The best venue you have ever fished!!!! Where is it?????????

[magelite]

Come on spill the beans. Whats the most successful occasion or venue which is the dogs bullocks!!!!!

[Guest]

not going to get many genuine replies to this....

[Viper]

Has to be Eyrecourt swimfeeding for bream and tench... where else would you catch 300lbs in one session (other than tunny)??

[MAC]

Ye haven't a chance mate.......

[Ronald]

fished st kilda about 16yrs ago when i was only getting into fishing ,no idea what i was doing and still had pollock two and three at a time up to 9lb on white feathers ! used strips of pollack for bait when bottom fishing and had dab 1lb+ ,never even tried for conger or ling and still kick myself about it .
Amazing place but next to impossible to get to cos it's bout 40 miles west of the outer heberdies ,the only reason i was there was cos a couple of divers pulled out of a week long charter .
Still dream of the place ,wonder what its like now ?

[pookie]

Has to be the dam and river basin in salou. runs from Barca all the way to Ter Del a infante. And cats are the big boys on this water. But trout Zander and black bass all there too.

[Conor H]

Botany Bay in Oz for Tuna and Marlin or Phi Phi Lei in Thailand for King Mackerel.

[Guest]

Has to be Eyrecourt swimfeeding for bream and tench... where else would you catch 300lbs in one session (other than tunny)??

stephen brennan caught 54 ray in a five hour EFSA competition last year. they averaged 5-6lb with the occasional one up to 8 or 9lbs. that works out at about 300lbs of fish!

[frodo baggins]

where the hell was he fishing??!!! bloody hell atleast bream travel in shoals, but there must have been hundreds of ray in the area? how did the rest of the anglers do? i'm sorry i find that very hard to believe..... not giving you guff guest, but maybe if you identified yourself it might sound a bit more plausible

[Donagh]

I presume that was the comp in poulnasharry co. Clare. I heard from 2nd hand source most of the fish were in the 2-4lbs bracket which still doesn't take away from the achievement.

[Peter Kinsella]

Some 7 or 8 years ago, I went out with a charter from Kilrush to grounds known as 'The Bar'. This was a sandy patch some few miles off the mouth of the Shannon.
Well - an absolutely huge number of good sized fish were taken of many species. Most were fishing with mackeral but I used lug. Consequently I took a more varied catch than the others. I have never since taken such a great variety of good sized fish in a single session. There again I have never been back to 'The Bar'. Has any one else fished there ?

Peter

[DAMIEN]

would have to be the bail howth co.dublin i cayght a 3.75lb cod or brittas bay caught a 5lb bass

[billy the bass]

In 1999 or it could have been 2000, after the Irish open held on the wall in Monkstown. (crab was banned) I landed 21 cod over 5lbs with the best knocking on 10lbs in just over an hour from under the power lines. Ian Gold's dark glasses nearly fell off.
A few years ago I fished the black hole in Valencia Is while on Holiday. On float fished sandeel I had several pollock into double figures, using a carp rod, WOW! and to top that hauled a huge ballen up on a side of mackerel. A great spot.

[magelite]

GUYS GUYS GUYS i didnt mean give away your best venues that you fish on home turf just incase you where abroad or something!!!!!!!! touchy question that one!!!!!!!

[Steve]

It's got to be any of the Brandon beaches. There is just something mystical about the beaches, surrounded by mountains, rolling surf, and at times the bass fishing can be superb. Whilst the fish tend not to be massive (biggest I've had was a shade over 7lbs), when you hit the beach at the correct time it can produce lots of fish (best was 7 bass in less than two hours, ranging from 2.5 to 6lbs). There are of course other species to be had, ray are possible at times, with plenty of flounder, and unfortunately doggies can be present in good numbers. I've even had a baby stingray on Stradbally (about 5 or 6lbs).

And if the surf isn't running, you can head across to tralee bay and try for thornies!

Just love the place, and will keep going back again and again and again!

[Guest]

I presume that was the comp in poulnasharry co. Clare. I heard from 2nd hand source most of the fish were in the 2-4lbs bracket which still doesn't take away from the achievement.

there were some fish weighing 2-4lb, but then there was some fish weighing 4-6lb, on average the fish were 5-6lb.

[nthclare]

I was fishing for wrasse one time in 2002 and broke two light rods while fishing they were cheap telescopic rods but had a smashing day constantly pulling in wrasse I wont mention the venue as there are certain places you just want to keep to yourself the place is also teeming with pollack dogs conger and plenty of mackerel its a long walk and can be dangerous.............

[Guest]

out of the 54 ray SB had,only 3-4 of them were under 4lb,with the majority of them being 7,8+9 lb...treble and double shots all day,was tough going!

[Donagh]

Fair enough I did say I heard it through a secound hand sources. Didn't realise the EFSA weighed the fish in competition.

[Guest]

Fair enough I did say I heard it through a secound hand sources. Didn't realise the EFSA weighed the fish in competition.

they dont