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Top pike fishing for TopTackle duo on Roscommon lakes

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myleskelly
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110cm 20lb Pike
110cm 20lb Pike

The big one – 110cm 20lb, a cracking fish for December.

110cm 20lb Pike
Anthony with his110cm, 20lb pike

It was quite frustrating as fishing can be at the best of times as it seemed it was just one of those days and we were just about to refer to the big book of fishing excuses when I suddenly I felt a powerful tug on my line. I was so excited as I felt some more thumps so I let Noel I was on and I started reeling in. The line felt quite heavy and I caught a glimpse of the fish but not enough to judge the size of it, it was not putting up that much of a fight so I assumed it was a jack with a bit of weed caught on it. I reeled it in close to the boat and was shocked to see the size of it as was Noel, it was a monster and then the pike woke up and the battle was on. She leapt up and tried to tail walk away but the Poseidon treble was well hooked in and she was going nowhere, she did some amazing powerful runs and two more incredible jumps, I had never seen such a big pike jump this high from the water, it was truly spectacular sport. Noel got the net and slipped it under and we boated the beautiful pike which turned out to be 110cm in and around the 20lb mark. The camera came out and there were plenty of pictures taken and then we sent her home and she slowly swam back to the deep.

Niall’s day out and his first pike

We have recently been out testing out some of our lures from Top Tackle throughout November and early December and have had some success. On one of these trips we were joined by our good pal Niall Kenny. Niall has always been a fan of our fishing tales and wished to join us for one and see the fish in the flesh and we didn’t want to disappoint.

 

Niall and Anthony with Niall's15lb Pike
Niall and Anthony with Niall's15lb Pike

It was a great day and we even managed to land Niall a lovely 15lb Pike, he had his worries about holding it when he saw the monster so I took on the responsibility for photo purposes.

We have had some really cracking doubles on some of our swimbait lures which can be found in our online store http://toptackle.ie/ also on the site you can read all about our tales on our days out.

Anthony Greene
Top Tackle
www.toptackle.ie
Tel: +353 (0)85 7412767

Noel with a 14lb pike
Noel with a 14lb pike
A 17lb Pike for Anthony
A 17lb Pike for Anthony

Carlow coarse anglers judge the catch at Southern Counties rainbow fishery

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myleskelly
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Gerry mcstraw Carlow cac Chairman presenting Ozzy Conway with his winners Trophy
Gerry mcstraw Carlow cac Chairman presenting Ozzy Conway with his winners trophy

The weekend saw an absolute first for the Carlow Coarse Angling Club as they were asked to judge a competition and present prizes at two competitions in the Southern Counties Fishing Resort in Garryhill, Co. Carlow.

With the back drop of the beautiful Mount Leinster as a canvas the competitions kicked off on Saturday morning well wrapped up for the day ahead. Several anglers in the fly fishing only competition netted Rainbow Trout that were over two foot long thus keeping judges Gerry McStraw and Leon Deere from Graiguecullen busy for the day measuring and documenting each angler’s catch. Anglers turned up from Shileliagh and as far afield as Sallins and Dublin for the competitions and were not dissapointed at the stamp of fish being caught, most of which were in the 4 to 5 lb bracket.

Gerry mcstraw Carlow cac Chairman presenting Ozzy Conway with his winners Trophy
Gerry McStraw, Carlow Coarse Angling Club Chairman, presenting Ozzy Conway with his winners trophy

After two hours on each day the anglers broke for a well deserved cup of tea. The Foley family provided a very well recieved bowl of homemade soup, sandwiches, rolls and cakes for all competitors in the purpose built clubhouse at the lakes. Angling resumed at 2pm on with all anglers eager to get at the very hard fighting fish and fill up their cards. The first competition was eventually won by popular Leinster angler Mr Robbie Phelan with eight fish averaging around 50cm each, the biggest fish of the weekend also went to mr Phelan at 63cm. Young 12 year old Ozzie Conway from Sallins Co.Kildare won the Sunday event with five fish averaging 40cm each. Pics taken during the event can be viewed on the popular blog ran by the Carlow CAC chairman http://carlowcoarseanglingguides.blogspot.com/

If you require any information regarding the fishery or indeed the Carlow Coarse Angling Club please do not hesitate to contact Gerry on 085 2844566.

Anglers fishing from Red Bay confined to shallow waters

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myleskelly
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Juvenile skate
Juvenile skate

The weather has not been kind to us up here at all. We have only managed to get out to the deep water once in the past fortnight. Oh well, its winter after all! But the prospects are looking very good with a few good specimen spur dogs to be had and quite a few juvenile skate on the ground. Getting mackerel and herring is still not a problem mid channel and it reminds me of my adventures in Norway – we don’t even have to hunt the shoals as the birds are doing it for us.

Spurdog
Sprudog
Juvenile skate
Juvenile skate

Hamish Currie
Predator II
Red Bay Stormforce 9.1 Rib
Web: www.predatorireland.com Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 028 2177 1828   Boat: 07720440117

Pike angler on the Barrow gets an unseasonal surprise

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myleskelly
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Lewis Parr and his Barrow Trout
Lewis Parr and his Barrow Trout

Carlow Coarse Angling Club Junior member Lewis Parr from Graiguecullen managed to net himself a huge suprise whilst fishing for a Pike locally to Carlow town. Lewis a regular on the river Barrow decided to go Pike fishing with his friend Robbie Lacey after finishing school early one day last week. The lads had purchased some Roach to use as bait in search of one of resident Pike in an area known locally as Mikey Websters. After around twenty minutes the rod signaled a bite which could only be a big fish and Lewis immediatley let the tension loose on the reel to allow the fish a fighting chance. Imagine the suprise on the lads faces when a huge brown Trout rose to the surface jumping and kicking in what can only be described as like a scene from Flipper. Lewis eventually managed to net the fish and after a few pics released the fish safe and well back into the river Barrow.

Lewis Parr and his Barrow Trout
Lewis Parr and his Barrow Trout

If you have any queries as regards the Carlow cac or their activities please do not hesitate to contact Gerry mcstraw Carlow cac Chairman on 085 2844566 or visit the very popular Facebook page Carlow cac which is updated daily with information usefull to anglers. Or visit www.carlowcoarseanglingguides.com who run a blog for the club and it’s events.

Bitter weather does not stop the 'bows biting at Cashel

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myleskelly
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Despite the bitter December weather anglers are still able to make plenty of catches with us here at Cashel.
Pat Campbell bagged three trout which weighed 11lb 6ozs which fell to the cat’s whisker.  Kilrea’s Gregory Scullion used a black and white fritz to bank four trout averaging 3lb.  Kevin Burke released two which took the diawl bach.  Derry’s Alan Temple and Billy Hazlett banked four and seven respectively which took wee assorted buzzers.  Shaune Duggan (Gulladuff) bagged two at almost 4lb and released two more which took a gold head black lure.  Dungiven’s John Hasson and Martin Bradley released three and one respectively using bloodworms and cat’s whiskers.  Joe Mc Donald (Limavady) released one which took a yellow marabou tailed beaded fritz while his friend Keith Boyd unfortunately didn’t get any to the bank.
Info and enquiries to
Marlene
17 Birren Road, Dungiven, BT47 4SH,
Tel: Dungiven 028777 42159
email: [email protected] Web: www.cashellakeview.co.uk

Irish Angling Update, 08/12/11

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myleskelly
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Glen brennan with a nice double figure pike from Lough Gowna.
Glen Brennan with a nice double figure pike from Lough Gowna.

The winter weather has really arrived here in Ireland in the past week with only very hardy anglers venturing out on mainly inland waters and even then, sport was limited although a few nice fish were captured and returned.

Coarse anglers were out on several locations this week.  There was some nice catches of small roach reported at Corstown Lake near Drumconrath.  Down in Carlow there was news of the successful club appointing children’s officers who hope to encourage many young anglers to take up the sport of fishing.  Senior executive committee members of the Carlow Coarse Angling Club attended a recent presentation ceremony at the Carlow County Council chambers to receive a special Bursary award from the Carlow Sports Partnership.  Another winter league match was held up on the Roslea Lakes near Enniskillen and catches of roach and skimmers dominated catches in the cold weather.

There was a reasonable turn out of forty four anglers who fished the latest qualifier of the Kingspan National Pike Championships at Lakan Lake near Ballyjamesduff.  There was plenty of small pike recorded on the day and the five qualifiers all took catches of over 11 lb. upwards to go forward to the final in May.  There is notice of pike match taking place at Lough Egish soon near Ballybay.  Glenn Brennan caught some nice pike on Lough Gowna and he sent in a nice picture of a double figure pike which he caught and returned and he wins our catch of the week.  There was some nice pike reported from a lake in the Castleblayney area of Co. Monaghan.

There was no sea angling reported this week except for a notice for the Cobh SAC who are running their popular light lines competitions during the winter and details of the events are published here.

As usual there was some nice rainbow trout reported to visitors to the popular Curragh Springs Fishery in Co. Kildare where many different flies produced some good sport.

Tight lines especially in Ireland,

Paul Bourke
Angling Information Officer
Catch, Photo, Release

Cobh SAC Light Lines competition

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myleskelly
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dab
A nice dab from Cork Harbour - a popular quarry in the light lines competitions
dab
A nice dab from Cork Harbour - a popular quarry in the light lines competitions

Cobh SAC has successfully run light line competitions in Cork Harbour over the last two Winter seasons. Once again Cobh SAC will be running a series of these competitions over the next few Winter months. The first will be run on Sunday 11th December 2011.

These competitions are open to all comers and are not restricted to just Cobh SAC members, nor do you have to be a member of another club. They are intended to be fun competitions and appeal to all levels of anglers, whether you are a novice or a seasoned campaigner. Indeed, there has been a diverse mix of experience between the anglers who have fished these comps so far and all have had good fishing. The average number of fish caught per angler per day over the 12 competitions so far has been 38 fish. Now that’s a good return and ensures that even the raw beginners have something to shout about!!!

In a few of the comps some of the anglers have had over 120 fish…that’s some fishing! Species to expect within the Harbour over these months would include Cod, Whiting, Dabs, Lsd’s, Poor Cod, Pouting, Coalfish, Flounder, & Plaice. At the moment Dabs will feature highly and some of these will be to specimen size. As the Winter progresses Cod will feature more and more in the catches. In previous March and April comps it wasn’t unusual for anglers to average over 50+ codling in their catch. To give you some idea of the fishing have a look at some of the reports of previous events here, here, and here. Best baits to use in the comps will be crab, lug, mack, and rag. 

The scorecard used for the competitions is the same as that used for the National Fish-Offs. Indeed, the set-up of the comp is identical almost to the National Fish-Offs competition. As a result the light lines are ideal events for the more seasoned anglers to get in practice for these comps. For the less seasoned angler it’s a chance to see how they measure up to the high standards of the top anglers in the country. In any event there is a lot that all anglers can learn.

To make the light lines easier this season there has been a slight change of rule. Instead, of all lines (ie. mainline, rig bodies, & snood) meeting the 15lb b.s. or lower criteria the only stipulation now is that the mainline should be 15lb b.s. or less. This means that you can use a shockleader of any strength and your rig bodies and snoods can also be of any strength.
The competitions will be run on the following dates over the Winter months: 

  • Sunday 11th December 2011
  • Sunday 22nd January 2012
  • Sunday 19th Febuary 2012
  • Sunday 25th March 2012
  • Sunday 22th April 2012
Fishing will be from 9:30am till 2:30pm each day with boats departing from Kennedy Pier, Cobh at 9am. Boats used will be from the Cork Harbour Angling Hub charter fleet. The cost of entry is €40 per angler. Now that’s great value!!! 

To book your place for Sunday 13th November contact Cobh SAC club secretary, Mary Geary, on 021-4812167 or by email on [email protected]. Come on now….you know its good for ya!!!

Ps. To add an extra element this year, we are accumulating the results over the series of comps on a league basis, similar to a master angler series. So who’s going to be the top light line angler in Cork Harbour for 2011/12? Will it be you?

Also, for those anglers travelling, we’ve negotiated a special deal with the Commodore Hotel if overnight accommodation is required (Oct – March). Bed & breakfast will be available at €29 per person!!!

Small pike dominate catches at the latest pike qualifier on Lackan Lake near Ballyjamesduff.

By
Paul Bourke
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John Chambers, Chairman of the Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs reports from the www. angling-in-ireland.com website on the latest qualifier of the Kingspan National Pike Championships.  44 anglers turned up to the qualifier in cold conditions on Lackan Lake near Ballyjamesduff on Sunday 4th December with rain and sleet prevailing during the day.  Fishing wasnt too bad with 8 anglers with bags in double figures.   The five qualifiers had total catches of small pike from 11 lb. 8 oz. to 16 lb. 4 oz.  They have qualified to fish in the Final of the 2011/12 Kingspan National Pike Championships which will be held on the 19th May.  The winner in the Final will be crowned the Kingspan National Pike Champion and will captain the top 10 from the Final in the Ireland Vs Great Britain Team International next October.

The top 5 anglers who qualified were
1st Joe McDermott
2nd Joe Clarke
3rd Martin McGrory
4th George Dillon
5th David Murphy.

 

Notice of an open pike match on Lough Egish in January 22nd 2012.

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Paul Bourke
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BALLYBAY ANGLING ASSOCIATION

in conjunction with

Irelands Coarse Fishing.Com

Are hosting

OPEN PIKE MATCH

SUNDAY 22ND JANUARY 2012

ON LOUGH EGISH,

CASTLEBLAYNEY, CO MONAGHAN.

Fishing from 10 am – 3 pm

Entry Fee €20 – (incls €3.00 admin fees)

Payout will depend on entries.

Payouts will be for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th heaviest bags.

Prize for heaviest fish on the day.

Prize for fish caught closest to a particular time during the match.

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Raffle on the day for various prizes.

Registration will take place at:

Lakeview Lounge (Murrays),

Lough Egish,

Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan

At 8.30 am SHARP

For further info – check out our Facebook page

Ballybay Angling Association

or log onto

www.irelandscoarsefishing.com

 

Nice double figure pike for Glenn Brennan on Lough Gowna.

By
Paul Bourke
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Glen brennan with a nice double figure pike from Lough Gowna.

My name is Glenn Brennan from Dublin and I was fishing lough Gowna on Tues the 5th Dec  and caught this nice double figure pike drifting on a the boat with a drifting float baited with a sardine.  It was hooked a bit tricky so I wasted no time in weighing it just a quick photo and it was returned to fight another day.  In total we had 3 pike with another pike of 4 lb to a full mackerel and a 6 lb fish which fell to a copper spoon and all fish were returned to the water safely.  Im a great fan of your website as it provides accurate and current information on how the fishing is on a daily basis.  I would also like to say its great to see the fishery board out on the water as I was on lacken lake in Ballyjamesduff last week and was approached by two inspecters out on the lake, they were two nice guys who I had also met last year on lough Ramor so keep up the good work.

Glenn Brennan wins our Catch of the Week with his nice pike and photo for his double figure pike from Lough Gowna

 

Glen brennan with a nice double figure pike from Lough Gowna.
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