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  W ith the Irish Bass closed season well and truly upon us (15th May - 15th June) and as someone who's never shy of guided fishing I de...

The August issue of Irish Angler is out and contains the first of my three articles on fishing for Bass with soft plastics. This month give...

Fishing Clare this week and finding the fish. In order to punch a lure into a stiff southerly breeze and fish the shallow mark I'm on I...

I 'm really interested in what effect temperature has on our Bass fishing. Its well known that as we move from average winter sea temps ...

  T he two lures above (IMA HOUND 125F Glide Bora Mullet) a faboulous long casting lure, are identical patterns. The difference is the the t...

W ith a few days of fine settled summer weather here the fishing finally kicked off for me after the close. Fishing after dark was most prod...

A s we wait out the closed season here I'm reflecting on the year so and thought I'd Just give a bit of background to  this post  fr...

Visting angler Padraig Fitzmaurice from Tuam, Co Galway enjoyed some good fishing with me over the last two days including this beauty caug...

Yesterday I attend a protest in Carrigaline aimed at halting plans by the government to allow mega Salmon Farms in locations such as Galway ...

Calm conditions have finally returned and with it the water clarity after at least 6wks of high winds and rain. Saturday the swell was stil...