Fishing

Carrigaholt is an ideal harbour to go fishing from. Being in an estuary it is possible to go fishing in all weather conditions. In strong winds we can go east from the pier and get fishing in the sheltered waters of the Shannon estuary where you can expect your catch to include Ray, Conger, Bass. Dogfish and Tope.

When you can get out to Loop head at the end of the peninsula you are starting to get into the best fishing grounds to be found in Europe. Here it has been known to catch over twenty different species in one days fishing and some crews have landed up to five hundred kilos of whitefish for a days fishing! These fish include Cod, Pollock, Saith, Ling, Haddock, Whiting, Hake, Spur dog, Ray and of course lots of Mackerel, which in turn can be used as bait for among others Blue Shark and large Skate.

Your skipper, Luke Aston, has been going to sea on fishing boats all his life and has been skippering a 60-foot commercial fishing boat for the last 9 years. He has taken all his experience of the sea and knowledge of the fishing grounds and put it into building a boat that can handle the conditions and get you to the above fishing grounds in comfort in under half an hour.

But what is really different about what he has to offer is when you start to move off the coast and you start to realize that with Luke’s knowledge of the ground he can bring you to places that most skippers only dream about. Places that have never been fished with rod and line until now! Here you can catch large skate over 200 pounds in 100 meters of water! Spots of sand where a large selection of flat fish lurk, including Turbot, Brill and Large Place. Rock peaks with the chance of catching that Big Cod, Pollock or Ling to make this a fishing trip that you will always remember.