I've put up a few photographs here of some of the fish we catch here in Kerry. Clicking on the thumbnails will bring up larger images. You can open multiple images and arrange them on your screen. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to cycle through a slideshow of images. I would recommend a screen resolution of at least 1024 * 769 to view this page properly especially with some of the scenery shots below. Hopefully they'll whet the appetite of anyone thinking of coming to this area for an angling holiday - enjoy...
Stingray 44lbs 6oz
Rob with a typical stingray taken here in the bay in early summer (2005).
Bass 7lbs 2oz
Plugging over shallow rough ground produces amazing sport for bass here in Kerry during the summer months (2005).
Tope 28lbs 10oz
Although we target Tope here in Kerry as well Galway Bay also produces some fine fish every year (2006).
Pollack ~6lbs
A typical West Kerry Pollack taken in the opening weeks of April (2006).
Bass 8lbs 12oz
Shane with a great bass taken on my favourite top water lure - a Duel Allie Magnet (2006).
Conger ~40lbs
Shane with an example of the fish you can expect from the marinas here in Kerry floatfishing! (2004).
Flounder 2lbs 9oz
Dichael with a nice fat little flounder taken off a beach in Cork (2004).
Bass 8lbs
The best of a one hour four fish catch, 5lbs 6 1/2lbs, 8lbs, 6lbs (2007).
Pollack 7lbs
Pollack like these are to be found on late summer evenings on the Dingle Peninsula (2003).
Mullet 3lbs 2oz
This nice little mullet was taken on a maggot fly imitation and #4 weight fly tackle (2006).
Plaice ~3lbs
A good example of a plump shore Plaice taken from Cork Harbour (2005).
Mullet 4lbs 6oz
An unusual catch in that this fish was taken on ledger gear and swallowed a 1/0 hook loaded with king rag (2004).
Bass 6lbs 6oz
Shane with a nice bass taken spinning off the beach. The killing lure was a silver toby (2006).
Pollack 9lbs 2oz
A green/yellow Storm shad proved the downfall of this monster (2006).
Gilthead Bream 2lbs 4oz
A relative newcomer to Irish waters, this Gilthead was taken in West Cork (2007)
Stingray 34lbs 8oz
My Dad with a good stingray taken here in Tralee Bay (2004).
Tope 25lbs 4oz
A perfect example of the shore caught tope Kerry has to offer. This one was tagged 23343 (2004).
Thornback 12lbs 4oz
Probably the most common of the ray species available here in Tralee, double figure thornies are the better fish (2005).
Wrasse 4lbs 8oz
Shane with an example of a good west kerry wrasse taken on hardback crab (2004)
Undulate Ray 13lbs
A species which is almost unique to Tralee Bay, no where else is it as common. Beautiful markings and a powerful fighter (2005).
Sea Trout 2lbs 1oz
March often sees good seatrout packing on weight and falling to lures in our estuaries. A nice solid 2lber here which took a 16g dexter wedge (2004).
Tope 36lbs
Not my biggest from the shore but a fine example of just what is possible from the beaches here in Kerry (2006).
Triggerfish 3lbs 11oz
Another relative newcomer, rock marks back west have good numbers of these fish during the summer months (2006).
Stingray 42lbs 11oz
Early summer sees numbers of these fish arrive here in Tralee. Again... if you want one come to Kerry (2003).
Wrasse 5lbs+
Slea Head is the place to be if you want to encounter wrasse of this size (2004).
If the fishing alone wasn't enough for you here are a few shots I've taken from around the area. When the fish aren't biting it's always a good idea to pull out the camera because in Kerry there's always so much more to see...
Some tackle grabbing, bone crunching bass fishing ground near Castlegregory
More wrasse marks than you could fish in a lifetime - The Three Sisters, Slead Head.
Two anglers fishing an early morning session along the channel in Cloghane.
A late November eveing waiting for the bass to arrive at the mouth of Dingle harbour.
The only set of tracks on the beach this winter morning were my own, with a spectacular backdrop and a lovely surf rolling in the promise of a great days bass fishing lies ahead.
The Conor Pass in less than favourable driving conditions during the winter of 2005.
A February morning on my way to catch some sea trout under Mount Brandon, pictured here in the distance.
The intimate and often overlooked Lough Caum, in Glenteenassig.
"When the sea pinks start blooming - start bass fishing..." some old saying down these parts...
