[Garlic Suplmnt]

I'm not an angler at all and was looking at this thread randomly. Just have to say I think it's a great thing the consideration a lot of ye have for the welfare of the fish yis hunt. Fair play

[Auldloon]

Originally Posted by Macspower

Been a while since I had a ton bag..



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That's an amazing haul of fish. Never done this style of fishing so if these are silly questions please forgive me...
Is it normal and safe practice to have a load of fish out of water like that? How do the ones at the bottom of the pile cope with the weight and pressure on top of them?

[Macspower]

Originally Posted by Chuileog

That's an amazing haul of fish. Never done this style of fishing so if these are silly questions please forgive me...
Is it normal and safe practice to have a load of fish out of water like that? How do the ones at the bottom of the pile cope with the weight and pressure on top of them?

No such thing as a silly question.... The fish are kept in a keepnet of at least 2.5 m long so they can swim around until the end of the session.. then we get ready the weighnet and groundsheet for the photo.. they are removed from the water weighed and photographed and returned with a target time of 3 mins.. they all go back alive.. to be caught another day.

Had another great haul yesterday but the fish weren't the same size as the last day.. over 60lb with some fantastic DACE... yes dace...



Specimen Dace

[Ronnie Beck]

New to this thread. My best catch of last year. Nearly that time again. Can't wait



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[pigeon shooter]

nice browny!!! What did he weigh in at?

[Ronnie Beck]

Originally Posted by pigeon shooter

nice browny!!! What did he weigh in at?

It was the first week of the season, looked like she had just spawned. she was nearly 9 lb. Hard to tell exactly. The small scales was struggling.

[pigeon shooter]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Beck

It was the first week of the season, looked like she had just spawned. she was nearly 9 lb. Hard to tell exactly. The small scales was struggling.

Not too bad! Shes a beauty! Looking forward to this years season now! Its only around the corner now thank god!

[danbrosnan]

Originally Posted by purehoor

they obviously dont show ye how to handle pike down there in the home of wild fishing. dont think youd like to be clamped by the mouth and hung up by it. disgrace!

Thanks for the advice, not used to course fishing no and it didn't even cross my mind to be honest!

[Compton]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Beck

It was the first week of the season, looked like she had just spawned. she was nearly 9 lb. Hard to tell exactly. The small scales was struggling.

Lovely fish

[Jaffusmaximus]

Newry Canal 14/2/2012, as tempting as it was to give the Pike as a Valetines Day gift to my wife it swam off happy as Larry!

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[jay tipperary]

5 and a half pound canal pike

[experimenter]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Beck

It was the first week of the season, looked like she had just spawned. she was nearly 9 lb. Hard to tell exactly. The small scales was struggling.

Was it returned?

[Ronnie Beck]

Originally Posted by experimenter

Was it returned?

No.

[bonzoscout]

500kg black marlin caught stand up last year in indonesia,s maluku islands. Caught on 50 lb tackle. Had to change boats during the fight to keep up with her had it to the boat 3 times with nobody game enough to leader her. eventually she died after a 4 hour fight.

[bonzoscout]

206kg bluefinn tuna caught by Brian Stapleton out of Downings aboard the bonito skippered by Ailaster mc Ilwaine,