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Welcome to the wanderings and ramblings of Baitdigger where I try to share experiences and photographs of my continuing sea angling journey around the coastline of County Clare and South Wales
From tope and huss on the heavy gear in the North of the county, rays from the Shannon, conger and wrasse from the rocks and more recently lure fishing from the much under-rated and unexplored Clare coastline. Read my weekly whines about the lack of mackerel and the twelve months of mild winter that make up Ireland’s weather. Read updates bemoaning crowded beaches, uncontrolled children and unruly dogs in South Wales and my search for fish in one of Britain’s truly stunning coastlines.
Born in England I moved to Ireland’s West Coast to take care of my parents and fell in love with the wildness of the Burren and it’s miles of unspoilt coastline.
I started fishing with my father over fifty years ago but I am a firm believer that everyone has something to teach me especially in the steep learning curve of modern lure fishing for bass.My camera has become an essential part of my fishing gear and I am just has happy taking snaps as catching fish. It started with a panasonic lumix dmc, which was covered in mackerel scales and wrapped in a tea towel, it has gone through several Nikon regenerations and I am currently using a D750 but it is still covered in fish scales and wrapped in a teatowel
All opinions are my own arising from what has or hasn’t worked for me. Any criticism of tackle brands are just as I find them and I leave you to decide for yourselves what suits your needs and as ever I value comments both positive and negative.
And finally many of my posts may be tinged with a touch of tongue in cheek so please accept them in the spirit they were written.
Neil
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Day 2…. you don’t need to cast to the horizon
Joe’s flapper huss I was lucky enough to find some amazing marks and meet many interesting people during my time in Ireland. The shore fishing community was relatively small and the number of tackle shops reflected this. While I met … Continue reading
Home again……..
The physical exertion and mental cruelty of the Welsh trip left me physically drain so I put my leg up an rested…for a few days anyway. The reports that I have been getting suggest that I haven’t missed much while … Continue reading
Joe gets his…….
When I left home just after six this morning the sun was shining and a beautiful windless day was breaking over North Clare. During the short drive something happened, the wind picked up. The cloud blocked out the sun and … Continue reading
More huss than mackerel…..
How tempting is it that when a mark is fishing well you return to it day after day hammering baits out doing your best to out-fish the previous trip? Our summer didn’t last too long in fact I don’t think … Continue reading
Almost……….
We have been out a few times in the last week, mainly looking for mackerel which still are not showing in big numbers for the time of year. Between us we managed enough for a trip out to the tope … Continue reading
An Eye in the Wind
For weeks now the West Coast has been buffered by strong winds. Nothing out of the ordinary but bad enough to stop us getting out. The forecast on XCweather had shown an expected lull today so with a bag full … Continue reading
May on the Shannon
I have been taking it fairly easy for the last week, the closest I have been to doing any fishing would be the torture of taking the kids to the beach, on a good mark, without taking any rods. So … Continue reading
Two days with Torsten
With the impending arrival of a visitor from Denmark looming I forced myself to head out and look for some fresh mackerel. From what I found I guess there are just a few stragglers left hugging the shoreline. A gannet … Continue reading
The White Gate
As I age, not gracefully I hope, I seem to find things that shouldn’t irritate me do. While not singling anyone out when I look at fishing forums how many people give answers or advice to others when they have … Continue reading
Ill Winds
The early part of this week was unpleasant if not unfishable. Strong Westerlies battered North Clare and so my first trip to hunt for huss started to erode my frozen mackerel collection. I knew the mark wouldn’t fish well on … Continue reading
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