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You can catch Grey mullet, Flounder and Bass here. Bring bread/flake or ragworm, and fish a float-fished bread or flake.
Marsh gullies and mountain streams from the Kilcoole shingle belt meet the sea under a railway bridge, on older maps marked as 'The Breaches'. This is ERFB Site 23, not the Broad Lough / Vartry system at Wicklow (Site 28 Broadlough on the Murrough), which lies about 12 km south. The single most under-targeted specialist mark on this stretch of coast, the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board guide explicitly notes mullet 'well over the specimen weight of 5 lb' present, with 'little attempt to catch them'. Flounder concentrate at the freshwater interface; sea trout pass through on their run; bass at dawn/dusk on the outlet.
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Mark · Excellent
Bring
Bread/flake (mullet) · Float-fished bread or flake (mullet, specialist technique)
ModelThe live call prefers Greystones Harbour & Pier (11:00 PM to 12:00 AM). Fish here only if you already know the ground.
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Species running this month on this mark
Also: Flounder, Cod
Bass, Sea trout are peaking this month.
Peak and catchable months for every species listed at this mark.
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | Jan: Off | Feb: Off | Mar: Off | Apr: Catchable | May: Catchable | Jun: Catchable | Jul: Catchable | Aug: Catchable | Sep: Peak | Oct: Peak | Nov: Peak | Dec: Off |
| Sea trout | Jan: Off | Feb: Off | Mar: Off | Apr: Off | May: Off | Jun: Off | Jul: Catchable | Aug: Peak | Sep: Peak | Oct: Catchable | Nov: Off | Dec: Off |
| Coalfish | Jan: Peak | Feb: Peak | Mar: Peak | Apr: Catchable | May: Catchable | Jun: Off | Jul: Off | Aug: Off | Sep: Catchable | Oct: Peak | Nov: Peak | Dec: Peak |
| Dab | Jan: Catchable | Feb: Peak | Mar: Peak | Apr: Catchable | May: Catchable | Jun: Catchable | Jul: Catchable | Aug: Catchable | Sep: Catchable | Oct: Catchable | Nov: Peak | Dec: Peak |
| Grey mullet | Jan: Off | Feb: Off | Mar: Off | Apr: Off | May: Catchable | Jun: Catchable | Jul: Peak | Aug: Peak | Sep: Catchable | Oct: Catchable | Nov: Off | Dec: Off |
| Silver eel | Jan: Off | Feb: Off | Mar: Off | Apr: Off | May: Off | Jun: Off | Jul: Off | Aug: Catchable | Sep: Catchable | Oct: Peak | Nov: Catchable | Dec: Catchable |
| Flounder | Jan: Catchable | Feb: Peak | Mar: Peak | Apr: Catchable | May: Catchable | Jun: Catchable | Jul: Catchable | Aug: Catchable | Sep: Catchable | Oct: Catchable | Nov: Peak | Dec: Peak |
| Cod | Jan: Off | Feb: Off | Mar: Off | Apr: Off | May: Off | Jun: Off | Jul: Off | Aug: Off | Sep: Off | Oct: Catchable | Nov: Peak | Dec: Peak |
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What to bring, and the rig that matches conditions
Fishing the drop at The Breaches, Kilcoole, so the paternoster holds baits at set heights for pollack and coalfish. A light grip lead still casts clean on calm sand.
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Pack next
Today's conditions at The Breaches, Kilcoole suit a simple paternoster. A vertical rig with two dropper hooks on short snoods above a fixed lead. Presents baits at set heights off the bottom for pier pollack, coalfish, and mixed species.
Tide, tactics, and local read
If I were fishing here
If I were fishing The Breaches, Kilcoole, I'd match the tide to grey mullet and change mark before I change the whole kit.
I'd skip when…
I'd skip when wind and swell make footing or casting the problem, not the fish.
When it fishes well
Mullet move into the pool behind the bridge on the flood and back out on the ebb, both windows fish the channel. Bass at the outlet on the flooding tide at dawn or dusk. Flounder concentrate at the freshwater/saltwater interface throughout the tide.
Kilcoole outflow specialist mark, specimen mullet and flounder, groundbait and finesse tactics required.
Baits
Methods
Access, parking, hazards, and getting back safe
Access
Long walk in from either Kilcoole (north) or Newcastle (south). The railway bridge with the freshwater channel is the singular landmark. No road access mid-beach. The pool behind the rail line is sheltered from open-sea conditions and fishes when the open beach does not.
Parking
Limited; Kilcoole station or Newcastle area as starting points.
Hazards
Statutory rules for the regulated species at this mark. Everything else here has no bag limit or closed season.
42 cm
Rules checked 29 June 2026Bass Fishing Conservation Bye-Law No. 826 of 2007, Council Regulation (EU) 2026/249
Rules change. Check the linked authority before you keep a fish: see all size and bag limits.
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Every shore mark worth fishing in Co. Wicklow, what swims there and when. Beaches, piers and rock marks from Bray to Arklow with tides and access notes.
Read guide →Species, tactics, tides, and today's plan for this mark
Where to top up
Wicklow town or Greystones tackle shops; specialist mullet bread/groundbait is BYO.
Eric
Based in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, fishing the Irish coast since 2018
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