To make a Booking for any of our Angling options or tours, please use the BOOK NOW button on the website. Alternatively, if you wish to contact us directly, prior to making a booking or if you have any queries, you can contact us below: Contact Mark &Trish Gannon, Woodpoint House, Courtmacsherry, West Cork. Mobile: +353876381003 ,mobile +353868250905 E-mail: info@awwt.com

FAQs | Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre

Q: Are you licensed and insured?

The Lady Patricia and Lady Louise are licensed and insured and are skippered by licensed boatmen. The vessel and occupants are insured for charter operations. A copy of our License can be viewed on board .

Q: What about the weather?

It is essential that you call us on the evening before the trip & we will try to make a decision then. If you are not travelling too far, we may delay that decision until the morning of the trip. Please remember that even with today’s technology trips are sometimes cancelled when in hindsight they should not have been. Also some times we advise anglers that the weather will be OK, when in fact we find the following morning that the conditions are not as forecasted. For charters of longer than one day, you must travel regardless of the weather. When you arrive and are settled, we can meet and discuss prospects for your charter. If you lose one or more days due to the weather, there are plenty of things to do. We may even be able to fish inshore.

Q: What if the charter is cancelled?

It depends on who cancels and when. The full story is told in our conditions of hire, a copy of which can be found in our ‘Cost & Terms’ page, but in short, if we cancel there is no charge. If you cancel late however, the CHARTER FEE is payable in FULL. If one of the party drops out, it makes no difference to overall CHARTER COST, you are paying for the boat, not the number in the party. Please remember we operating a business.

Q: How many people can the vessel carry?

Our boats are licensed for 12 paying passengers plus two crew, but, unless cost is a major factor, we recommend you bring fewer – 10 or less. You are however paying for the cost of the boat, not per passenger.

Q: What fish will we catch and what happens to them?

The catch is yours to do with what you will, but you should bear in mind that we are a sportfishing operation. We discourage large-scale fish kills in an attempt to cover the cost of a trip. Of course depending on tidal situations we target different species. All shark,Ray and Skate are tagged and releasedWhere practical we prefer a ‘catch & release’ approach for inedible species & for table fish in excess of those required for personal consumption, unless of course the skipper feels that they dead due to decompression.