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Degsy · 24-08-2008 10:10pm

shblob wrote: »

wat did you catch them on?

Ragworm.
Had been fishing with lug for an hour and didnt get a bite.The minute i put the ragworm on i got the first fish and caught the second two casts later.

Compton · 24-08-2008 10:19pm

nice

Degsy · 24-08-2008 10:24pm

shblob wrote: »

nice

One of them just fed three people!!
Gonna have the other tommorow!

stevecrow74 · 07-09-2008 1:24am

just a few from a session last weekend

4lbs bass

schoolie caught on a rapala j11

5lbs 1 oz starry smoothound

5lbs 3oz common smoothound

longshanks · 07-09-2008 6:19pm

some nice fish there mr crow

Marcus Tan · 11-09-2008 1:09am

This is my first pike and i caught it at Finnea. Lough Kinale river. Bout 50 cm.

Cormdogg · 30-09-2008 12:48pm

Just when you're about to go home wet,cold and stinking of rotten bait,This fellah comes along for the craic! God love the doggies!

coillcam · 09-10-2008 1:32am

Was at a "secret" read pretty inaccessible little lake near Mullingar today. Absolutely sickened today not to have a camera with me. My cousin and I got a bag of Roach today and then as light began to dissipate, 5 fabulous Rudd. I'd only ever caught one tiny Rudd before today and was ecstatic to come across them. Usually would only fish for Pike, Carp, Tench and Trout. A great evening.

Cormdogg · 05-11-2008 8:05pm

Dalkey-Lobster

Ramor-Perch

Crimbo · 05-11-2008 10:08pm

Coillcam "My cousin and I got a bag of Roach today"

You make it sound like the fish were put in a bag to take home ...i hope not.

captainjack · 06-11-2008 11:41pm

Wednesday night the 5th. 6lb and 4 1/2lb

Northwestangler · 10-11-2008 8:29pm

Hi does any of yous know where is the best place in the dublin area to catch pollock. or is there even pollock on the east coast at all

wayne riley · 10-11-2008 9:23pm

Northwestangler wrote: »

Hi does any of yous know where is the best place in the dublin area to catch pollock. or is there even pollock on the east coast at all

theres loads of pollock along the east coast.
jus have to try harbour walls, rocky shore and kelp beds

Northwestangler · 10-11-2008 10:08pm

thanks for your quick reply to my message. But i know the conditions and type of ground to fish polock in but i mean where exactly on the east coast near dublin should i go to. Anyhelp you had on this would be great

Degsy · 19-11-2008 12:29pm

Northwestangler wrote: »

thanks for your quick reply to my message. But i know the conditions and type of ground to fish polock in but i mean where exactly on the east coast near dublin should i go to. Anyhelp you had on this would be great

You'll catch pollock in howth harbour.Use a ragworm and a float or fish on the bottom with ragworm.

Crimbo · 22-11-2008 4:42pm

Lad's i don't mean to be a moaner but the amount of fish i see pictured on this forum still hooked and hanging from a treble hook makes me sick. In case you didn't know a lot of damage can be done to a fish when it is hung from it's gills. I think some of you should spend more time learning to handle a fish properly than rushing to get a picture taken. If you can be bothered spending money on tackle and taking photos i think you owe it to the fish to handle them properly.
P.S. don't get me started on the open naming of venues here :mad:

Oh and captain jack i hope those pike were not destined for a pot.

Compton · 23-11-2008 7:32pm

Crimbo, they look like Bass, not pike .....

tin79 · 17-12-2008 4:24pm

just a few from last year

pollock 14lbs 12oz for my father

a thornie

dublin bay wrasse

and a pike

didnt do a lot this year, roll on 2009!

wayne riley · 09-01-2009 8:46pm

jus a 9lb cod my mate dennis caught las wk

paddy2008 · 14-01-2009 10:36pm

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canadian 222 · 15-01-2009 12:16am

coolwings wrote: »

PB float tube caught pike ...

very nice fish indeed,well done.

Ryanzo · 25-01-2009 9:47pm

Whopper pike!

andrey · 03-02-2009 11:18pm

Ross Lake, Galway
pike - 11lb, 35 in

Pason · 16-02-2009 10:46pm

never hold a pike by its gills

tin79 · 17-02-2009 10:13am

holding pike properly by the gill covers is the safest way to hold them.

coolwings · 17-02-2009 2:47pm

Pason:
A large pike has a huge mouth. We slide our hand inside the gill cover, but do not make contact with the gills which are further inside. Our fingers rest against the inside of the gill cover plate.

A pike goes docile when held in this manner, and opens it's mouth keeping it open. They then can be safely unhooked without thrashing and injury.

Anglers who do not know this trick have to use padded unhooking mats during unhooking to protect the pike from injury as it jumps on land.

A leather glove to protect your hand, and a forceps to remove the hook are all that is required. I have unhooked thousands of pike this way, and not seen my pike injured in approx 40 years. On many occasions in busy waters I remove other peoples (lost) hooks while taking my own out, and provide the pike a dental cleanup service.

Dusty87 · 23-02-2009 7:25pm

There is no harm in that whatsoever, I believe its called chinning

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 11-03-2009 3:01pm

Dusty87 wrote: »

There is no harm in that whatsoever, I believe its called chinning

+1
as long as there is no contact with the actual gills.

gversey · 21-04-2009 4:24pm

captainjack wrote: »

Wednesday night the 5th. 6lb and 4 1/2lb

Where was this caught??

Scamp321 · 22-04-2009 2:53am

is there any sharks that are a thret too humans of d coast of Ireland????

Cormdogg · 23-04-2009 2:13pm

Nope, Tope, blue, porbeagle none would go next nor near a human, The most dangerous things in Irish waters is the weaverfish or Lions Mane jellyfish

thefinner · 10-05-2009 12:00am

Hi

caught this in Lough Allua in west cork last winter. She took a half mackeral tail. Gave a good fight for about 15 mins. She was returned alive and well to grow 20 lbs bigger (i hope). This is my biggest fresh water fish to date.

skipz · 12-05-2009 8:12pm

Only started pike fishing for the first time on sunday and lost a huge fish, so returned monday with a mate and hooked two jack pike and this baby. Its not a big pike but its a start:)

mrttattoo · 12-05-2009 10:43pm

hey yall
how do i put up pics prob being thick forgive me please
dont get this url ****e have all pics on hardrive

coolwings · 13-05-2009 11:06am

Click the "REPLY" button.
Type your text in the box.
Look above the text area. Beside the font there is a paperclip icon.
Click on that and a new window opens. You can browse your hard drive to locate the photo, and click to upload it.
There is a max file size for each type of photo file, so you might have to resize your photo smaller to stay within the limit.

Beekay · 13-05-2009 9:53pm

Caught these three and a couple of small whiting off the pier in Courtown in April.

Dogfish

Flounder??

Bass

Dogfish was a struggle to get off the hook!!!

Auldloon · 14-05-2009 8:37pm

Beekay wrote: »

Caught these three and a couple of small whiting off the pier in Courtown in April.

Dogfish

Flounder??

Bass

Dogfish was a struggle to get off the hook!!!

Im gonna try and be gentle here. There is NO excuse for dangling a hooked fish like your first pic. Try and have a thought for the welfare of the fish please.
Your next 2 pics are similar, putting a fish on a dry towel as that looks to be is going to do massive damage to their protective coating. If they were for the pan then ok but if you were returning them it would be much better to handle them with wet hands and then as little as possible to get your pic.

If your intending on returning your catch use barbless or crush the barbs with a pliers, much easier unhook. You wont loose fish if you keep a tight line on them.

Beekay · 15-05-2009 4:53am

Chuileog wrote: »

Im gonna try and be gentle here. There is NO excuse for dangling a hooked fish like your first pic. Try and have a thought for the welfare of the fish please.

I was actually taking the picture as it was being brought in, it wasn't being dangled, was getting lowered to be freed

Chuileog wrote: »

Your next 2 pics are similar, putting a fish on a dry towel as that looks to be is going to do massive damage to their protective coating. If they were for the pan then ok but if you were returning them it would be much better to handle them with wet hands and then as little as possible to get your pic.

Didn't actually know that will keep in mind for the future, second picture the towel was wet by then.

Was refering to how much the Dogfish moved about in terms of getting the hook out, it ended up tangling itself in the line.

Cormdogg · 15-05-2009 10:18am

Thats good fishing Beekay, did they all come to Lug? Im going to be in Courtown a lot next week, No bass for me though, Ill have to wait till June 15th,

Beekay · 15-05-2009 1:29pm

Cormdogg wrote: »

Thats good fishing Beekay, did they all come to Lug? Im going to be in Courtown a lot next week, No bass for me though, Ill have to wait till June 15th,

The Flounder and Bass were on Lug, the Dogfish was caught on preserved mackeral.

mrttattoo · 15-05-2009 11:02pm

nice little fish caught on small jerkbait

mp22 · 17-05-2009 12:57pm

Makes getting up on sunday worth while 5 pound fish, size 8 hook 10 pound line worm bait

mrttattoo · 17-05-2009 7:37pm

a handful of lovely clare pike

demanufactured · 17-05-2009 7:45pm

argh mrtattoe
thats no way to hold a pike :mad:

blog_blog_blog · 18-05-2009 12:07am

Yes ,pike shouldnt be hung/held up with pliers or a weighting scales ,Seen loads of pictures of decent fish been held with body hanging, only supported in the mouth, Any fish over 10lb held this way can cause damage,

Cant post pictures as they are too large for this site? Will try to make them smaller,What do people use ? Anybody know

Cormdogg · 18-05-2009 12:58pm

I hate to nit pick but a pliers! Great fishing, fair play to you, but a pliers,thats shocking. Great to see people posting their catches again.
My first flounder in Court Town yesterday on lug tipped with berkley dodgy bait.

Would somebody start a new thread on fish handling, Im not an expert so I wouldn't like to start it off. A lot of people are posting pictures and being attacked for their fish handling, but if you've never been told how can you know, and some pics look worse than they are. We would all agree that the majority of us that use this forum, take care when releasing fish and respect the fish, so better to try to let people know the correct care before chastizing people who are innocently making mistakes

thefinner · 18-05-2009 7:35pm

Nice start...... could have been worse.. spent all this W/end looking for pike only to be soaked for the whole time without even a bite.

blog_blog_blog · 18-05-2009 7:59pm

heres a taster , was my pb for a while ,weight was 25-lb 4 oz* not as description,

coolwings · 18-05-2009 8:16pm

That's a very nice pike.

Auldloon · 18-05-2009 8:27pm

Cormdogg wrote: »

Would somebody start a new thread on fish handling, Im not an expert so I wouldn't like to start it off. A lot of people are posting pictures and being attacked for their fish handling, but if you've never been told how can you know, and some pics look worse than they are. We would all agree that the majority of us that use this forum, take care when releasing fish and respect the fish, so better to try to let people know the correct care before chastizing people who are innocently making mistakes

I agree a sticky would be a good idea as it seems like we have a fair few beginners on here. I would be happy to contribute some suggestions on handling trout, maybe some others could deal with pike, sea fish etc.

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