Guide last updated 1 June 2026Live score checked today
You can catch Pollock, Coalfish and Mackerel here. Bring mackerel strip or ragworm, and fish a running ledger.
A substantial working harbour pier with deep-water access close in. The outer pier wall drops into a channel that holds pollock, coalfish, whiting and the occasional bass. Codling move in during winter nights. Whiting are reliable through the colder months, confirmed across the regional guides. The harbour mouth area produces flounder and dabs on the bottom. Home harbour of Wicklow Boat Charters, when the boats are catching tope close in during October to November, distance casts from the pier head can connect with stragglers (shore-caught tope to over 40 lb documented in the area).
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Primary target
Pollock
Safety
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What to bring, and the rig that matches conditions
Big bait and distance on Wicklow Town Pier, so the pulley pennel protects the cast and presents cleanly on the drop. A light grip lead still casts clean on calm sand.
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Tomorrow's conditions at Wicklow Town Pier suit a pulley pennel rig. A heavy-duty distance rig that protects large soft baits during the cast. The hooklink slides through a pulley swivel so bait and hooks lift on splash-down while the lead anchors.
On the ground
Baits
Methods
Access
Follow signs for Wicklow harbour from the town centre. Short drive from the main street.
Parking
Free parking on the pier and in the adjacent harbour area. Wicklow town has additional parking nearby.
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Species, tactics, tides, and tomorrow's plan for this mark
Deep harbour pier, winter whiting and pollock, occasional autumn tope traffic on big baits at range.
From the shore
Whiting is a documented winter pier target here. The wrasse fishing attributed to this pier in some guides is actually on the rocks below the castle ruins on Wicklow Head proper, not the East Pier itself; treat wrasse here as occasional. The non-obvious tactical edge is the connection to offshore tope traffic: when Wicklow Boat Charters is catching tope close in during October and early winter, distance casts of whole mackerel from the pier head can intercept stragglers, shore-caught tope to over 40 lb has been reported in this stretch. Pollock poaching is repeatedly raised on SAI threads, so take only what you will eat. Tides are 21 minutes after Dublin port, useful for anyone planning a session against a Dublin tide table.
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Wicklow town centre has fishing tackle shops within easy walking distance of the pier.
Eric
Based in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, fishing the Irish coast since 2018
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