The current overfishing of sprat has huge implications for coastal communities around Ireland.... Here's a discussion document from Jan 2025 that...
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Ocean – With David Attenborough
I had been looking forward to this documentary. I had read plenty of press coverage and so relished the chance for a viewing. There was...
* Re-Powering The Operation 2
In the second part of Repowering the Operation Jim Clohessy details the fitting and initial running of the new Suzuki DF140BG
*Thinking Of Getting Afloat
One of the greatest days of your life is the day you take to the water on your own craft. Getting there is not to be taken lightly...
* Re-Powering The Operation!
It’s one of the biggest decisions that a skipper takes - Do you change your boat; do you change your motor; or maybe both?
** Winter Running **
Heading to sea at wintertime can be a rewarding experience and it remains the only way the boat angler can get some fishing, if they don’t take to...
* Boat Bass – Lure Addiction At Work!
Each year as the water temperature rises so does the pressure to catch a bass! In ireland a shore caught bass can be an easier target than one from...
*Spain Salt & Fresh Pt2
In the second installment, Stan Ryan and crew move from the salt to the fresh.... The mighty Edbro!
*Spain – Salt & Fresh!
Atun España -CHASING BLUEFIN TUNA – Warm water fishing is only a hop skip and jump to Spain. STAN RYAN gives his usual forthright assessment.
*So What’s Happening With Bass?
The last couple of years bass fishing has been strange! Hopefully there's light at the end of the tunnel....
*Big Skate Small Boat #2
Skate fishing on Skua has been an evolution. It has taken a few years of chancing our arm and experimenting in different locations with differing...
*Garmin Relief Shading – Worth the Hype?
Relief Shading is the buzz around boat angling.... does it live up to the hype?
* FISH WIPEOUT? – WHO CARES?
The systematic plundering of our bays is continuing apace.... If it was happening on land there would be uproar...
* Owner Kizuna Braid – Long Term Review.
This is the best braid I have used.... until the next best comes along!!
*Angling for Info!
Sea Anglers are being asked to give information about catches. What’s it all about?....
* Big Skate, Small Boat
The quest for a new species is always a great driver for the small boat skipper.... Get to grips with a Skate!
* That First Run!
Whether it is during the winter or after a winter layup that first run out is always a great day out… if it goes to plan!
* NOVICE IN NORWAY –
Stan Ryan's latest trip is to Norway and the famous Sandland Brygge camp....
* New Boat Season, New Boat Rod!
New season New Rod? A change in boat rod gets Jim searching…. Firstly, my change in boat rods was driven more for a desire to change rather than...
* The Warrior 175 – Long Term Boat Review
Jim Clohessy has been a Warrior owner for a few years now… here’s the deal: