Weather not helping anglers

On Sunday, January 22, Aaron Barton in quiet windy cold conditions, took three trout on a bubble and worm, fishing a leader of five foot long, which he found to be the best depth for the conditions.

Mr G McGilloway had one trout of two pounds fishing, cats whiskers on an intermediate line. Ryan Gough did extremely well taking five trout fishing a sinking line and a combination of nymphs and boobies, these fish weighed an average of pound and half.

Paul Harley also had a trout of two pounds on a yuppy. Mr G Ward fishing a sinking line and a pink zonker had two trout of two pounds. Kevin Reid and brother Charlie both had a brace of fish a piece, again the average weight was around two pounds.

On Tuesday, January 24, saw the weather change again, the south westerly strong winds made fishing very difficult but John Turner peercevered and to his credit had seven trout fishing on an intermediate line and stripping lures in very fast.

The best of his fish weighed three and a half pounds. Also using similar tactics, Aaron Walker had four fish. Last but not least bad of the week goes to Ruairi McGowan, who took nine fish with one cracker of six and a half pounds. Ruairi was using sinking line and bobbies.

The pike fishing of lake has been quite slow but the mild temperatures of the past few days has seen some good fish starting to appear.

James Healey had two fish one of nine and one of twelve pounds, both on floated mackerel. Christopher Stilford had four pike on the flie up to five and a half pounds using slider lure. Mr Miskelly had four pike on the fly. Mr Ward also had two small jack pike on the fly pearch patterns being the most effective.

And finally for this weeks report new comer to this sport of pike fishing Terrance Monaghan and Paul Doherty got off to a great start, Paul landing a lovely fish of tweve and a haf pounds and within literally two minutes his fishing partner Terrance beating him by four pounds with another great fish of sixteen and haf pounds, both taken on mackerel dead bates.