July update

The summer is fully upon us now and despite the fact that the weather isn't all great, the water temperature has risen to a level that makes pike fishing not only slow, but also very uncomfortable for the pike to get caught in.
Nevertheless our most recent pike outing two weeks ago was a successfull one for clients Mike Dolan and his son Sam from New York state. During a rather windy day, well it had been windy all week and the water was well oxygenated and only at ~17degrees; they caught 14 pike between them. All on suspending lures near weed. No real big ones were caught but some feisty pike came to the boat all the same.
On their return to New York Mike wrote:

"Bodo, I would like to thank you for the great day of fishing we had even with all the wind. Me and Sam are still talking about it. When we return to Ireland we will fish with you again. Mike"

Well it is surely nice to get some positive feedback. Meanwhile we have been doing some vertical fishing for perch with some good results at times, though it can be hard at the moment to find really concentrated shoals.
Also on offer this time of the year is fairly good trout fishing in both river and lakes, where good fly hatches take place particularly in the evenings and great sport can be had on the dry fly.

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