Author Archives: rory

About rory

I'm a captain with over 40 year experience, I operate a charter boat from Dingle Ireland.

October/November

Believe it or not, I was out fishing more times in October this year than in September. We had nice breaks in the weather and the fish were still biting even though harder to find. A few 18 inch Squid … Continue reading

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A break at last !

For the past 6 weeks as you kow there has been continious SW winds in excess of F5. Leading to very few days at sea but we had a few beaks. Four guys from the Ukraine braved a big Atlantic … Continue reading

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Stormy Weather

For the 3 weeks of september I got out 2 times to fish. Last year we had 20 days in September, but what the heck ! I was not the only one ‘in from’ the weather, the Spanish Tuna boats … Continue reading

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Tralee Celtic FC

11 hardy fishermen from Tralee Celtic were out with me last Saturday. We had a good day with lots of good fishing. The day started a little breezy but it calmed to a F3 or less by afternoon. Tralee Celtic … Continue reading

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Your 1st Fish

Landing your 1st fish is a great event. For this young angler it was a struggle with this fine Cod. The past week was an unusual one with a fierce sudden gale on Friday. This must have scattered the fish … Continue reading

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Silly season !

They call this time of year the silly season on the water for a good reason. A lot of inexperienced ‘boaters’ go on the water during the holiday season, some invariably get onto trouble. Not my Guys & Gals though. … Continue reading

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Fog, Fish & Whales

Fog was thick then the Minkie Whales arrived. We hadn’t started fishing when one of JP’s guys shouted ‘Whale’. Everyone looked everywhere until the whales appeared again. We followed slowly, I noticed there was a lot of fish marking mid … Continue reading

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Fog & Whales

Mixed weather last week but from Wednesday on it improved with the winds dying down. We again had a ‘mixed bag’ of anglers and holidaymakers out fishing, the good thing was all got fish some their first as it was … Continue reading

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Family week

The past few weeks were very fine, the schools are on holiday so we had a lot of families out fishing. It is alwaye great to see the your kids catch their 1st fish. Most of our trips were short … Continue reading

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