Author Archives: rory

About rory

I'm a captain with over 40 year experience, I operate a charter boat from Dingle Ireland.

July & Photos

Sunday started July in a nice way but by change of tide after noon the weather deteriorated blowing F5/6 from the Southwest. We eventually decided to head for the harbour and fortunate we did as the wing gusted to F8. … Continue reading

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June ’12

It’s been a while since I wrote a few lines due to busy days and boat painting & maintainance. We had great and bad days during June. It turned out to be the wettest June for many years but during … Continue reading

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Martyn’s Polish Guy’s

Martyn called me a few times but our Kerry weather was poor eventually we got out last Sunday. The weather was great, light NE wind but with a threat of strong SWesterlies for the evening. Some of the guys hadn’t … Continue reading

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Whales, weather & warm smiles

Sunday was the best day of the year so far. The morning frost soon burned off and with a hot coffee we headed out on to Dingle Bay. As we travelled west we tried a little area of rough ground … Continue reading

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Last of March

What a great spell of weather ! Hope this will not be the end of the fine weather but we took the moment and again the weather, wind, tide and fish were all in our favour. It’s great to see … Continue reading

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March 2012

The weather for the past week has been exceptional and we took advantage of  it, last Sunday. Conditions were perfect with light winds and a slight swell. We started about 30 minutes from Dingle and after waiting a  few minutes we … Continue reading

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February 2012

At last we got going this year with last weekend’s nice weather. The catch rate was not as high as high season but good fishing with a variety of fish. Pollack were mid size 2 kg, Mackarel scarce a few … Continue reading

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New Year 2012

Happy New Year to all out there. I was flicking through a few photos over the Christmas and came across this one from New Hampshire. The new year has brought a few bookings and I hope more, the weather last … Continue reading

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Christmas

We have had the windiest year on record and November & December were no exceptions. But the forecast is for milder air for Christmas and hopefully the Minus tempratures are behind us. Happy Christmas to all and a good New … Continue reading

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November

Last Saturday was a very fine day with light NW winds. I had a mixed group Slovakians & English anglers joining them two ladies on their first fishing trip. The day started poorly with no fish for the first hour, … Continue reading

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