LOCATION: Local water, Very weedy.
WEATHER:Strong South Easterly to Easterly winds, Clear blue sky, High sun, Very cold.
TACKLE: 12ft carp rod with 30lbs Mono.
Small selection of lures, unhooking equipment, waders.
METHODS: Spinning and plugging.
Fishing between weeds, shallow to deepish water.
Arrived around 1 o`clock, was already set up so started fishing straight away.
Very slow with gusts of wind pushing down the lake, tried a variety of lures to no avail.
Was very weedy except in certain spots, little bank space to cast so needed to wade but got deep very fast.
Felt a knock or two but no hook-up.
Sat down for some tea and a sambo but decided to leave, walking away and fish started to feed on the surface, but I still made my way home.
Some lovely scenery and lots of wildlife to keep me company.
Shane.
Record of Fishing
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Personal Best Pike
LOCATION: Lough outside Carrickmacross town.
WEATHER: North Easterly, Gale force winds, Rainy at times with complete cloud cover.
TACKLE: Pike spinning rods with 80lbs braid.
12ft carp rod with 30lbs Mono.
Large selection of lures, Deep/Shallow divers, poppers, spinners, jerkbaits etc..
Landing net, scales, unhooking equipment.
METHODS: Spinning and trawling.
Fishing between shelfs, shallow rocky water, and along a long shelf with a big rock at end of shelf.
WEATHER: North Easterly, Gale force winds, Rainy at times with complete cloud cover.
TACKLE: Pike spinning rods with 80lbs braid.
12ft carp rod with 30lbs Mono.
Large selection of lures, Deep/Shallow divers, poppers, spinners, jerkbaits etc..
Landing net, scales, unhooking equipment.
METHODS: Spinning and trawling.
Fishing between shelfs, shallow rocky water, and along a long shelf with a big rock at end of shelf.
Went out fishing a lough in Monaghan on Saturday. Wind was very very strong and made the fishing really difficult.
Done some spinning with no luck, so decide to trawl a variety of lures.
After trawling for only afew minutes I got a serious knock but no hook-up.
Continued on that line then swung around to cover the ground agian, great success after using a deep diving plug in about 6-8m of water.
Hooked up to a decent pike that gave me a great scrap,running left, right, shallow, deep, front back sides and under the boat.
I managed to land it, get to the bank, give it some watering, weighed and picture within about 2minutes.
Weighed in at 12lbs 8oz.
Done some spinning with no luck, so decide to trawl a variety of lures.
After trawling for only afew minutes I got a serious knock but no hook-up.
Continued on that line then swung around to cover the ground agian, great success after using a deep diving plug in about 6-8m of water.
Hooked up to a decent pike that gave me a great scrap,running left, right, shallow, deep, front back sides and under the boat.
I managed to land it, get to the bank, give it some watering, weighed and picture within about 2minutes.
Weighed in at 12lbs 8oz.
Continued trawling after that, had a few knocks but nothing connected.
Switched to a large Alien eel lure, quite deep lure but fished it over shallow ground, thought I caught the bottom but my reel screamed out line, but gave up shortly, an 8lb fish was in the net.
.Switched to a large Alien eel lure, quite deep lure but fished it over shallow ground, thought I caught the bottom but my reel screamed out line, but gave up shortly, an 8lb fish was in the net.
Few more jacks over the day but 12lb 8oz was the best weight and my PB.
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