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Chateau de Bybac

July 20th 12.00, Ledger, free line cat bites. 12 lb mono hook line, 25 lb mono main, 14 hook.  Float 2 1/2 ft depth, 10 lb hook line, 22 lb mainline,  maggies / or deeper with peach Boilie.

July, Noon, 10'carp rods, 25lb straight through, 10 hooks, float 2.5 foot sweetcorn 2or3 grains, freeline Freds wild cherry boilie. Mixed species on float nice carp on leger. Try Buttermilk boilie and Rich Amino Boilies

Species Tips...
Golden Orfe = Freeline 2 to 3 grains of strawberry sweetcorn or normal sweetcorn about 10 feet out and slightly to the left.
Golden Tench / Tench / Bream = Rod one float a full size buttermilk boilie. Rod two, freeline a full size buttermilk boilie to the right next to that post sticking out of the water.
Perch = Freeline double maggot supreme to the left about 10 feet out .

July 1st 9am.
5metre pole 6lb mainline 4lb bottom
Fish on bottom using garlic sausage, lucheon meat and corn for big tench, golden tench, big roach and the smaller bream.
Look at the little post in the water using your 5metre pole fish in line with it but upwards.
Ps. the bigger bream are up in the water about a foot deep sometimes shallower you will also snatch a few wild carp.

2nd march 12.00 noon. JPP Roach small. 30lb line. 10 treble. Freeline and ledger according to conditions.

County Roscommon

misc

Pike
Bream
Tench
Perch
Roach
Rudd
Eel

All methods and baits work
When spinning for Pike use the auto reel ( the "A" key) and strike with "Z" key - it seems to work for me. In April use lures for mid-water - adjust the rod tip to hold the depth when spinning.
Try the Jerkbait on the bottom in December.

Wilderness and Cloonahee are where to get massive nets of Bream and Tench - if you draw these pegs in a match you are on a flyer - but remember other peeps will be doing the same so get your method right to stand a chance - 200lb an hour - easy (eat my words)

The Rudd on Sallagh like insect baits - again you can catch a good weight with them.

20 lb mono main, 30 lb mono hook line, Mepps Black Fury Spinner, November, spin about 1/2 depth. Ledgering Roach D/B   or cat bites.

Loch Sallagh Peg 1

Go for the Pike with a lure - try a Mepps or Goldwing in April.
Fish just off the reeds for other species.

Pike Fishing...
Set the date to mid-November at 13:00 hrs
Right. Tackle up with 10ft spinning rod, Carp reel, 15lb wire trace, 20 main and one of the following spinners...
Mepps Comet 5
Abu Atom
Stingfish

Cast out just off the right hand side of the island as far as you can. Set the retrieve speed to as slow as you can but still being able to lift the spinner off the bottom when you reel in. Hold the rod tip about 2-3ft off the surface so that the spinner comes in at about mid-water. And that will get you a pike or two!
PS... I'm sure lobbin out Tony's Cat magnet groundbait helped!

Loch Sallagh Peg 2

All the species are here but I would concentrate on the Rudd in high Summer.
Again a float set shallow.

Put a float about 24ft out with chick pea on 14 hook and fish it on the bottom. Loose feed with hemp. This will give you some nice Tench, Bream, Roach and Hybreds.
For the ledger, chick, sweetcorn, Pro13 and trout pellets all worked well.

Wilderness peg

All specimens live here - Pike tactics work well and there are big fish waiting to be caught. This peg is where those big Slabs are (Bream) - Polaris works very well with meatpaste or dog biscuit.

0ctober 22nd 1600, Bagley diving bang -o-b lure, cast to far side, about half depth.
April.. Gold wing Lure / Mepps Lure Cast to left far bank, about  1/2 to 3/4 depth

Cloonahee

Another Bream water and with good tench - Again Polaris in the deep water will catch.
June 9am. 7lb main. 4lb hook line. 20 hook. Meat Paste

July 15th 1700 / Both rods 'defaualt rod set up 2' (ledgering) / Maggots max size and quantity.

Try meatpaste or the sinking dog biscuit

Lanesboro

Stick float for all species with seed baits for bigger fish.

Tarmonbarry Loch

Stick or Waggler with sweetcorn on the hook - Good Hybrids, and you will catch Perch on this bait also - even the small jack Pike may show.

Cranborne

Belham

Roach deadbait legered in the clump of reeds and a lure cast as far downstream as you can and brought back just off the bottom. March is a good time to try around mid day.

9th September. 17:00.
12ft Ledger Rod, Standard Fixed Spool Reel
Link Ledger - 28g Blockend Swimfeeder, 4lb hook line, 5lb main line, size 16 barbless hook.
Medium size Lobworm.
Maggots and Plain Crumb to go in the feeder.

Cwmbrân Canal

End peg.

Aug 16th at 14:00 freeline full sized fishmeal Boilie to the reflection of car.
For rudd - Float fish maggot near the surface or use a fly
Eels come out of "The Bend" pegs 1 and 2 after dark ledgering a worm.

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