SPECIES PROFILE
Bass
Bass fishing on the Wicklow coast from surf beaches and rock marks, learn best months, tides, baits and lure tactics for consistent bass from the shore.
Eric, Greystones · Reviewed Apr 2026 · IFI-aligned
See if bass are worth targeting todayIn season
Mar to NovIn season now
Typical size
1 to 3 kg from the shore on Wicklow beaches
Conservation
Catch and release
Season on the coast
Peak and catchable months from the catalogue season window, parsed for Wicklow shore fishing.
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Where they live
Surf beaches, rocky headlands, harbour walls, estuaries and sandy gutters, most reliably in coloured, wind-driven surf and around tidal rips or white water.
What to use
Peeler crab (spring and autumn) · Sandeel · Ragworm · Soft plastic lures · Surface poppers and walkers
How to fish them
Target the first two hours of flood on surf beaches, casting short into coloured water with crab baits or soft plastics; in calm clear conditions, switch to lures around rock edges and harbour walls at dawn and dusk.
Suggested gear
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Bass surface popper
Surface lure for bass in calm conditions.
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Soft plastic bass lures
Paddle tail shads for dawn and dusk bass.
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Crab fishing lure
Proven crab imitation for shore bass.
Wicklow marks
Arklow South Beach & FerrybankBeach
Avoca river-mouth shore complex (Ferrybank + South Beach). Bass, hounds, flatfish; historical specimen sole.
Bray HarbourPier
Dargle-mouth working harbour. LRF-style mixed-species pier; codling, dab, flounder and plaice with summer bass and mullet.
Bray Head Rocks, The Brandy HoleRock
Serious rock mark below Bray Head. Quality pollock and wrasse for experienced anglers only, never alone.
Brittas Bay (South End)Beach
Premier Wicklow bass beach. Specimen bass in storm conditions; smoothhound and rays in summer.
Clogga StrandBeach
Last Wicklow venue. Two-zone beach, deeper water north for flatfish/hounds; rock platforms south for bass on lures.
Ennereilly Strand SouthBeach
Remote, sandy, southerly-facing beach. Bass April to October, smoothhound on evening crab baits May to September.
Five Mile PointBeach
Specimen smoothhound run on spring nights, the single insight justifying this mark. May ray/plaice; nursery beach the rest of the year.
Greystones Harbour & PierPier
Sheltered marina pier, ideal for families and beginners. Good wrasse, pollock, mackerel and an established autumn squid fishery.
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