Thursday, October 20, 2011

October Update No 2



A highly enjoyable week on the water with Dutch anglers Frank van Vliet and Peter van Hoorn has come to an end. Some nice fish were boated including the two meter pike shown in our lats update and this cracking brown trout that took a liking to Franks lure. Of course the beauty was released again unharmed. It was more a case of quality instead of quantity as far as the fishing was concerned, as a lot of the pike caught were in the 80cm+ region.
Peter and Frank who also runs Dutch Predator angling website roofvisnet also showed off their skill and experience in Drop shot fishing and caught quite a few perch during the week. Perch which are highly underrated in Ireland can be great fun on light tackle and bring an interesting mix to a fishing trip here. Our new Mirrocraft boat and equipment is perfect for this style of fishing (vertical and Drop-shot) and we have all the gear and tackle you need to try it.

Monday, October 10, 2011

October update - New boats and big pike!













It has been hectic here at Angling Services Ireland over the past few weeks.
The new Mirrocraft boat has finally arrived and it took another week or so to fit engine, motor, electronics, etc. All had to be done in a hurry, because we wanted it ready for the arrival of Dutch Predator aces Frank van Fliet and Peter van Hoorn.
Frank and Peter arrived on Saturday and spend their first day fishing with us yesterday, when Frank landed a great pike of over one meter and well in the twenties. It measured 102cm.
Peter also took a nice fish.
Meanwhile last week we had Waterford anglers Stephen Butler and Joey O'Brien over for a days guided pike fishing. They had hoped to hook up any pike and would have been happy with a medium size pike. But when the pike suddenly becam active joey hooked up with something bigger and he promptly landed a nice pike measuring 102cm (~18lbs). Delighted with that he let the lure out again and was soon playing something that was even bigger. A few minutes later he had another cracking pike in the boat this time measuring 108cm (~25lbs).
More soon...