Mackerel For Dinner

Soup is on the stove back at Mitey's and mackerel is on the menu tonight caught out of the bay below his house. The waters around West Cork are also fished for pollack, Atlantic salmon and cod. But there are other lesser-known fish here, too, including: the Spotted Dogfish; John Dory or John with the Big Eye; Anglerfish, aka, Monkfish; Wrasse Cuckoo and Conger, an eel.

A posted guide to the bay fish at Garinish had this to say of the Conger: "When landed the conger will thrash and wriggle incessantly. Their bodies are covered with layers of slime and they have row after row of strong teeth."