Hello Andrew.
Plenty of great fishing to be had in Ireland from pleasure cruisers. A good fish finder also helps. Last summer I had the privelidge to be invited on to a local boat with two excellent fish finders on board. Fishing for pike on kilglass lake, Rooskey.
From the shannon out to Kilglass not a fish, totally dead!. Once We got out of the flow of the Shannon, Bingo!. A huge shoal of bream. A hundred yards across!
The moral of the story is if you are planning to take a trip on a cruiser then please make sure that it has a adaquate method of dispensing of it's effluent in a safe and proper manner.
Most of these vessels just dump they're shit straight into the Shannon system. No wonder it is dying on it's feet.
If you do go cruising then please watch out for our continental friends knocking pike on the head. If you see this happening, then please report it immediately to the Shannon regional fisheries board.
Untill the cruiser hire companys can get they're acts together regarding effluent control then I will not be giving them any trade.
Contact
www.angling-in-ireland.com And E-mail the webmaster who will give you all the info on the damage that cruisers are doing to the shannon system.