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cracking fish all the sweeter after all the effort, very well done

Beut of a fish well done, only one little jack for me today

I honestly didn't see this one coming😳 Big blank for me today. One steady run, fish definitely on then off as soon as I lifted the rod up. Not far off perfect conditions today , 3 of us , 2 runs , 1 fish of around 7 pound to Fishfork . Nowt for Rozzo and me . Have to get her next time.

Same 7lb pike as last session, plus a missed run. Roach were damned tough going today (which I didn't expect with the temperature hike) - about 100, but that's less than half the usual.

The most entertaining fish was a 4lb 15oz brown trout that took a roach hooked on the pole. Staggered that it hooked itself on a size 24! A few minutes after the trout was landed, the now dead roach floated up to the surface, and about 10 minutes after that another brownie snatched it off the surface!

The pike/brownie combo is always fun.

I managed a lovely 16lb 4oz yesterday and a nice 15lb 2oz today.  Look what else visited my sunk float pat 6oz hybrid lol.  I will catch her next time☺ she circled the bait for nearly an hour on and off, often touching it with her nose. cute one lol. Looks like a double figure to me so a possible PB. I will be back.

Stunning Andy! 👍

lowdouble wrote:I managed a lovely 16lb 4oz yesterday and a nice 15lb 2oz today.  Look what else visited my sunk float pat 6oz hybrid lol.  I will catch her next time☺  she circled the bait for nearly an hour on and off,  often touching it with her nose.  cute one lol.  Looks like a double figure to me so a possible PB.  I will be back.

Stunning fish that, and a hell of a size. Good luck on nabbing it!

A wild fish too so extra cute,  Theres very few trout in the venue but I have had them at 7lb 11oz and 8lb 1oz,  This looked bigger.  the pike was a great looking fish too,  I love this water,  its hard but a great average sized fish.

Nice trout. Will they take a static bait. I have booked a week at the end of April on a VERY big VERY deep Scottish loch

In pursuit of a Ferox Trout.

The brown trout I get aren't wild, but they have grown very significantly in the water on a diet of roach (from 2-3lbs when stocked to just over 10lb being the largest caught yet). The fish I've had on deadbaits have taken them when they've been wobbled/twitched. Nothing completely static. Otherwise (and at the other end of the bait size scale) they tend to fall pretty regularly to a single maggot on a size 24 hook.

They certainly do Psion. I have had 5 trout over 8lb to 8lb 12 oz and all on static fished roach, i have had them to 7lb 11oz trolling and even had them over 6lb on static mackeral and sardines. They are an apex predator at that size and devour anything lol.

Its strange isnt it Mr Robinson the diverse ways there are to catch them lol. ive had a dozen over 5 this year trolling 6" rapalas intended for pike. I would dearly love a double like youve caught. Well done

lowdouble wrote:They certainly do Psion.  I have had 5 trout over 8lb to 8lb 12 oz and all on static fished roach,  i have had them to 7lb 11oz trolling and even had them over 6lb on static mackeral and sardines.  They are an apex predator at that size and devour anything lol.

Its strange isnt it Mr Robinson the diverse ways there are to catch them lol.   ive had a dozen over 5 this year trolling 6" rapalas intended for pike.  I would dearly love a double like youve caught.  Well done

Indeed! Fish of all species are largely opportunistic and will under certain circumstances take anything. In summer there was a 17lb pike caught locally on sweetcorn, and I had an 8lb pike take a worm and snap me off a couple of years ago (I know the weight as a couple of weeks later I caught it with my hook in it's mouth).

Big brownies are good fun, but I must say I don't get much of a fight out of them on pike gear. Pound for pound, the pike seem stronger. That said, on light pole gear it's a completely different matter.

Either way, I highly recommend trout fishing on the pole. The powerbaiters and fly fishers look at you like you're mad, but it's pretty successful. That and you end up with enough roach deadbaits to last you a life time!

been out again today 3 rods.... popped up roach , popped up mackerel popped up lamprey/smelt, yet again not a sniff .
even the jacks were not having it . I keep going back to this venue because there are some big girls , but its hard on here at the moment for some reason . all day long I have hammered my lure box too , never stopped going at it, tried every lure and covered the water in front of me .
might have to change venue just to give myself some self confidence ....doh

I have caught Rainbow and Brown trout on dead bait when pike fishing and I once caught a Salmon on a Mackeral

tail. I have read that Ferox will only take a moving bait and that bait has to be a Trout. We try every year for a Ferox

but have yet to catch one but we do get a few Pike for consolation!!

Psion the best bait by far in the West of Ireland is a 1lb roach trolled slow and very deep. upto 60ft down. trout are used too but the roach seems king. Theres no ferox in the midlands where I am but there are wild fish to 15lb+ and I want one lol.

Its a tough life this pike fishing Stubbo. you eventually start doubting your methods and then out of the blue a red letter day comes along lol. stick with it

did 2 days on the rez fri and sat just a little jack nothing else at all.

I think the last two years of constant pressure have taken their toll.some big fish have died too.its a day ticket water,so inevitably there's anglers fishing for pike with gear that's that up to the job and some of the anglers just haven't got the know how to handle and unhook them properly.

Had my first blank I hope its not a sign of things to come

Was out on Saturday managd to get 1 of about 11lb and my cousin unfortunately lost a possible 20 at the net (wasn't me netting btw lol)

Unlucky mate, get her next time, be a nice Xmas present👍

I had a 10lber and lost a mid double at the net😐 sunday

the bat wrote:I had a 10lber and lost a mid double at the net😐 sunday

well in pete have u fished of that sand bar yet pal

No mate,it wasn't there I was fishing.local club water😉

I have sat on this since Tuesday(apart for a text to craig letting him know) as it hadnt quite sunk in how Realy special a day it was.
Ive only ever had one twenty before this trip, i was lucky enough to share with craig last February at 21:10.
I have been on my local for 7 blanks and a jack and 4 low doubles elsewhere this season.still enjoying being out there but struggling as have a few others.
A change of water needed then.
A very good mate had dropped on a water turned up some fish and very kindly offered to put me on it with the usual warning of loosing my nuts if i blabbed. Its an in under dark out after dark remote on silent and cammo up job.
Tuesday booked off slide in to the peg and chuck out, 20 mins in a run on half mack 20:01 my second 20 ever, result. re cast  its of again 12:10. for the next couple of hours  the action is manic run after run some missed,some fish on then off again, some to the net, at one point i had to leave the rods out to get my breath and try and collect my thoughts, late morning my sardine is of i lift in and the rod locks no mid double feel to this just heavy and slow, i get the net up as a dog head appears and shes safely netted. 22:01 new pb i'm laughing now this not fishing i must be dreaming, a brace of twenty's in a morning, bonkers. The action slows of around lunch  to manageable i still can not believe how brilliant it has been, i even think about packing up, no need to be greedy. Then i think don't be an idiot they are on the munch milk it,these days don't happen often(ever), get back in.
3 pm i lift into the fast run on my right rod connect and think good fish this, no way this cant be another twenty, a good  fight heart in the mouth stuff, shes in the net, I lift it and knew it was easily 20 plus, 22:05, second pb of the day and three Twentys in one session.
I finished  with 12 fish landed 4 jacks a 12 a 13 three 14s and 3 twentys. 150 lb ish  total weight.
I also dropped another possible 20 off
I hope its not thought of me bragging posting this because thats honestly not my kind of thing,
I just thought i would share a day that never in my wildest dreams i thought i would be lucky enough to have.
And thats the thing i was was one Fooking lucky lad Tuesday

Brilliant mate stop bragging haha only joking we all hope for a day like that well done