Fishing with Séan Maguire on the Isle of Aran

Fishing Adventures operates from the beautiful unspoiled fishing village of Kilbaha, on the Loop Head
Peninsula and ”Wild Atlantic Way” where the Shannon Estuary meets the mighty Atlantic Ocean.
And the beauty of it is you don’t have to spend hours on the boat travelling to and from the fishing
grounds, they are right on our doorstep.

SEA ANGLING IN COUNTY CLARE IRELAND
The rich waters of the Atlantic Ocean contain numerous species of fish, and even more species visit our
shores during the warm summer months. Fishing Adventures does daily fishing trips from Kilbaha, so
if you would like to charter our boat the Isle of Aran for a group of up to 10 people.
Fishing Adventures also does trips from Carrigaholt and Kilrush depending on demand. If the weather
is not suitable to fish the Atlantic Ocean we can also fish the calmer waters of the Shannon estuary.

The Isle of Aran usually leaves the pier in Kilbaha around 8 a.m. and returns around 4 p.m. It takes
about 20 minutes to reach Loop Head and the Atlantic Ocean so you are fishing within 20 minutes of
leaving the pier and not spending a lot of time travelling to and from the fishing grounds.

The Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Clare is renowned for its abundance of fish species, too
numerous to mention them all, but mackerel, cod, ling, pollock, whiting, haddock, wrasse, and flatfish
would be some of the more plentiful species. And of course not forgetting our shark species like six gill,
blue, porbeagle, tope, skate, spurdog, dogfish, bullhuss, and ray. Fishing Adventures is involved with the
Marine Sportfish Tagging Programme so all of our sharks are documented, tagged and released
unharmed.

Upon leaving the pier at Kilbaha it takes 15-20 minutes to reach Loop Head (lighthouse) the furthermost
tip of County Clare and the Loop Head Peninsula. The scenery from the boat is breathtaking and there is an abundance of sea life, sea birds, dolphins, seals, and basking shark’s and whales can be spotted. We usually fish for mackerel here while taking in the views before moving off for different species of fish, depending on what species you prefer.

If it so happens that the weather is not suitable for fishing the Atlantic Ocean we have the option of heading back
up the Shannon Estuary to fish with the boat at anchor. It can be a very leisurely and enjoyable
experience to fish for tope, conger, bull huss, ray etc, using mackerel squid or other bait’s. Some people
prefer this more relaxed type of fishing so whatever you fancy we will cater for your needs.

Fishing Adventures also caters for families, stag and hen parties, school trips, or any other groups that
might like to take a day out of their busy schedule and get away from it all to do a spot of fishing or
sightseeing.

Kilbaha has two pub-restaurant’s where they will be happy to cook some of your catch and where you
can enjoy a beautiful meal, taking in the views in the company of friendly helpful staff to round off your
day at sea.
Fishing Adventures operates a Lochin 333 fast workboat for Sea Angling the Isle of Aran from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, or Kilrush She is a heavily built sturdy boat with ample deck space and seating to cater for 12 anglers and plenty of room for fishing gear and of course your catch. She also has a big supply of fishing gear, rods and reels, hooks, rigs, feathers, shark and tope traces, leads, etc, and a toilet. The Isle of Aran is a 10m GRP Lochin with twin Cummins engines. Built-in Rye Sussex the Lochin’s are renowned for their sea keeping abilities and are used in many applications including lifeboat’s and pilot boat’s. She is licensed and insured for 12 anglers, and has afull complement of safety gear including liferaft. The Isle of Aran was refurbished recently with state of the art upgrades to safety, navigational and fish finding electronics as well as Shakespeare, Abu Garcia, and Penn rods and reels.