Shore species on this coast.

Peeler crab · Sandeel

Feathers · Sandeel

Autumn and winter from piers

Mackerel · Herring

On night sessions over rough ground and harbour walls. Wicklow Head fishes best around October when the herring run is on, while Brides Head and Long Rock produce only the occasional conger on whole-fish baits.

Egi squid jigs · Sabiki rigs with small fish strips

On calm, clear nights

Lugworm · Ragworm

Autumn and winter nights on rough ground

Squid strip · Mackerel strip

A south coast summer fish

Lugworm · Ragworm

On night tides at piers and shingle marks. Most Wicklow shore fish are young cod, or codling, rather than larger specimens.

Ragworm · Lugworm

Autumn through spring on clean sand

Mackerel strip · Squid

Autumn through spring nights

Ragworm · Lugworm

Clean sand by-catch, best in spring colours

Ragworm · Lugworm

On Wicklow beaches and estuaries

Peeler crab · Razorfish

West Cork estuaries, and moving north

Bread flake · Bread punch

In harbours and tidal rivers

Mackerel strip · Sandeel

Summer and autumn over clean ground

Small silver sabiki feathers · Luminous mini feathers

Winter shoals off the deep piers

Live or fresh dead small fish · Float-fished sprat

A southwest rarity, mostly from boats

Small worm baits · Fine wire hooks

Offshore clean ground, an ID entry more than a target

Whole squid · Mackerel flapper

Deep Atlantic rock, not an east coast fish

Feather rigs · Sabiki rigs

Off piers and open beaches once the shoals arrive

Crab · Fish strip

Warm-water harbour sessions

Sandeel · Mackerel strip

Ragworm · Mackerel strip

Autumn and winter around harbour walls

Sandeel · Ragworm and squid

Disambiguation hub for Wicklow rays. Open Thornback ray for the common shore target. Homelyn and cuckoo also show on the shingle belt; seasonMonths peak Jun–Aug (May is catchable, not peak).

Ragworm · Lugworm

Disambiguation hub, not a separate fish. On the Wicklow shore the rockling in the bucket is almost always three-bearded rockling; open that profile for seasons, baits and tactics.

Single maggot · Tiny worm sections

Bright summer high tides in the harbours

Shrimp-pattern sabiki · Small feathers

Late summer nights off the deep piers

Small spoons · Spinners

Late summer and early autumn evenings

Isome and soft plastics · Tiny metals

Summer LRF sessions on harbour walls

Peeler crab · Soft-back crab

On evening floods

Size 12 to 14 sabiki · Bait feathers

Deep winter, and the sign every predator follows

Sandeel · Bluey or mackerel

Late spring through midsummer on clean sand

Fresh mackerel · Fresh herring

Late October and November spring tides

Crab · Mussel

A warm-summer visitor to the southwest

Ragworm · Lugworm

On shingle beaches and pier channels after dark

Peeler crab · Ragworm

On rock marks

Mackerel head · Mackerel fillet

Summer evenings on the Killoughter shingle belt

Ragworm · Lugworm

Arklow South Beach and Ferrybank have produced sole over the 2 lb specimen size historically, but treat them as a rare east-coast bonus rather than a bankable target.

Mackerel skin · Sandeel

Garfish hold around harbour walls through summer, with the best sport on calm, warm summer evenings when there is some movement in the water.

Ragworm · Lugworm

On clean sand and shingle. Five Mile Point fishes best early in the season for plaice on worm or spoon, Kilcoole and Greystones South fish well on calm warm days with plaice inside about 30 yards, and Silver Strand holds fish close in around high water.

Closed year-round. Do not target

Squid · Mackerel strip

Summer night tides on Wicklow sand and shingle, Silver Strand and Killoughter.

Live or dead sandeel · Mackerel strip

Summer after easterly colour on sand marks