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Back’n Business – Big Blue Boated

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Smashing 120 pound Blue Shark – first Blue of 2010 for the Rosguill, boated after a mammoth battle lasting 1 hour and 20 minutes. First run it almost spooled Dublin angler, Steven. Beautiful Blue Shark measuring 75 inches fork length with an amazing girth of 33 inches.

Blue Shark caught sea fishing from downings Donegal ireland

120 Pound Blue Shark

Blues & more

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The first Blue Sharks of 2010 caught out of Downings were landed on 27 July by a private boat 4 runs with 3 landed – same boat had another the following day. Great to see them back!

turbot caught sea fishing from downings donegal ireland

Red Sea bream while sea fishing from downings donegal ireland

Nice Red Sea Bream

ballan wrasse caught while sea angling from downings donegal ireland

brill caught sea fishing from downings donegal ireland

Fishing OK

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Fishing has been Ok recently. Lots of Mackeral now. A lot of Porbeagle Sharks have been caught in the area – unfortunately none by Rosguill….Yet! Blue Sharks should be here within a few weeks. The Limeburner has been fishing ok – perhaps not just as good as earlier in the season. The sandy bays have been Ok with both good and bad days. Wrecks have been fishing good. There sems to be lots of Tope this year & they seem to have migrated earlier than normal onto the Limeburner grounds.

Tub Gurnard

ballan Wrasse caught while sea fishing out of Downings co. donegal

Wrecking good

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Porbeagle about

Friday, July 9th, 2010
Porbeagle Shark

Porbeagle Shark bite!

First Common Skate of 2010

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

95 Pound male Common Skate for Dutch angler, Ton Etman. First this year – on 3rd day trying!

Common Skate

Fishing continues apace

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Plaice


Nice Haddock

What a pair of Cods

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
15 Pound Cod from Downings, Donegal, Ireland

15 Pound Cod

11 Pound Cod

Fishing going Ok

Monday, June 21st, 2010

All is well on the fishing front. Weather, mackeral, reef, general, sand, Tope, going reasonably well.

Turbot from Downings, county Donegal, Ireland

Tope

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Tope arrived in big numbers and have been “blowing hot & cold since”

Tope off Downings Co. Donegal

3 Tope

Halibut heaven!!!

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Rosguill’s first ever Halibut. 32 inches long weighing 11.5 pounds. Caught by Dutch angler, Bert Uithol.
So nice, I have shown both sides of the marvelous fish which I thought was a small Tope by the way it fought. Took mackeral baited Hok-Kai (what else!)

HALIBUT

17 Turbot

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Nice day on Turbot with 17 landed. No great size but all respectable. Wrecks fishing poorly now. Mackeral quite patchy. Water temperature now 10.5 degrees centigrade

Double Turbot

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1st Tope, Spurdog, Tub Gurnard

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Several first of year species. Plenty of mackeral now. Super weather.

One of many Basking Sharks in the area

First Tope of 2010

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Usual Suspects

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Wrecks OK. Few Mackeral around. Limeburner Ok. Bays OK. Water 9.7 degrees.

Turbot


Red Gurnard


Haddock


Whiting


Red & Grey Gurnards

2010 Starts

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Nice Pollack

Nice Pollack

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Nice Pollack

Nice Pollack

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Porbeagle did not get the whole Pollack

Porbeagle did not get the whole Pollack

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Too busy unhooking to fish for Mackeral!!!

Too busy unhooking to fish for Mackeral!!!

First fishing day of 2010 saw the Rosguill head out to the wreck of the Audacious – reasonable numbers of Mackeral on the way which is nice for this time of year. The Audacious did not fish so well, but after a few drifts the answer became obvious – there was a Porbeagle hunting the Pollack. A shift another 5 miles out to the Empire Heritage produced lots of Pollack to about 7/8 pounds and not too many Coalfish.

Season closing down – fishing still good

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Mackeral are now patchy, wrecks good for Pollack & Ling, Limeburner & sand fishing reasonably well.  Sharks are all but gone.2-thornbacks2

Inconsistent

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Fishing has been inconsistent lately – some really nice fishing at times and at other times very poor. Blue Sharks really very poor compared to previous years. Porbeagles now light on the ground. Settled weather forecast – perhaps fishing will improve.

turbottopecommon

Porbeagles

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Good numbers of Porbeagle Sharks. Some Blue Sharks but not as many as past couple years. General fishing, sand and Pollack fishing not so good at this time.

porgie-main

End August

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Fishing as expected. However Blue Sharks are definetly not in same numbers as last few years – water temperature stopped rising around start august and is still only 15 degrees as opposed to an expected 16 – to 16.5 degrees. Lots of porbeagles. Pollack still very scarce on inshore reefs – spoke to a guy who had fished off west Donegal and had lots of Pollack there and plenty of Pipefish present. Sand normal.

75 pound Porbeagle

75 pound Porbeagle

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Porbeagles

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

The Rosguill has been taking divers out recently. Reports from other boats are of reasonable catches of Porbeagle Sharks in the 50 -100 pound range. Blues are not as good as would be expected for mid – august, but water temperature seems to have stuck at 15 degrees. Back fishing shortly & hope to have some nice photos to show.