The Anglers Rest - A plaice :-) for fishy tales - it was HOW big !!

coolhandspan

Yah not sure if sea trout but compare him to this lad. this trout was over 3lb mark easy. thought it was a salmon, crazy fighter. threw them all back

Daroxtar

coolhandspan wrote: »

Yah not sure if sea trout but compare him to this lad. this trout was over 3lb mark easy. thought it was a salmon, crazy fighter. threw them all back

You may have a point. That lad there is very similar in markings to this one although he's a good bit bigger
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FionnBarr

Caught a 6 pound pollack off the pier in Greystones a few days ago A full dinner for a full family

dodderangler

coolhandspan wrote: »

Yah not sure if sea trout but compare him to this lad. this trout was over 3lb mark easy. thought it was a salmon, crazy fighter. threw them all back

threw them back? fair play to you man alot of respect for that not many anglers throw them back especially of that size i only keep stocked fish all wild one go back havint caught trout of that size in river that was wild in a year fair play man

thehamo

hooked and lost what felt like probably the biggest wild brownie ive ever had on the line on the liffey. I was heart broken he was putting up a great fight. Im going to have to learn how to play a fish properly I think. im sure I was a lot to blame for loosing it. the frustration!

SeaFields

Hows everyone

Havent been on here much lately. A combination of working 7 days a week and moving house. My fishing season abrubtly ended a few weeks back when i was offered a short employment contract in a college related area so between that and my old job I'm burning the candle at both ends. I've promised myself a day out on currane before the season end.

On the plus side my new house has a small stream running through the back garden and on closer inspection last week i saw trout!! There's a bit of bank maintenance needed once the leaves are off the trees and i might build a small weir to slow down the water a bit so as to be able to watch them rise in the evenings. Herself asked why i would want to sit and watch fish jumping in the back garden. "i guess you just wouldnt understand" i said!

TimMac

Hey Seafields

Congrats on the house & job man, be careful herself might have that stream filled in if you spend more time looking at it than you do her!!!

bayliner

5 hrs on ree today, not good:rolleyes:, 1 fish about 1lb, will try again next week:)..nice to get out after 6 weeks of no lough ree!!! lets not let that happen again:mad::rolleyes:

fisherking

Not suprised
Have had some good fish on the liffey late late late...its so low...! Give us a guestimate.....

thehamo wrote: »

hooked and lost what felt like probably the biggest wild brownie ive ever had on the line on the liffey. I was heart broken he was putting up a great fight. Im going to have to learn how to play a fish properly I think. im sure I was a lot to blame for loosing it. the frustration!

slowburner

SeaFields wrote: »

Hows everyone

Havent been on here much lately. A combination of working 7 days a week and moving house. My fishing season abrubtly ended a few weeks back when i was offered a short employment contract in a college related area so between that and my old job I'm burning the candle at both ends. I've promised myself a day out on currane before the season end.

On the plus side my new house has a small stream running through the back garden and on closer inspection last week i saw trout!! There's a bit of bank maintenance needed once the leaves are off the trees and i might build a small weir to slow down the water a bit so as to be able to watch them rise in the evenings. Herself asked why i would want to sit and watch fish jumping in the back garden. "i guess you just wouldnt understand" i said!

You'll just have to convince her indoors that you need a water garden. Hire a mini digger and convert the back garden into a reservoir. Put a few pot plants between the reservoir and the house and a deck for fishing off. Happy days.:D

slowburner

coolhandspan wrote: »

Fished Boyne today, had ten fish, biggest 4lb, unreal fishing. really enjoyed it. any fly was working, black did most damage. all bar one returned to fight another day.






ps think this lad could be a sea trout

I would say it is definitely a brownie. The marking on the outer ray of the anal fin is a brownie hallmark.:)

thehamo

fisherking wrote: »

Not suprised
Have had some good fish on the liffey late late late...its so low...! Give us a guestimate.....

thehamo wrote: »

hooked and lost what felt like probably the biggest wild brownie ive ever had on the line on the liffey. I was heart broken he was putting up a great fight. Im going to have to learn how to play a fish properly I think. im sure I was a lot to blame for loosing it. the frustration!

Hmmm not sure. But I've fought 5lb rainbows on curragh springs and this lad fought every bit as hard. Given it's a wild fish that would fight harder il throw a 2lb guestimate his way

bayliner

lough ree again 2moro, trolling for trout, hoping for a better day than last week, but nice to get up the lake anyway:D

diarmuid79

trolling is not fishing sorry

natdog

how do you make that out

bayliner

diarmuid79 wrote: »

trolling is not fishing sorry

EXPLAIN??????????? :rolleyes:...well i got 3 trout "not fishing"...

damagegt

Went out this evening to try for a few bass.I was out about an hour and decided to move up the rocks.The tide was 2 hours after the high turn and was still hitting the rocks.I just turned and nearly stood on a large trigger fish that had washed in.I thought he was dead at first as he was dry on one side.I picked him up and I could see some slight movement in his tail.I spent the next 10-15 with him in the water but I didn't get anything from him but a few small twitches.I took him out and took some pictures(ill up load them later).

I threw him back in the water and the knock of him hitting the water seemed to wake him and he stuttered back to where I was.I spent another few mins with him in the water and he got a new lease for life and seemed fighting fit when he finally swam off.

What a stunning fish.I used to have a small trigger in my fish tank but nothing like this.He was as big as a dinner plate and weighed 2lbs 6 ozs with stunning markings and bright colours.

slowburner

So no Bass then?

damagegt

Nope,just a mackerel (my first of the whole season) and 2 pollock.Ill be heading out this evening and ill see how I get on.

stylie

diarmuid79 wrote: »

trolling is not fishing sorry

Looks like your the one that's trolling

bayliner

had a few hrs yesterday evening at cloghan fishery, 2 trout landed both brownies best was 2lb, lost 1 rainbow and missed 2 or 3 ....

NORTH1

Blue Pool West Clare by boyle.brian, on Flickr


Blue Pool West Clare by boyle.brian, on Flickr

slowburner

How the heck would you land a big fish from there? :eek:

stylie

I guess they dont practice catch and release.

NORTH1

You reel them up I've caught scad and mackerel of these rocks, all for my on consumption 2-4 at a time and the taste good!!. I've seen locals heading off with bag full of mackerel, put they where complaining this week end that the numbers are way down.

slowburner

Lovely photos btw

FTA69

Went beach fishing in Garretstown beach just outside Kinsale in Cork, being a novice fisherman I was fully expecting to catch f*ck all but the night wasn't too bad and felt I got a bit of experience. We started fishing at around 8:30pm as the tide began to come in and fished on until around 1am as it was going out. My buddy was fishing for bass with a gripper lead, single hook tipped with a variety of baits such as fresh lug, razor, ragworm, mackerel and sandeel while I was trying to get flatties on a rolling lead using the same bait as above.

Just before high tide my buddy got a small doggy which took eel/mackerel bait whereupon he switched to razor-clam alone. Soon after he had two major strikes, one pulling the rod off the rest; they were serious takes like and we both think it could be nothing but bass. Twice we lost the fish which is unfortunate but we know what'll work as least. As the tide began to go out I switched to smaller hooks and caught a nice dab on fresh lugworm.

All in all, anyone fishing off Garretstown, they'd be the baits I'd recommend and it was a grand bit of action for the few hours fishing.

howsshecuttin

NORTH1 wrote: »

Blue Pool West Clare by boyle.brian, on Flickr


Blue Pool West Clare by boyle.brian, on Flickr

Excellent pic! I'm just back myself from clare, Fished the bluepool for mackeral before, It's very dangerous, Take it easy up there, There's been a couple of death's there so far, I always fish off a cliff at a location called loop head drive, Just go into Kilkee and there's a road off to your left beside the beach, You can't miss it. It's a lot safer and I've noticed the catch is a lot better, I got forty of them today in the space of an hour.

damagegt

Had a great day on the boat fishing out of Dungarvan today at five in the morning.Four of us had ling,whiting,cookcoos,pollock.macks a few doggies and hit a great little bass in the last hour.We were mile and half of helvick head when we met a small shole of maybe 7-10 dolphins.It was great to see them.

Doc Farrell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_FqkSkC6vA

liam neeson in patagonia

bayliner

gona try ree 2moro, hope i dont get shot:D

bayliner

4 brownies:D... 2lb 14oz the best

SeaFields

Sitting on the beach with the laptop and a lovely warm autumn sun in my face. waiting for the tide to turn and am off out the rocks with rod in hand.

SeaFields

A great days fishing was absolutely ruined by midges. I'm eaten alive. Before that tho I had a few mackerel and a nice pollock about 4lbs.

I also had a first....two bass at the same time while feathering. Only bout 1lb or 1lb and a half each but it made my day. They put up an outstanding battle and looked suburb in the sunshine. (both returned alive).

karlram

hooked what was easily my biggest ever pike on ramor yesterday. fought for a few mins and was getting ready to net when a shake of the head and a flick of the tail left me standing feeling pretty dejected. my excitment was ripped from me. thought i had broken my 20lb duct but it wasnt to be. just wets the appetite even more tho. was easliy 25lb +. :eek:

bayliner

4 trout yesterday, best 3lb 4oz....... season is near its end now:(, be goin after some pike then in october,and maybe fly fish cloghan

DVD-Lots

Nice haul there bayliner, give cloghan a miss and go to Aisling instead, heading there in the morning myself for a few hours of therapy after the week I've had

SeaFields

With the final weekend and the final week ahead of us for many for trout and salmon has anyone got plans to get out on the water?

I'm either going to fish Waterville or Killarney next week. Haven't made up my mind yet. Still tho, am well looking forward to it.

bayliner

DVD-Lots wrote: »

Nice haul there bayliner, give cloghan a miss and go to Aisling instead, heading there in the morning myself for a few hours of therapy after the week I've had

was just in loughree-active shop this morn and got talkin about a trip to aisling one of the days next month:), let me know how you get on? have never fished it, and would be nice change of scenary ,,, tight lines man!:)

DVD-Lots

It was a tough day, very bright and windy. Landed 1 but had 3 on boobies but they slipped off.... Also had great fun with a big pink humungus, drove them bananas, they kept bashing it very agressively. Water is very low at the moment so by mid october, hopefully there will be a lot more rain to get the levels back up.

bayliner

got 3 pike on ree yesterday none of any size all on a blue fox, recommended by dvd-lots:D

bayliner

between 2 of us today we got 7 trout on cloghan lake, dries and wets, 2 fish at around 1lb 8oz or so, were the best

bayliner

back to cloghan tomorrow, lake is closing from end of month, so probably the last trip, when is lough aisling closing?

DVD-Lots

Aisling is open all year round as its only rainbows in the main lake, happy days.

bayliner

cloghan didnt fish well today, 1 small brownie all day.... good few anglers there, and no one had good fishing!

ch750536

5lb pike on Lough Allua, other fella got a couple of small ones. Chaps in the other boat caught a 20lb'er

DVD-Lots

Was at Aisling on Saturday, very cold and bright but had 2 good fish on large black and green lures. They drove us mad by jumping out of the water cleaning themselves, had me convinced they were feeding on the surface for a while....:rolleyes:

One of the lads had 3 in the morning while we won't mention the other poor lad who didn't even get a pull (broke his reel, ended up using river rod and reel, blamed everything on the fish being diseased and then Liverpool could only manage a draw, worst day ever for him really.... )

bayliner

DVD-Lots wrote: »

Was at Aisling on Saturday, very cold and bright but had 2 good fish on large black and green lures. They drove us mad by jumping out of the water cleaning themselves, had me convinced they were feeding on the surface for a while....:rolleyes:

One of the lads had 3 in the morning while we won't mention the other poor lad who didn't even get a pull (broke his reel, ended up using river rod and reel, blamed everything on the fish being diseased and then Liverpool could only manage a draw, worst day ever for him really.... )

:D:D oh i had one of those type days last time in cloghan if i got one knot in leader i got about 8 or 10!!!!! and i was only fishing 2 flies!!! got one sprat all day and couldnt wait to get out of there:D
PS; when i say knot i mean birds nest!!!!!

alancro

Only started getting back into fishing again this summer after a break for a few years. so i went out armed with lugs, razorclams and some mackeral...
Two nice coalies for my trouble.

Doc Farrell

There are 6 copies of the complete illustrated directory of salmon flies by chriss mann, without dust jackets, for 10 euro in the hodges figgis sale.
Also the fox sea guide to modern sea angling for 8 euro, about 20 copies on the table next to the sports section.
The salmon flies directory normally sells for over 40 euro but they have no dust jackets and are a bit shop worn.