Trout in Royal Canal

noeld5

I was just wandering if trout have been stocked in the Royal Canal. I was fishing up at Ashtown in Finglas last Friday and caught a brown trout. I got this on worms and a couple of bright beads beside the hook. I have an image but can't upload it, its asking fora URL address.

stevenmu

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edit: haven't heard of them being stocked in any canals.

noeld5

Thanks a lot. There's the pic there. I was under the impression that these were a fresh water river fish, I'll be back up there this weekend and see if I can catch him or one of his mates.!

stylie

Is the Royal canal not freshwater ? you would be surprised at the places you will find trout, from tiny streams not much more than drainage ditches to ponds in the middle of nowhere...you just wont get them in great numbers there.

thehamo

Could have been one taken from the Tolka and put in the canal or something. Generally though, wouldnt be a fish you would find in the canal

noeld5

It is freshwater alrite but was shocked to catch it in the canal..
Yea it must have made its way in somehow, i'll be at the same location this week and sure lets use know if there's any more..

uch

There was a few stocked by accident years ago during an official stocking, the grand Canal had a few aswel but have'nt seen them in years

MarcinG

uch wrote: »

There was a few stocked by accident years ago during an official stocking, the grand Canal had a few aswel but have'nt seen them in years

There is a little creek merging canal next to golf course (not sure about name - next to kill in kildare) Friend got some trouts there (Biggest around 40 cm in size) i see no reason that wouldn't be often case.

louthguy25

Not trying to sound like a spoil sport and congrats on the trout but you dont need to have it lying on the gravel it will do the fish serious harm

Kells...

Maybe he didnt release it?

Compton

Thats what I thought too.

louthguy25

I would have released it as a trout in the canal is a very rare thing .... getting rarer now it seems

noeld5

Ah I only had it on the ground to take a pic with the little man, he's just cut out of the pic.!! And I did release it back in..

Kells...

I don't know why but for some reason I always thought Trout Needed running water not stagnant like a canal?

Any way its a unusual catch there

wicorthered

TroutFisher wrote: »

I don't know why but for some reason I always thought Trout Needed running water not stagnant like a canal?

Any way its a unusual catch there

A canal is no more stagnant than a lake

Compton

nope they don't it is also possibly a stocked browny, which isnt very different to a rainbow.

jay tipperary

Hi All
I'm living in Rathangan but from Tipperary were i do alot of Trout fishing I started doing Coarse fishing two days ago and landed 12 Roaches I still like to do my Trout fishing and was told that there's only one River that runs through Rathangan the River Slate do anyone know any spots on this river some where local to Rathangan village that have Trout and what be the best tackle to use on the the River Slate

eirefishing

This is an Illegal fish trap I found on the Royal Canal, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
This is a well made trap it is even finished with a high quality lacquer coat. Someone somewhere is making money from depleting our fish stocks of Pike, Perch, Roach, Rudd, Hybrids, Tench, Carp and whatever else they can get their hands on, "even the ducks are gone missing"!
http://youtu.be/n4-68bdRcLo

rambo87

I caught a trout while spinning for perch in the Lecarrow canal that connects to lough ree while on holidays last year... couldnt believe it... he must have swam up all the way from the lake...about 3 miles