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peter74 · 19-05-2010 11:11pm

Today l got lucky. My new PB stands now at 101 cm. Photo is taken from mobile, so forget the quality. And l unhooked her in the water, so no time for posing;)

fontanalis · 21-05-2010 3:44pm

Chuileog wrote: »

West Clare brownie

That is an amazing looking fish, I've heard of brownies having a silver coloration but that takes the silver bar.

Auldloon · 21-05-2010 11:15pm

Loads of them in the Lough and all about the same size 3/4lb. They go like hell on a 3 weight:)

stevecrow74 · 24-05-2010 7:31pm

specimen spurdog (14lbs 02oz) caught on a spinning rod 20g-60g loaded with 15lbs braid and 10lbs fluorocarbon leader and a size 1 kamazan hook.. on Galway Bay

coolwings · 24-05-2010 11:56pm

Is that a tag on the dorsal fin?

stevecrow74 · 25-05-2010 11:11pm

coolwings wrote: »

Is that a tag on the dorsal fin?

yeah , we tagged it before it went back into the water... conservation purposes

Steffano2002 · 28-05-2010 12:16am

My first decent trout (12 inches) caught on a dry fly in the Liffey about a month ago.

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coolwings · 28-05-2010 8:23am

Great shoulders on that fish Steffano. It's well fed!

Steffano2002 · 28-05-2010 11:33am

coolwings wrote: »

Great shoulders on that fish Steffano. It's well fed!

Indeed! And she fed me well too!

I opened her stomach to see what she was feeding on and it was full of tiny flies (don't know what they're called in English, sorry) and a fat beetle too. She was a very good hunter!

ironbluedun · 28-05-2010 12:38pm

Steffano2002 wrote: »

Indeed! And she fed me well too!

I opened her stomach to see what she was feeding on and it was full of tiny flies (don't know what they're called in English, sorry) and a fat beetle too. She was a very good hunter!

a fish monger,...............

coolwings · 28-05-2010 7:20pm

Do people have to release them all, IBD?
I also keep the very odd one for the table.

An interesting topic for a seperate thread sometime I guess.

Compton · 28-05-2010 11:18pm

I think its rediculous that some people think all fish should be released.

If you are within the law of taking fish then you can't stop somebody there, but if they are breaking the law it's obviously out of order.

damn tree huggers... :rolleyes:

ironbluedun · 31-05-2010 8:33am

coolwings wrote: »

Do people have to release them all, IBD?
I also keep the very odd one for the table.

An interesting topic for a seperate thread sometime I guess.

No not them all one or two now and again is ok. But from a river like the Liffey i am not so sure about that.....

mupchease it is not ridiculous to practise catch and release... I don’t mind anyone taking one or two for the pot now and again but from the Liffey a river that has had so many man made problems, water abstraction, urbanisation etc…. ah I just would not bother…..I visited the corrib a few times over the past month and personally saw boats with 10-12+ dead trout in them, also heard of many more........now, that is as you say is ridiculous… Imagine what that lake would be like if more practised C&R?....there would be great fishing for all…but some people are just fish mongers and not anglers sadly as game anglers we are years behind the rest of the world on this one …..By the way I don’t like hugging trees, just catching and releasing trout!!!….the penny will drop…...eventually.

Compton · 31-05-2010 9:15am

Obviously excessive taking of fish can't be good for any river/lake. But I hate some people who believe that ALL fish should be released when at the end of the day it's up to the person who fishes and catches once their within the law.

Steffano2002 · 31-05-2010 11:20am

Well, I fish the Liffey exclusively with a friend and I think we probably keep 3 fish for every 100 caught. I don't think that's too much...

Personaly, I've been fishing the Liffey since last year and brought home 1 fish (the one pictured above).

ironbluedun · 31-05-2010 11:26am

Steffano2002 wrote: »

Well, I fish the Liffey exclusively with a friend and I think we probably keep 3 fish for every 100 caught. I don't think that's too much...

Personaly, I've been fishing the Liffey since last year and brought home 1 fish (the one pictured above).

indeed to catch 100 and return 97 is very good sensible angling...on reflection i am happy to see you are not a fish monger after all.......

ironbluedun · 31-05-2010 11:28am

mupchease wrote: »

But I hate some people who believe that ALL fish should be released when at the end of the day it's up to the person who fishes and catches once their within the law.

thankfully hate is not a word i associate with anglers..........the law is an ass, as they say...pike are afforded more protection than wild trout.....some laws they are.....

Steffano2002 · 31-05-2010 2:37pm

ironbluedun wrote: »

indeed to catch 100 and return 97 is very good sensible angling...on reflection i am happy to see you are not a fish monger after all.......

I didn't actually understand why you were calling me fish monger until today!

But trust me, I take angling/fishing seriously and respect the sport a lot. I would never, for example, damage fences/gates/crops or litter (unlike others who leave all their cr@p behind! :mad:).

And I most definitely respect the fish by releasing pretty mush everything I catch and doing so as carefully as possible to ensure the fish recover straight away (by unhooking in the water for example).

And I hope (and think) most anglers are the same!

Compton · 31-05-2010 3:40pm

ironbluedun wrote: »

thankfully hate is not a word i associate with anglers..........the law is an ass, as they say...pike are afforded more protection than wild trout.....some laws they are.....

tbh Im not one that keeps much fish, but you see people with pics of salmon caught on various salmon forums and then people start crying that it should of been released blah blah blah personally, I think you get 10 tags a year which isn't too excessive so I can't see any problem with taking 10 a year and releasing the rest.

ironbluedun · 31-05-2010 3:59pm

mupchease wrote: »

I think you get 10 tags a year which isn't too excessive so I can't see any problem with taking 10 a year and releasing the rest.

i agree its not excessive, 10 salmon is plenty for anyone............

Compton · 31-05-2010 4:01pm

At the end of the day it's not the people catching them on rod and line that's the, problem, I believe that barely affects the amount of fish returning next year.

The REAL problem is the commercial and illegal netting which is going on, netting that a lot don't know about and might never even know has occured.

ironbluedun · 31-05-2010 4:02pm

Steffano2002 wrote: »

I didn't actually understand why you were calling me fish monger until today!

don't take personally....just a bit of light hearted banter.........;)

Steffano2002 · 31-05-2010 4:16pm

ironbluedun wrote: »

don't take personally....just a bit of light hearted banter.........;)

Don't worry, it didn't upset me! I just didn't get it at first!

coolwings · 31-05-2010 5:08pm

Regarding the Liffey trout, from Leixlip to the sea, and including the Rye Water, you can return 100% of what trout you catch in these lower river sections. They have a bad taste.

ironbluedun · 01-06-2010 10:03am

coolwings wrote: »

Regarding the Liffey trout, from Leixlip to the sea, and including the Rye Water, you can return 100% of what trout you catch in these lower river sections. They have a bad taste.

heard that many years ago....not nice indeed...that river has got so much abuse.....far too much water extraction....look at it in the city centre its like a drain.........

XxTURNZxX · 07-06-2010 3:53pm

some random fish pics i have

Compton · 07-06-2010 3:57pm

Nice fish!!! Were they caught on the fly?

Also why does the last fish have no tail!

XxTURNZxX · 07-06-2010 4:00pm

yes they were all caught on the fly, the pic of when i was young was taking bout 6-7 years ago, the other pics were taking middle of may fly season this year,on lough ree , the last fish does have a tail just that its bent around the other side,

Compton · 08-06-2010 12:25am

Ah nice one, well done, some good fish for the fly!

elius · 08-06-2010 3:24pm

Pic. Note i was not drinking during the fishing only after wards as i was not driving i decided to have a cold one.

cj salmon · 10-06-2010 3:05pm

a well deserved drink,thats some catch,well done.
mans two greatest past times,beering and fishing

deaglan169 · 12-06-2010 10:10pm

one of the many mountain lake trout i got this evening:D all released of course

Auldloon · 12-06-2010 11:13pm

deaglan169 wrote: »

one of the many mountain lake trout i got this evening:D all released of course

A pretty little brownie. Are they all small or did you have any bigger ones? What were you using?

Auldloon · 12-06-2010 11:20pm

elius wrote: »

Pic. Note i was not drinking during the fishing only after wards as i was not driving i decided to have a cold one.

I'm jealous, its good to see some things haven't changed. I used really enjoy the mackie bashing when I was younger growing up in west Clare. We used take hundreds home in fertiliser bags and spend hours driving around offering a few fresh fish to neighbours.
Some used be delighted but i could see some thinking what the fuk do I do with these at 11.30 0n a tue night!!
I still fish for them here in Scotland but am lucky if I catch 2 of an evening.

deaglan169 · 13-06-2010 1:36pm

Chuileog wrote: »

A pretty little brownie. Are they all small or did you have any bigger ones? What were you using?

yeah they were all small some even too small for the fly but they still had a go anyway im hopping to try a few more lakes locally but they require a bit of hiking id imagine they all carry a similar size of trout fly of choice was the claret bumble muddler

stevecrow74 · 24-06-2010 1:31am

17lbs 15oz undulate ray caught in Kerry on the 20/6/10

1oz shy of the current Irish record :eek:

kimmyt1987 · 24-06-2010 1:42am

Ah I bet your SICK!
That would have made for a great trip to the next Specimen Awards! :P

Crackin fish! Well done!
Where abouts in Kerry?

Eddie B · 29-06-2010 11:01am

Nice browny i caught on my local river using worm!

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lucky for this fella, i only keep the odd fish, and he wasn't one of them!

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decdon · 29-06-2010 4:00pm

This is my first rout caught on the fly from a river yesterday evening....:)
I'm so chuffed with meself.....:D 11 inches approx cought on an Elk Hair Caddis

ironbluedun · 29-06-2010 4:20pm

decdon wrote: »

This is my first rout caught on the fly from a river yesterday evening....:)
I'm so chuffed with meself.....:D 11 inches approx cought on an Elk Hair Caddis

well done...... but whats a rout????

ironbluedun · 29-06-2010 4:24pm

Eddie B wrote: »

Nice browny i caught on my local river using worm!

lucky for this fella, i only keep the odd fish, and he wasn't one of them!

smashing trout that, good and plump, hard to tell from photo but he not far of the 1.75lb mark....i'd say he would be good on the fly......and he still swimming:)

decdon · 29-06-2010 4:44pm

ironbluedun wrote: »

well done...... but whats a rout????

A rout is a Trout before he's had his Tea.....:P....lol

Eddie B · 29-06-2010 10:16pm

ironbluedun wrote: »

smashing trout that, good and plump, hard to tell from photo but he not far of the 1.75lb mark....i'd say he would be good on the fly......and he still swimming:)

Jesus your not far off the mark! He was 1lb 14oz.
There's plenty of fish much bigger than that lad in it but very hard catch!

I use a very light rod so i get great sport out of even small fish, but its vertually impossible to fly fish it because its very overgrown and that puts a lot of lads off fishing it, but im not complaining, its all the more for me!

I call it jungle fishing!!:D:D:D

Pokes · 01-07-2010 11:59pm

Caught this fellow on the barrow this evening , took two big blackhead worms.He weighed in at 3lb.

cj salmon · 02-07-2010 12:09pm

a beautiful well fed trout,,well done

Eddie B · 02-07-2010 3:51pm

Pokes wrote: »

Caught this fellow on the barrow this evening , took two big blackhead worms.He weighed in at 3lb.

He's a smasher!!!;)

Pokes · 02-07-2010 6:45pm

Thanks guys , yeah he put up a fair old scrap. Funny thing was , i was in the local fishing shop earlier in the day to get some stuff and was talking to the owner. Told me it was pretty much a waste of time going down with the worms. Ive never understood why people insist that you wont catch on worms when the river is not just coming down from a flood. In my personal experience ive found that fishing the deeper pools and under banks with a worm in lower water conditions can be deadly.

ironbluedun · 05-07-2010 3:50pm

nice trout....pokes, is that a ugly stick rod you are using?

Compton · 05-07-2010 7:15pm

looks like an 8ft ugly stik with shimano 5010gt baitrunner.

Pokes · 06-07-2010 12:53pm

Yep its an ugly stik , reel is a shimano 6010 xt-7 , I find the baitrunner brilliant for when im trotting , i can let off some line without having to open the bail arm all the time. I have to admit i love the ugly stik rods for worming , I know its a bit short at 2.4m but they are such versatile rods.

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