Huge Trout Dingle Oceanworld

Olwas2014

I was in Dingle Oceanworld aquarium in kerry with my TY class and I saw huge char, brown and rainbow trout in a huge tank. Some where more than a foot in length. Luckily I am doing work experience here so I may get to feed them etc by the way I doing work experience as I want to not just to see the trout. Here's a pic of a brownie

dodderangler

A foot is only 12 inches that's only a 1 1/2 pound trout.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

A foot is only 12 inches that's only a 1 1/2 pound trout.

You're being generous Dodder. A 12 inch Brownie ranges from 9 to 11ozs depending on conditon.

Olwas2014

Ledger Polite Mud wrote: »

You're being generous Dodder. A 12 inch Brownie ranges from 9 to 11ozs depending on conditon.

Oh they were more than that is say 6 lbs give or take

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Oh they were more than that is say 6 lbs give or take

Give or take 5lbs or 12 inches?

A 6lb Brown Trout is at least 24 inches long.

ComfortKid

The trout in the picture is definitely not 6lb.

Hard to tell with nothing in it for scale, but looks about 1lb.

Cracking trout for most anglers though.

Olwas2014

ComfortKid wrote: »

The trout in the picture is definitely not 6lb.

Hard to tell with nothing in it for scale, but looks about 1lb.

Cracking trout for most anglers though.

The rainbow trout were 6lb+ not the brownies although there was some bigger brown trout

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

The rainbow trout were 6lb+ not the brownies although there was some bigger brown trout

A Rainbow of 6lb would still need to be over 2ft long. Those fish in the picture were not anywhere near 6lb.

Olwas2014

Who said the brownie in the picture is 6lbs he is just one of the smaller ones. There was rainbows 2ft

endacl

Olwas2014

Yes the rainbows were that big

endacl

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Yes the rainbows were that big

Really? The man in that picture is only two feet tall.

Olwas2014

Are u sure hes only 2 metres tall

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Look, does it matter what size captive trout in an aquarium are?

Olwas2014

Srameen be nice i was just letting ye know

endacl

I was in the zoo a few weeks ago. There's a hippo there that's exactly the same size as a hippo.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Srameen be nice i was just letting ye know

Not being un-nice. Just saying it's not worth getting bothered about. They were just captive trout and will seem huge to the average angler in Ireland.

Olwas2014

Ok

Zzippy

Hope you enjoy your placement in the aquarium Olwas, it's a great oppportunity. If Kevin Flannery is around take the opportunity to talk to him and learn from him, he's a wealth of information.

Olwas2014

Zzippy wrote: »

Hope you enjoy your placement in the aquarium Olwas, it's a great oppportunity. If Kevin Flannery is around take the opportunity to talk to him and learn from him, he's a wealth of information.

Who is Kevin Flannery?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

He's a Marine Biologist in Dingle. Major expert on Irish marine life.

Olwas2014

Ledger Polite Mud wrote: »

He's a Marine Biologist in Dingle. Major expert on Irish marine life.

Does he work in oceanworld?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Does he work in oceanworld?

He is the Founder.

dodderangler

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout
My pb

Olwas2014

dodderangler wrote: »

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout
My pb

Is that you? What a lovely fish. Was t on the fly?

Auldloon

Pellet pig! Trout looks a bit over fed 2! only joking D that's a great sized trout stockie or not.

endacl

dodderangler wrote: »

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout
My pb

I'd love to see the size of the frying pan!

dodderangler

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Is that you? What a lovely fish. Was t on the fly?

Yeah 8 years ago in clondalkin.
Tbh I'd have gotten a much better fight off a 3 lb wild browny.
Caught on a gold head bloodworm buzzer.

dodderangler

endacl wrote: »

I'd love to see the size of the frying pan!

Eat a stocked rainbow years and years ago and I'd ever eat one again.
Tasted like mud. Very soft meat and not enough salt and vinegar in the world to make it taste better

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

Yeah 8 years ago in clondalkin.
Tbh I'd have gotten a much better fight off a 3 lb wild browny.
Caught on a gold head bloodworm buzzer.

Agreed. I don't see the attraction of going after farmed Rainbows. They'll more or less take anything and give a very poor fight.
Give me a wild brownie any day. Indeed, any wild fish.

Olwas2014

Ya I know wild brownies do fight better but I'd never eat a wild on except if they didn't go back for some reason all catch and release for me even with sea trout

Zzippy

Fished in Argentina for wild rainbows, had them up to 18lbs and another guy had one of 24lbs. Unbelievable the difference. Would never fish for stockies again. Every fish took you down to the backing, and gave huge acrobatic displays jumping 100 yards out in the lake. When I win the Lotto it's the first trip I'm booking...

dodderangler

Zzippy wrote: »

Fished in Argentina for wild rainbows, had them up to 18lbs and another guy had one of 24lbs. Unbelievable the difference. Would never fish for stockies again. Every fish took you down to the backing, and gave huge acrobatic displays jumping 100 yards out in the lake. When I win the Lotto it's the first trip I'm booking...

Sounds like a fishing dream mate.
I've got 3 places I want to go
Frazer river in Vancouver for sturgeon
River Ebro in Spain for catfish
And any river in New Zealand for trout

Auldloon

That sounds amazing Z. I've fished for stockies quiet a bit in scotland and done properly they fight just as hard as any wild trout of equal size. If they've been in there a few months the fishery has a flow of fresh water through it, and the water can support the density of fish then I promise you that a 3lbr will have your forearm burning and you will be doing v well to land a 7lbr.

dodderangler

I think the way waters are stocked here in Ireland is a joke.
For example. The dodder gets stocked few days before the season starts and the fish have hardly move from the spots they were stocked. It's no secret so I've no problem saying it. Too many people fish it days before season starts which is a disgrace.
Anyway I personally think the fish should be stocked the day the season or days after it ends to give the fish enough time to travel around
I've caught fish on the dodder that were in the river for over a year or so and the fight is a lot better. And they're a lot more weary.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

I think the way waters are stocked here in Ireland is a joke.
For example. The dodder gets stocked few days before the season starts and the fish have hardly move from the spots they were stocked. It's no secret so I've no problem saying it. Too many people fish it days before season starts which is a disgrace.
Anyway I personally think the fish should be stocked the day the season or days after it ends to give the fish enough time to travel around
I've caught fish on the dodder that were in the river for over a year or so and the fight is a lot better. And they're a lot more weary.

That's a reason why, many years back, our club stopped stocking and changed to improving the river for spawning. We now have a river with a excellent population of wild brownies who give a tremendous fight and actually require angling skills to catch.

Auldloon

I couldnt support a club that basically dumps farmed fish into a river. It's pretty much a crime. Habitat improvement and c&r is the way forward.

Olwas2014

Auldloon wrote: »

I couldnt support a club that basically dumps farmed fish into a river. It's pretty much a crime. Habitat improvement and c&r is the way forward.

Same I support wild fish in wild rivers Farmed fish are a disgrace I don't in anyway support farmed fish in rivers

viper123

dodderangler wrote: »

Sounds like a fishing dream mate.
I've got 3 places I want to go
Frazer river in Vancouver for sturgeon
River Ebro in Spain for catfish
And any river in New Zealand for trout

I'll be in vancouver in three weeks on a fishing trip, I'll be sure to put up some photos for you :-)

dodderangler

viper123 wrote: »

I'll be in vancouver in three weeks on a fishing trip, I'll be sure to put up some photos for you :-)

Fücker
My mate is over there on a work visa and lives literally 2 km from the Fraser river. Salmon should be running soon enough down there and by time your over there they'll be heading up river. Ya going for salmon or sturgeon? May aswell go for both of em while your there. Big king salmon and a sturgeon would make my year

ComfortKid

dodderangler wrote:

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout My pb

Nice fish man. Whats your pb on a river?

Olwas2014

Wow this threa has gotten interesting in a good way

viper123

dodderangler wrote: »

Fücker
My mate is over there on a work visa and lives literally 2 km from the Fraser river. Salmon should be running soon enough down there and by time your over there they'll be heading up river. Ya going for salmon or sturgeon? May aswell go for both of em while your there. Big king salmon and a sturgeon would make my year

Will be targetting both, was over about 5 weeks ago and did a days sturgeon with a guide out of Chiliwack while i was there. Only one small one caught, but loved it so much booked a proper trip back as soon as I got home!

Bio Mech

dodderangler wrote: »

Sounds like a fishing dream mate.
I've got 3 places I want to go
Frazer river in Vancouver for sturgeon
River Ebro in Spain for catfish
And any river in New Zealand for trout

Ebro is well worth it. Very accessible and relatively cheap. Worth a day or two on the pellet fish to try for a real biggie, but then I would suggest exploring beyond Mequinenza and the usual spots for cats that are still preying and not just pellet fed pigs. Some of the companies would sort that out.

Real good sport for zander along the gorges and some good carp too. Do if before the Spanish manage to mess it up somehow.

Bio Mech

Ledger Polite Mud wrote: »

That's a reason why, many years back, our club stopped stocking and changed to improving the river for spawning. We now have a river with a excellent population of wild brownies who give a tremendous fight and actually require angling skills to catch.

My club has done the same, I don't think we are in the same one?

We used to stock in 15-20 years ago but the condition has improved so much now that the wild fish stock has meant there is no need. Size and numbers well up over the last 5 years. We have let a 50 metre long stretch almost completely grow in with rushes with the water percolating around and it has helped no end. Mechanical improvements have helped too. I don't think its been stocked now since 2000.

Its never going to happen that way for the dodder though. Or the Tolka.

I do remember catching an escapee 8lbs rainbow (from an upstream stocked lake)on it a few years ago. I was quite disgusted when it loomed up as I though it was a good brownie. The cat didn't even like it.

jack01986

Bio Mech wrote: »

My club has done the same, I don't think we are in the same one?

We used to stock in 15-20 years ago but the condition has improved so much now that the wild fish stock has meant there is no need. Size and numbers well up over the last 5 years. We have let a 50 metre long stretch almost completely grow in with rushes with the water percolating around and it has helped no end. Mechanical improvements have helped too. I don't think its been stocked now since 2000.

Its never going to happen that way for the dodder though. Or the Tolka.

I do remember catching an escapee 8lbs rainbow (from an upstream stocked lake)on it a few years ago. I was quite disgusted when it loomed up as I though it was a good brownie. The cat didn't even like it.

It would be some river (the Dodder) if it was looked after properly. Take out all the defunct or broken weirs and the potential would be something else.

dodderangler

I know of several Spots on the dodder that no one fishes and holds lovely fish. Can be a pain to get to but the rewards are great. 3 year ago found a lovely spot and spun a minnow and was hammered by a beautiful golden coloured brown trout. Had beautiful spots on it aswell.
Great fight that took me some 30 yards down river only to be snagged around a fcukin shopping trolley an snap the line.

jack01986

I've not doubt it holds some lovely fish having caught and lost some decent sized trout from it. I just think if it was looked after a bit more there would be more of these better fish spread throughout the river.

Olwas2014

dodderangler wrote: »

I know of several Spots on the dodder that no one fishes and holds lovely fish. Can be a pain to get to but the rewards are great. 3 year ago found a lovely spot and spun a minnow and was hammered by a beautiful golden coloured brown trout. Had beautiful spots on it aswell.
Great fight that took me some 30 yards down river only to be snagged around a fcukin shopping trolley an snap the line.

Stupid ignorant people dumping our rivers. Well sorry that you lost the fish

dodderangler

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Stupid ignorant people dumping our rivers. Well sorry that you lost the fish

The dodder it's as bad as it was 10 year ago in terms of dumping.
Years ago you'd hook into 3 mopeds before you'd hook a trout

Tippjohn

As for Rainbows, a stocked fish will go as well as any Salmon of similar size as long as it has been in a good sized water for a while. People tend to use too powerful a rod on still water. I had a couple of "wild" 6 pounders the other week that were great sport ( and went back).
Some fisheries are a disgrace with over stocking of poor quality fish that are caught while still in shock. Cages and trickle stocking works well but never sen it here. Got to watch for poaching though. I also think that stocking fish more than 3lb is false, nothing dissapoints worse than a knackered brood fish.
Did not think I would be moving from Britain to fish for Rainbows but things have changed a lot in a decade.
Brownies are too valuable to be taken IMHO. Many people kill all they catch, sad.