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Carp Fishing in Ireland?
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Wow! Are you sure they weren't bream rolling. Fished both those lakes, Kilgory many times in the 90's, had Tench over specimen weight out of there but never saw or knew of carp there. It's a huge water as you probably know. Fishe dit for whole weekends or 3 nighters.
Also fished Bribgets with The Tenchfishers. Again, a huge water but wouldn't be sure if there were carp in either. Unless I saw one on the bank. Sure you're not mistaking bream rolling at dawn and dusk?
Yep 100% sure it was not bream. Had a lovely clear view of them as they cruised at the surface. I have spent too much time on carp waters when I lived in the UK to ever mistake them for bream rolling.
Would have been in the last two years that I have noticed carp in the Kilgory and Bridget. If I had to guess at a size of what I saw in Bridgets, then I would be saying somewhere in the 12lbs to 15lbs range. But I suppose until somebody actually hooks and lands one, it is hard to prove they are there.
Kilgory was a great tench lake alright, not as good now though as certain types started keeping fish and lots of those big tench were never caught again.:( In fact pretty much all the coarse fish there suffered somewhat.
A lot of the really good fishing lakes in Clare have been hit hard by those who remove fish imho.
Dromore Lake
Doon lake
Rosroe Lake
Lough Avoher
Fin lake
all have had numbers and sizes drop dramatically over the last decade, and poor old Fin lake has no bream, roach, or tench left in it. It has a number of rudd and pike nowadays with a small number of perch and eel.
The one lake in the area to buck the trend seems to be Cullaunaheeda Lake. But I put that down to it being quite difficult to shore fish on. It is a very good lake to boat fish on, but it's size can make it hard for those looking for shoals. It does hold some very very big bream though as well as must other coarse species, and there are a number of big pike, as well as plenty of trout in there.1 -
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went for a look around Kilgory and Bridgets a few weeks back, one dutch lad on Kilgory had a small pike and a couple of lads on Bridgets. You really need a boat on Kilgory as there are few pegs, i really hope there are carp in Bridgets cos its an awesome lookin lakeYep 100% sure it was not bream. Had a lovely clear view of them as they cruised at the surface. I have spent too much time on carp waters when I lived in the UK to ever mistake them for bream rolling.
Would have been in the last two years that I have noticed carp in the Kilgory and Bridget. If I had to guess at a size of what I saw in Bridgets, then I would be saying somewhere in the 12lbs to 15lbs range. But I suppose until somebody actually hooks and lands one, it is hard to prove they are there.
Kilgory was a great tench lake alright, not as good now though as certain types started keeping fish and lots of those big tench were never caught again.:( In fact pretty much all the coarse fish there suffered somewhat.
A lot of the really good fishing lakes in Clare have been hit hard by those who remove fish imho.
Dromore Lake
Doon lake
Rosroe Lake
Lough Avoher
Fin lake
all have had numbers and sizes drop dramatically over the last decade, and poor old Fin lake has no bream, roach, or tench left in it. It has a number of rudd and pike nowadays with a small number of perch and eel.
The one lake in the area to buck the trend seems to be Cullaunaheeda Lake. But I put that down to it being quite difficult to shore fish on. It is a very good lake to boat fish on, but it's size can make it hard for those looking for shoals. It does hold some very very big bream though as well as must other coarse species, and there are a number of big pike, as well as plenty of trout in there.1 -
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