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Corrib Slipway

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  • 24-09-2011 5:15pm
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    wildfowler94
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    Anyone no good spots for launching a boat on the corrib?

    WF


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    Caribs
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    There are any number on the lake, what are you looking to launch and where are you based from?


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    fisherking
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    Loads...
    But be sure to clean your boat before and after...
    wildfowler94 wrote: »
    Anyone no good spots for launching a boat on the corrib?

    WF


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    wildfowler94
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    Based in Longford/Athlone

    WF


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    bayliner
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    wildfowler94 wrote: »
    Based in Longford/Athlone

    WF
    why not just hire one? your not saving much dragging a boat from here, and at least your putting something back into the local economy by hiring a boat


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    ring 20
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    make sure you wash it afterwards anyway, no point washing it before as everything in the corrib already! what size of boat?


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    bayliner
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    ring 20 wrote: »
    make sure you wash it afterwards anyway, no point washing it before as everything in the corrib already! what size of boat?
    are the zebra mussels in corrib? they are in ree big time!!


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    gary29428
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    Corrib is stuffed with them, I've pulled them up with my buzzers and trolled baits from Ashford to Annaghdown.


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    ironbluedun
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    gary29428 wrote: »
    Corrib is stuffed with them, I've pulled them up with my buzzers and trolled baits from Ashford to Annaghdown.


    they seem to be in a lot of loughs now, i remember reading a report once that said it takes 12 years for their full impact to be established on a lough system. are they in lough derg 12 years yet? cant be far off that now.


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    ring 20
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    every part ive fished has zebras that pond weed is well spread now too


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    wildfowler94
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    ring 20 wrote: »
    every part ive fished has zebras that pond weed is well spread now too

    Yeah I always clean the boat after use! Cant hire because ill be shooting aswell so want to get no the lake with my own 19ft boat.

    WF


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    JohnCleary
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    Here's a list of the most popular slip-ways on the Corrib, along with Google Maps place-marks: http://www.corribcharts.com/piers__slipways_of_the_corrib.html

    CorribCharts will be of great use to you if you're coming to the Corrib

    Lough Corrib is indeed infested with the Zebra Mussel, but you should still clean your boat before launching and after you retrieve it.

    At an IWAI Powerboat Branch meet on Lough Corrib, I invited Inland Fisheries Ireland to Cong, Co. Mayo to give a talk and demonstration on how to stop the spread of invasive species on our inland waters. It was very educational I must admit and has certainly taught me a thing or two. More info here: http://powerboat.iwai.ie/blog/biosecurity-demonstration-at-the-2011-lough-corrib-meet-of-the-iwai-powerboat-branch/


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