass had mussel in its gut. Fished north end of beach, band of weed about 15 meters out running from rocky spur to my left. Gap of about 50 meters to rocky weedy reef about forty meters out and to my right. Other than that sea bed clean.
On previous visit have caught Codling to a little over a pound here, also on Lugworm. Since Autumn according to diary entry records and file images 16 visits have been made to the same location. Dates and times have varied from May through to December with most sessions occuring between the period July to mid October. Up to Autumn fishing was consistant across the range of species listed above, with flounder particularly prevalent.
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Since then it has declined considerably, year upon year getting worse. If we have no mussel seed we have no future. It was not unusual if fishing two rods for the pair to buckle over simultaneously the result of hungry hounds exiting stage left. Flounder and other species were noticably fewer on the ground that year with fishing trips relying on hounds to make the day. In yours truly fished the venue once catching a smoothie, however friend David Murphy fished it on a number of occasions landing mainly hounds with an odd doggie and a surprise ten pound thornie bringing the species count to eight while resurrecting memories of the venues illustrious past.
Overall though the fall from grace was manifest and this has continued into culminating in a session yesterday where accompanied by marine scientist Ed Fahy targeting bass with razor and rag under ideal conditions we blanked. Mussel dredging is the cause removing habitats once home to a host of interacting species. Now homeless and exposed, possibly also deprived of their natural food they move on, are predated upon or die off.
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The end result is baits coming in untouched a clear sign of organisms down the food chain disappearing. Wicklow where mussel dredging has been practiced for decades. This status quo has to change, it cannot be allowed to continue, the above narrative a testament to the truth………. Postscript, Wednesday 21st August Well that explains the reduction in size and numbers of smoothies caught off Ennereilly lately.
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As stated the whelk fishing sector is unregulated, they just do as they please. Angling , Bass fishing , Beach fishing , Dr. There are a few bass about down Wexford way, at least for surf enthusiasts, lure fishing to date being curtailed by coloured seas thrown up by our still unsettled weather patterns.
Digging five dozen large black lugworm with a south Wexford beach mark in mind, on arrival although a lovely surf was creaming in with little evidence of floating weed, one cast was enough. In an instant, main line festooned with wrack, plan B was put into action, hit an east facing strand. Typical of a schoolie, announcing its presence in adult fashion, only to be found out when the much anticipated bullish head shaking is replaced by a light swimming sensation. A pound and a half of albeit solid muscle is no match for a thirteen foot beach caster.
That said, at least small bass are present in numbers and have been for a number of years now, a good sign for the future, however where are their parents? Definitely in the right place on numerous occasions when surf bass fishing over the five years this blog has been running, schoolies have noticeably become the predominant catch. Back in , when I started back sea fishing in earnest, surf bass of four — six pound featured in my catches from south Wicklow around to Kilmore Quay.
What, if anything, has changed? Planning an evening trip down to a favoured south Wexford beach, a four meter five pm tide linking nicely with a rolling southerly sea, or so I thought. On arrival the wind had turned around north west flattening the sea creating conditions more suited to flounder then bass. Fishing is a constant learning curve, joined on the beach by Gerry Mitchell and two of his friends Darren and Billy, the lads set up a couple of hundred meters to my right. Other than a couple of schoolies for Darren and an odd flounder things were quite.
Regularly putting out big fresh baits, coming on dark around From then on traces started to come in with an odd hook nipped off, signalling that the spiders had arrived in force. Running out of bait about Yes the spider crabs had been waging war on the boys traces too, however come For two hours the lads were kept busy, funnily enough Gerry in the central position caught a dozen bass up to 55 cms with the boys only beaching flatties, such are the vagaries of fishing.
The above experience rubber stamps a trend which has become very apparent over the last couple of years, backed up also by the writing of Clive Gammon describing Wexford beach fishing in the mid nineteen sixties. Do not venture out surf casting with bait in Wexford until at the earliest dusk, and ideally black dark if you want to be certain of connecting with bass.
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An Irish Angler's World. Sea Fishing in Wexford: Welsh Rarebit Monday, September 14th, South Wexford has the ability to deliver quality sea fishing even when the odds are stacked heavily against you. Bass Fishing in Ireland: Float Fishing with Live Sandeel. Friday, September 11th, John George is a Pembrokeshire lad who first traveled to Ireland as an 18 year old with the sole intention of catching a Kerry bass way back in , forty five years later he is still coming. Thank you John for getting in touch, safe journey to Kerry, we will definitely fish together again……… For a more detailed account of the day see: The competition will be open to all anglers over 18 years of age, however every entrant must meet a number of criteria to ensure their own safety and the smooth running of the event: Every competitor must have their own seaworthy kayak, paddle, appropriate clothing, PFD, camera, signalling equipment of some description VHF, flares, etc.
Must be confident in their own fitness levels, self-rescue and paddling skills and be well prepared for a day afloat Must register to participate in the competition by sending an email to kayakfishermanireland gmail. Should carry relevant protection from the weather.
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Ireland has a tendency to throw four seasons at us in one day. With this in mind it would be a good idea to carry at least a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen as well as enough food and liquids for the day. This event is weather dependent. In the event of bad weather an alternative site will be considered but ultimately the event depends on relatively safe weather conditions.
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Judges will make the appropriate call on the day. This is an individual event. There are no team prizes or challenges. Kayaks that do not make it back to the launch point by Check in from In , commercial fishermen have been authorised to catch and retain bass with certain gears. Authorisations were issued to vessels with a track record of landing bass during the reference period of 1 July to 30 September subject to any successful transfer requests. If you have been issued a authorisation you will be authorised to catch and retain bass with the gear types listed on your authorisation, subject to the specific limitations for each gear.
Unless otherwise notified, your authorisation will be valid until January If you are replacing a vessel that has a bass authorisation a transfer of authorisation will be considered providing the replacement vessel is no larger in engine size and tonnage. In addition, owners intending to sell vessels being replaced should also make the purchaser aware that the vessel being sold will lose its authorisation to catch bass once the transfer is completed written evidence from the purchaser to confirm their understanding may be required.
Authorisations will transfer to a new owner of the vessel when the ownership of the Union vessel is transferred. The current catch uptake by that vessel will also be transferred — i. If you have not received an authorisation in and did not submit a representation claim during you can submit evidence to the MMO to support a claim for eligibility to fish for bass in The deadline for representations is If you applied for an authorisation in and your application was unsuccessful the MMO would only consider your case in the event of substantive new evidence being available that was not considered last year.
If you are submitting a representation during February please include the following details:. The MMO will require supporting evidence to verify representations and reserves the right to corroborate with third parties.
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You should provide clear, credible and compelling evidence to support your representations. This should be sufficient for the MMO to be satisfied that the discretion should be exercised in your favour. Please send individual representations to bass marinemanagement. If you are unable to send documents electronically, please post them to the address below.
In the case of electronic and postal replies, they must be received by the MMO by 5pm on Wednesday 28 February The MMO aims to respond to any customer representations by 31 March Guidance on the landing obligation. To help us improve GOV. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Skip to main content. Home Bass industry guidance Recreational bass fishing 2. Commercial bass fishing 3. When and where you can catch bass 4. How you can fish when operating in a restricted area 5. How much can be retained 6. Recreational bass fishing For recreational fishers, from 1 October to 31 December , not more than one specimen of European seabass may be retained and landed per fisherman per day.
Commercial bass fishing The catch, retention, transhipment and landing of bass during is subject to restrictions. Those restrictions relate to; when and where you can catch bass how you can fish gear type and whether you have an authorisation to do so how much can be retained 3. How you can fish when operating in a restricted area Subject to having an authorisation issued by your fisheries administration you are only permitted to catch and retain bass with the following gears: You cannot catch, retain, tranship or land bass if you have not been issued an authorisation.
How much can be retained You can only retain and land bass subject to the limits below. Charter Vessels If you have a licensed fishing vessel and have been issued an authorisation you can catch and retain bass in accordance with that authorisation, your fishing licence and this guidance. Recreational bass restrictions include fishing activity from a vessel and the shore. Authorisations If you want to catch and retain bass with the above gear types in you must have an authorisation to do so.
Representations If you have not received an authorisation in and did not submit a representation claim during you can submit evidence to the MMO to support a claim for eligibility to fish for bass in For example, personal incapacity or inability to work e.