Dawros: Spurdog, thornback ray and dogfish on flooding tides; fish baits best.
Killmackillogue Point: Fishing for mackerel, pollock, wrasse, and conger.
Bunaw: Pier fishing for conger eels and mullet; fish baits best.
Foilathuggig: Bottom fishing for conger, spinning for pollack, and float fishing for wrasse.
Eskaphreaghaun: Spinning for pollack and float fishing for wrasse. Bottom fishing for conger and bull huss on fish baits.
Kilcatherine Point: Spinning for pollack and float fishing for wrasse. High water is best.
Ballydonegan Strand: Bottom fishing for bass and flounder on the sandy beach at the mouth of the stream. Bottom fishing from the pier for dogfish, rocking, and conger. Lugworm and crab best baits.
Dursey Rocks: Good wrasse fishing on the north-western side of the cable car, also spinning for pollack and mackerel. Conger, ling, and mullet on fish baits.
Dursey Sound: Float and bottom fishing for wrasse and spinning for pollack.
Matthew’s Rocks: Spinning for pollack and float fishing for wrasse. Bottom fishing for conger.
Piper’s Rocks: Park your car near the end of the track and walk half a mile down to the point opposite the lighthouse on Bear Island. Float and bottom fishing for wrasse. Spinning for mackerel and pollack. Deep water towards the channel.
Castletownbere Harbour: Bottom fishing for conger from the pier. Float fishing for mullet using small pieces of fish offal. Views of Castletownbere in West Cork
Coarrid Point: Bottom fishing for ray, dogfish, conger, and three bearded rockling. Fish bait is best.
Bank Harbour: Bottom fishing for flatfish on flooding tide. Floatfish for mullet at high water.
Shot Head: Spinning for mackerel and pollack and float fishing for wrasse.
Coomhola Estuary: Bottom fishing on late flood and high water for flounder. Soft or peeler crab best.
Reenydongan Lake: Bottom fishing at the mouth of the lake for dogfish, flounder and some thornback ray. Late flood and high water best.
Bantry Pier: Bottom fishing for conger and dogfish. Night time best for conger and the pier has a light. Good mackerel fishing from pier. Bantry Town, Co Cork
Beach Strand: Clean, steep-to beach beside airstrip. Excellent bottom fishing for thornback ray, dogfish, flatfish and bull huss. Best baits mackerel and sandeel. Lure fishing for bass can also be productive here. Razor fish at low water springs. Approach the beach via the path and avoid traversing the airstrip.
