Apart from Blue Shark (our members use so called Motherships for these), every species listed below has been caught, in Ireland, from a kayak paddled from the shore. Luckily some people at Sea Angling Ireland, British Sea Fishing & Angling-Ireland.com have put a lot of effort into identification, rigs and tactics for many of our native species. The Boat Tactics section for each species also applies to kayaks.
The incomplete Sea list:
Bass
Black Bream
Blenny aka Shanny – there are a number of Blenny Species but, as it is often difficult to tell the difference, for IKA Competitions we don’t differentiate.
Brill
Cod
Coalfish
Conger Eel
Dab
Dogfish, Greater (Bull Huss)
Dogfish, Lesser
Dogfish, Spur (Spurdog)
Dragonet
Flounder (Fluke)
Garfish
Goby – there are a number of Goby Species but, as it is often difficult to tell the difference, for IKA Competitions we don’t differentiate.
Gurnard – Grey
Gurnard – Tub
Gurnard – Red
Gilthead Bream
Haddock
Hake
Herring
Ling
Mackerel
Mullet – Thin lipped
Mullet – Thick Lipped
Mullet – Golden Gray
Octopus
Plaice
Pollock
Pouting
Poor Cod
Ray, Blonde
Ray, Cuckoo
Ray, Small Eyed (Painted)
Ray, Spotted (Homelyn)
Ray, Sting
Ray, Thornback
Ray, Undulate
Rockling – there are a number of Rockling Species but, as it is often difficult to tell the difference, for IKA Competitions we don’t differentiate.
Salmon
Sandeel – there are a number of Sandeel Species but, as it is often difficult to tell the difference, for IKA Competitions we don’t differentiate.
Atlantic Saury
Scad (Horse Mackerel)
Scorpion aka Bullhead – there are a number of Scorpion Species but, as it is often difficult to tell the difference, for IKA Competitions we don’t differentiate.
Shad, Twaite
Skate, Common
Shark, Porbeagle
Shark, Blue
Smooth Hound (Smut)
Smelt – there are a number of Smelt Species but, as it is often difficult to tell the difference, for IKA Competitions we don’t differentiate.
Sole, Lemon
Sprat
Squid
Tope
Trigger Fish
Trout, Sea
Turbot
Whiting
Weaverfish, Lesser
Wrasse, Ballen
Wrasse, Corkwing
Wrasse, Cuckoo
Wrasse, Goldshinny
Wrasse, Rock Cook
The incomplete Fresh list:
Bream
Carp
Dace
Gudgeon
Perch
Pike
Minnow
Roach
Roach/Bream Hybrid
Roach/Rudd Hybrid
Rudd/Bream Hybrid
Rudd
Salmon
Tench
Trout, Brown
Trout, Rainbow
Trout, Sea
