Donegal has been named as one of the hotspots in Ireland for marine angling, with Mackerel, Pollack, Dogfish, Seabass and Whiting being the most-widely caught fish species.
The results are taken from IFI’s interactive, Irish Marine Recreational Angling Survey (IMREC) app, which enables anglers to log their catch details on their phones as they fish.
A survey of 1,200 sea anglers found that Donegal, alongside Cork, Clare, Kerry and Wexford, was a popular spot for marine angling in 2022.
Whiting was one of the top five most caught species of fish in Ireland.
The survey also revealed that sea anglers spend an average of €100 per fishing trip on food and drink, transport and bait and a further €970 annually on items such as rods, reels, clothing, and on fishing and boating expenses.
Sea anglers of any experience are invited to sign up to the IFI IMREC app via the IFI website, and an explanatory how-to video guide to IMREC is available here.
Hobby fishermen/women who use the online diary tool can easily log their trips, attach photos of their catches, record details such as tide, weather and bait used, and look back over previous sessions on their own interactive map.
The IMREC app is not available via Google Play or App Store, but is a web-based app that is accessed through an online browser.
