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

slowburner · 01-08-2011 11:22am

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 · 01-08-2011 1:15pm

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 · 06-08-2011 4:49pm

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 · 07-08-2011 10:51am

trolling is not fishing sorry

natdog · 07-08-2011 10:55am

how do you make that out

bayliner · 08-08-2011 8:14am

diarmuid79 wrote: »

trolling is not fishing sorry

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

damagegt · 13-08-2011 1:27am

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 · 13-08-2011 12:34pm

So no Bass then?

damagegt · 15-08-2011 2:46pm

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 · 19-08-2011 2:58pm

diarmuid79 wrote: »

trolling is not fishing sorry

Looks like your the one that's trolling

bayliner · 20-08-2011 2:01pm

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

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NORTH1 · 22-08-2011 12:08am

Blue Pool West Clare by boyle.brian, on Flickr

slowburner · 22-08-2011 9:28am

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

stylie · 22-08-2011 10:40am

I guess they dont practice catch and release.

NORTH1 · 22-08-2011 11:23am

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 · 22-08-2011 12:43pm

Lovely photos btw

FTA69 · 22-08-2011 7:22pm

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 · 23-08-2011 1:33am

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 · 24-08-2011 9:39pm

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 · 29-08-2011 11:54pm

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

liam neeson in patagonia

bayliner · 01-09-2011 12:26am

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

bayliner · 02-09-2011 2:59pm

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

SeaFields · 14-09-2011 11:39am

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 · 14-09-2011 7:10pm

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 · 18-09-2011 10:26am

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 · 19-09-2011 11:39am

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 · 23-09-2011 11:51am

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 · 23-09-2011 1:07pm

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 · 23-09-2011 4:08pm

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 · 25-09-2011 5:00pm

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.

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

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