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Gerahies Pier: Float fishing for mullet and ground baiting is essential. Bottom fishing for conger and night time best. There is a light on the pier. Goat’s Path: Spinning for mackerel and pollack and float fishing for wrasse with crab, shrimp or worm baits. Collack: Float fishing for wrasse. Good wrasse taken from here on crab baits, also spinning for pollack. Glanroon: Float fishing for wrasse within the confines of the cove. Spinning for pollack and mackerel and float fishing for wrasse on seaward side of cove. The Cove: Spinning for mackerel and pollack, also float fishing for wrasse. Bull huss and conger on bottom fished baits. Folibeg: Float fish for wrasse and spinning for pollack and mackerel. Dooneen Pier: Bottom fishing for conger, rockling, dogfish and occasional bull huss. Leighillaun: Bottom fishing for dogfish and occasional conger. Floatfishing for wrasse. Spinning for pollack and mackerel. Flood tide best. Tour Pier: Spinning for pollack and mackerel. Float fishing for wrasse. Bottom fishing for conger. High water best. Dunlough Bay: Spinning from jetty for pollack and small coalfish. Bottom fishing for conger and wrasse. High water most productive. Valid Creek: Spinning from pier for coalfish, pollack and mackerel. Floatfishing for wrasse. Bottom fishing over mixed ground for codling, conger and occasional plaice, bass and ray. Barley Cove: Surf fishing from north and east beaches for codling, flounder and bass, dab and plaice. Spinning from rocks for seatrout and bass. Barley Lake: Bottom fishing from road bridge for flounder and mullet (ground baiting essential). High water best. Spinning in channel for occasional seatrout. Dusk on a flood tide most productive. Brow Head: Deep water close in. Steep climb down, can be dangerous in wet conditions. Spinning from rock platforms for pollack and coalfish, conger and bull huss on fish baits. Float fishing for wrasse. Galley Cove: Spinning from outer rocks for pollack and coalfish. Bottom fishing from inner rocks over mixed ground for flounder, dogfish, bullhuss, conger, occasional codling, small turbot and ray. Coast Guard Slipway: Bottom fishing for flounder, dab, dogfish and occasional ray. Flood tide best. Rock Island Slipway: Bottom fishing from rocks over sand for ray, dab, codling and dogfish. Spinning for pollack and mackerel. Floatfishing close to rocks for wrasse. Flood tide best. Spanish Point: Spinning between point and reef for pollack and coalfish. Floatfishing for wrasse. Southern side of point most productive at high water. 45
