fat man 4,741 Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 My mate and i had a good morning at the trout on lough lene earlier.We had 8 fish between us on the troll using different lures.Lovely lake to fish,crystl clear. Quote Link to post
mackel 31 Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 (edited) good stuff fatman just back from cootehill pike fishing got 4 and missed two biggest just under 10 pound any size in yours macker Edited May 3, 2011 by mackel Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 On 03/05/2011 at 16:05, mackel said: good stuff fatman just back from cootehill pike fishing got 4 and missed two biggest just under 10 pound any size in yours macker Biggest trout was 3lb back to lb but a nice morn fishing and its local to me only 10min down the road.I actually caught a pike well into double figure's a week ago on the same lake while trolling for trout,plenty big trout in it.Have you ever fished for pike around westmeath,there is plenty of small pike lakes hidden away that not many fish,at least 5 around me alone with good pike in them. Quote Link to post
micheal rennicks 17 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 nice one fatman thought it only good for swimming.3lb nice fish do ya do the fly at all. Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 On 04/05/2011 at 07:54, micheal rennicks said: nice one fatman thought it only good for swimming.3lb nice fish do ya do the fly at all. No micheal dont fly fish,would'nt have the patience to sit in one spot for too long and its also nice when trolling around the lake shore you never know what you see.There is trout as big as 12lb in lough lene,i caught one almost 6lb last year,also a nice lake to swim. Quote Link to post
micheal rennicks 17 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 sound do bit on the blackwater other side carnaross,some nice fish there to.seen 3 4 pounders caught but not me,will give it good go this year.i walk when using fly never stay too long same spot.the womans uncle he fishes lene but never seen him with any big trout.were ya at show in kilkenny. Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 What was the bait FatMan ? Taz's, Mepps, TNT, LOL. YIS. Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 The old reliable neil,taz 63 never fails,also lene minnow good at the minute. Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 On 04/05/2011 at 15:59, micheal rennicks said: sound do bit on the blackwater other side carnaross,some nice fish there to.seen 3 4 pounders caught but not me,will give it good go this year.i walk when using fly never stay too long same spot.the womans uncle he fishes lene but never seen him with any big trout.were ya at show in kilkenny. No micheal was away up the country,not that much into shows,will go to local westmeath hunt show i hear its only out the road from me. Quote Link to post
mackel 31 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 used to fish sheeling for pike and trout and white lake for trout a few years ago seen a 27 pound pike caught on a worm would you believe in white lake and lost a huge pike on sheeling fished derivaragh but just the one double off it had some nice trout on river at finea too me and my mate are float tube mad for pike its some laugh would love to fish some of the off the beaten track lakes you know even off the bank. drop me a pm if you want to meet up some time mack Quote Link to post
micheal rennicks 17 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 the westmeath good last year,not into them myself.the boys come down for it go for the spin.it far side mullingar in some big estate.kevin runs it made good job from lAST YEAR SO SHOULD BE BIG CROWD FOR THIS TURN.parkes and roberts were judging the terriers last time. Quote Link to post
Irish Lurcher 1,013 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Good going fatman, and nice bit of fishig macker. Fatman did you ever catch large pike from lean, fished it a hole load of years ago and have some one pike form it, just wondering if they are still there. Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 On 05/05/2011 at 11:49, Irish Lurcher said: Good going fatman, and nice bit of fishig macker. Fatman did you ever catch large pike from lean, fished it a hole load of years ago and have some one pike form it, just wondering if they are still there. There was a 35lb pike caught in it last year,still plenty good pike in it,and they hold a few pike competitions each year.Get lough lene up on the internet it has all the news and a gallery of some of the fish,pike..trout caught last year. Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 A friend had a 25lber on it last year trolling for trout. Same fellow this year had a 5 lb pike on a trout fly. I eventually found out it was on a cats whiskers, and him claiming to be a dry only man, LOL. Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 On 06/05/2011 at 07:04, neil cooney said: A friend had a 25lber on it last year trolling for trout. Same fellow this year had a 5 lb pike on a trout fly. I eventually found out it was on a cats whiskers, and him claiming to be a dry only man, LOL. There was a 9lb trout caught on lene yesterday by a young lad spinning.He also had 4 other trout up to 4lb while trolling a lene minnow.The lake is fishing really well at the moment. Quote Link to post
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