Fishing ( as opposed phishing ! )

[Jockser]

After numerous days spent with my lads sitting beside rivers & canals in the Kildare area without so much as a bite, never mind bring home the dinner I decided on Saturday that it was time for a bit of cheating

It was grey & damp at home ( the weather - not SWMBO's humour ) and I figured if we went to the trout farm in Annamoe - which is the other side of the Wicklow mountains from us - we'd have half a chance of catching something ( other than a cold ) & hopefully the weather would be better, or at least if it wasn't they would get fed up quickly & I could go home & watch the MotoGP qualifying

As we climbed towards the summit of the Wicklow Gap the weather got worse with the top below the cloud. However as we descended the other side things improved - while it was never sunny at least it was dry & quite warm.

We stayed for nearly four hours & in the end were thrown out as they were locking up but it was the best bit of crack the lads have had with fishing rods - the two older guys caught 2 each & the little fella got one - I was running backwards & forwards helping them land their catch, unhooking & despatching the fish & constantly re-baiting hooks

Once we got home I cleaned out the catch & we had a beautiful dinner of trout, new potatoes & green beans

 

[Jockser]

Forgot to add a pic of the happy fishermen

 

[shuck raider]

Nice one, Jockser, great to see kids involved in the sport. The secret for young 'uns is action - nothing worse than long spells of catching nothing. Even losing fish is better than not catching at all. 'Put 'n' take' fisheries like Annamoe are a good starting point - when the kids have confidence that they can actually catch something, then's the time to move on to greater challenges and try for the wild fish. Keep at it

 

[Timolgra]

Who caught the green eel?

 

[Piggers]

Trout, Bait, Whatever next !!!

Trout caught with "Bait"
Whatever next !!!

Good for the kids I suppose, when they get a bit bigger you'll have to get them catching on the Fly

I caught and ate a 2 lb Perch recently
It tasted surprisingly good. Meat was white like Cod and taste was somewhere bewteen that of Cod and Trout.

Tight lines,

Piggers

 

[Jockser]

Thanks for the replies Guys -

Shuck - inactivity was the problem - they were beginning to think there were no fish left in Ireland - even sea fishing for macarel produced nothing

Tim - I was expecting comments about the fence, weeds, etc - but the 'green eel' escaped my notice

Piggers - you're right about the bait of course - my old dad is a committed fly fisherman & when he hears about this I'm expecting an ear full .Hes hoping they follow in his footsteps - seeing as I never did - but he doesn't have the patience anymore to teach them