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  • 15/09/2010 Fishing Report by Maxime Couque on Leaca Rua (Rossaveel, Galway)

    15 Sep 2010 by Maxime Couque

    Report on-board Leaca Rua

    Max Couque, skipper of the Leaca Rua in Spiddal, reports on good fishing in Galway Bay. Between Max and fellow skipper Kevin MacGabhann of the Maighdean Mara, they now have more than 30 tope caught and released. Anglers are still geting a lot of spurdog., with some very large fish among them up to 16lbs, which are specimen size.

    Both boats have fished for blue shark but they seem scarce around the bay this year, but as Max says the season is not over yet! They have found some very good mixed species fishing, however, with a 14lbs pollack taken under the Cliffs of Moher by one of Kevin's group, as well as good conger, ling to 10lbs, some nice pouting, plenty of mackerel and a lot of big pollack. This year so far has been very good for ling and pollack. The Maighdean Mara got it’s first John Dory of the season recently, and Max got a trigger fish last week. It is very windy the last two weeks but Max had a very good day on Saturday with a group from Chanelle Veterinary in Loughrea. They landed a nice 9lbs bull huss, some thornback ray, dogfish, pollack, pouting, mackerel, cod, sandeel, cuckoo wrasse and ballan wrasse.

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