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kirwan97

hey my best fisf whats yours?

let me know what you think 22lb pike cought on dead perch in co. monaghan Ireland
if you like post yours here to

demanufactured

what kind of rig did you use , were you straight ledgerig or float ledgering?

DaMav

thats a great fish , what lake were you fishing from, boat or shore

adonis

did u say ledgered perch?
that would be quite the catch!

kirwan97

demanufactured wrote:

what kind of rig did you use , were you straight ledgerig or float ledgering?

just sitting on the bottom my ex's son was with me and got tangled so i helped him out came back and had that nice fish waiting for me

kirwan97

DaMav wrote:

thats a great fish , what lake were you fishing from, boat or shore

i was on the shore

demanufactured

kirwan97 wrote:

just sitting on the bottom my ex's son was with me and got tangled so i helped him out came back and had that nice fish waiting for me

Were you not using a bite alarm or some sort of audible alarm , if not you should be dude its common practice

Was the fish deep hooked?

adonis

it looks like it was...there is blood coming from the side of the gills...
that happens though, in fact the first big pike i caught was really deep hooked and it took about 15 minutes for her to go back....survived though but im sure it wasnt good for her...from now im running for the alarm at the first beep on the bite alarm and i use 4 out of 6 barbless trebles

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adonis wrote:

it looks like it was...there is blood coming from the side of the gills...
that happens though, in fact the first big pike i caught was really deep hooked and it took about 15 minutes for her to go back....survived though but im sure it wasnt good for her...from now im running for the alarm at the first beep on the bite alarm and i use 4 out of 6 barbless trebles

i always strick as soon as i can, id much prefer to strike too early and not hook the pike, than a late strike and a belly hooked pike.
here is a link to my PB http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/guides/coarse/reports2003/may28th.htm third pic down, nearly 4 years ago!!! my joint best moment in fishing!!

kirwan97

demanufactured wrote:

Were you not using a bite alarm or some sort of audible alarm , if not you should be dude its common practice

Was the fish deep hooked?

not at all it was just hooked in the mouth i had the bait runner on and would have heared it the fish just sat with it

kirwan97

adonis wrote:

it looks like it was...there is blood coming from the side of the gills...
that happens though, in fact the first big pike i caught was really deep hooked and it took about 15 minutes for her to go back....survived though but im sure it wasnt good for her...from now im running for the alarm at the first beep on the bite alarm and i use 4 out of 6 barbless trebles

well that happens alright but i had hooks out within 20sec's i pride myself on getting fish back as soon as i can

demanufactured

You have good intentions at least , but you should have an electronic bite alarm , there not expensive.

kirwan97

demanufactured wrote:

You have good intentions at least , but you should have an electronic bite alarm , there not expensive.

i do have one but it's on the blink at the min ....when i say that i mean it snapped at the bank stand only cheap one