Crazy Experiences in Dungarvan! 26th/27th of June

People:Myself the father mal, buffy, and in parts the brother evan!

Duration:Oooh well Saturday 2 pm until 8pm and then RIVER FISHING 10 pm til 1.30 am and then sunday 12.30 pm to 4pm

Tide:

Weather:Lovely enough to make hay but we decided to fish

Bait:Rag and worm and lures for 3rd session

Rigs:I laugh

Results:1 bass for malachy 1 sea trout for buff and 2 tiny brownies for meself




Report:Well we were agitated and so after several visits of friends to pick up various pieces of equipment as one does when one experiences the need to become a happy camper and lots of home baking and high hopes we hit the road to head to the west of waaaterrford !

After the special lidl and dunnes and macdonalds bargain hunting swiftly taking place we were ready for our first location. The Connigear! Under buffys instructions we set up rag worm 3 hook rigs and waded out a bit. Buffy went home to get something to eat before mal arrived. Also Evan didnt want to bait fish because of the long waiting slots but that didnt stop him swimming. No success there but i was in my own utopia!(<new word for me!...google it!) with myself tuning in to saturday sport on the phones radio and fishing.... Change of location and after a trek there the other lads took up roles of spinning whilst i supervised the bait rods. Nothing going on there for us only weed weed weed.... the lads spinning held no success and evan had decided to retire to the car for a bit of a nap. But then it all was going bad when the phone went in a wet pocket and not only was the radio gone but the phone couldnt be revived.....to be continued with that.....ANYWAYS ....a scream from mal and as the lad on the tele would say...FISH ON!!! on the light little rod of mals he gave him great fighting close to the edge....no blank anyway....for some..Well buffy had a bit of a conundrum on his hands....where would he send us camping close to the river colligan ah yes the mother in laws acre or so out the back is what we were told.....Upon arrival the penny dropped to me that it actually meant the mother in laws back garden.. That didnt stop us with our camping attempts and so out with the tents was the order from us determined yellow bellies invading the deise but alas those waterford people give mouth watering offerings and we eventually gave in with the tents and accepted their humble offering of 2 bedrooms for the night....bye bye tents !!


We held on to the idea of camping with a little barbie going and all the lads including buffy and his 2 sons and evan and of course malachy played a bit of hurling.....me winning of course! Food out and fishing back in headed off to the river colligan to see how those sea trout were fairing. Straight off with a rattle i had a brownie and soon after i had another one. Buffy got the main one a little after than with a nice sea trout around 3 pounds taking him a bit down the bank! Otherwise it was a disappointing night because buffy had a fair few fish the night before!

Woke up and we got a bit of breakfest and chat and left for another stretch of the gaeltacht beaches while evan headed off with the young lads to their championship match in the good auld GAA,.... Waded out and mal seen loads of bass around and then had one following his lure on the first cast but of course didnt take it....The same happened to me soon after which was a truly exhilarating experience for me......imagine if i had of caught it ! Moved from there because of the winds closer to the harbour....still had winds but kept fishing and fishing hoping for that bass......i saw none where i was but further up along where the lads were they saw some.....Good few mullet of course around, one jumping clean out of the water !

On the way back we went back via stopping at another stretch of the colligan seeing some brown trout and sea ones too...finally, picked up evan and bid our farewells for now! All in all an excellent weekend of craic!!!!!!

Great report lad; sounds like you had a ball. All those places are my neck of the woods: reminds me how great it is for the fishing. Must give the trout a crack: found a nice little pool well upstream on the Brickey that I reckon never saw a hook before. Better yet, no weed and no crabs

Great report lad; sounds like you had a ball. All those places are my neck of the woods: reminds me how great it is for the fishing. Must give the trout a crack: found a nice little pool well upstream on the Brickey that I reckon never saw a hook before. Better yet, no weed and no crabs

Thanks Lodore ya it was great craic from the word of buffy i heard that the brickey is smaller than the colligan and i am sure later on in the summer ill be there!!!

Is fishing for seatrout with worms on the colligan not prohibited
My understanding was that they could only be fly-fished for with a single barbless hook and it is catch and release for seatrout <40cm?

Perhaps someone can clarify

great report THJ. sounds like you all had a great weekend

Is fishing for seatrout with worms on the colligan not prohibited
My understanding was that they could only be fly-fished for with a single barbless hook and it is catch and release for seatrout <40cm?

Perhaps someone can clarify

u obviously know too well yourself what the rules are if u live in dungarvan so why question it other than to cause trouble perhaps .it is exactly as u said word for word so u know this as a matter of fact your comment would suggest .. single barbless hooks etc. the young lad posted his experiences of an enjoyable weekend . who are u to question anything . its lads like u ruin the craic and fun in angling with your spoiling comments .u had nothing else to say about the days fishing the young lad had other than pass judgement on some fishing rule that some scientist invented to keep himself in a job . the colligan hadnt as many trout run it in 15 yrs .and yes it is catch an release . i didnt see in the post where any trout were killed or the method to which the trout fell was not mentioned either. perhaps if u went fishing more often yourself u might not be overly concerned with the activities of others .

well said clarky

just seen the date this was posted seems silly to start a row with a juniour over this

Is fishing for seatrout with worms on the colligan not prohibited
My understanding was that they could only be fly-fished for with a single barbless hook and it is catch and release for seatrout <40cm?

Perhaps someone can clarify

u obviously know too well yourself what the rules are if u live in dungarvan so why question it other than to cause trouble perhaps .it is exactly as u said word for word so u know this as a matter of fact your comment would suggest .. single barbless hooks etc. the young lad posted his experiences of an enjoyable weekend . who are u to question anything . its lads like u ruin the craic and fun in angling with your spoiling comments .u had nothing else to say about the days fishing the young lad had other than pass judgement on some fishing rule that some scientist invented to keep himself in a job . the colligan hadnt as many trout run it in 15 yrs .and yes it is catch an release . i didnt see in the post where any trout were killed or the method to which the trout fell was not mentioned either. perhaps if u went fishing more often yourself u might not be overly concerned with the activities of others .

I am sure Figs was only trying to educate as the report did give the impression that the lad didn't now the rules of the river in question. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, i don't know. Either way, he does now.

The fact of the matter is that the rules are there weather there is a reason for them or not, weather they are reasonable or not. And as such, rules should be followed.

It's anglers like you that give the rest of us a bad name with your blatant disregard for the rules.

Anyway, well done to Trout Hunter Jnr, it sounds like a good few days.

Alex

well done Trout Hunter Jnr,great report

I have read the report a few times and still cant see where the rest of ye are getting the idea that he fished the colligan with worms,before ye start accusing someone of doing something get all the facts right first

I love reading your reports Trout Hunter Jnr,don't let a few idiots that turn everything in to a big debate put you off

fishingmidget has also confused me as he has also read into something incorrectly .at no time did i say that i do not follow the fishing rules as regards method or killing of fish ! are u related to figs ?
" anglers like you " what are u on about man by stereotyping me ,how can you judge me and put me in the bold corner for fishermen .go fishing and enjoy it and do yourself a favour by passing comment on what people do say and not what u think they say or who u think they are .

Is fishing for seatrout with worms on the colligan not prohibited
My understanding was that they could only be fly-fished for with a single barbless hook and it is catch and release for seatrout <40cm?

Perhaps someone can clarify

u obviously know too well yourself what the rules are if u live in dungarvan so why question it other than to cause trouble perhaps .it is exactly as u said word for word so u know this as a matter of fact your comment would suggest .. single barbless hooks etc. the young lad posted his experiences of an enjoyable weekend . who are u to question anything . .

I'll tell you who i am Clarky, Im somone who would love nothing more than to spend a few hours on my local river, but as I dont flyfish I cant do so because of the current bye laws.
I personally think the bye lays are stupid and ambigous, and I was genuinely seeking other peoples opinions on this.
Despite my opinions on the laws i will follow them anyway.
My comments were in no way nasty as I recognise the junior member is completely innocent in this matter. But I get frustrated at the thought that senior members and locals took him out, and SAI members who congratulate illegal fishing.
Is it so bad to point out that this form is fishing is prohibited?

Is fishing for seatrout with worms on the colligan not prohibited
My understanding was that they could only be fly-fished for with a single barbless hook and it is catch and release for seatrout <40cm?

Perhaps someone can clarify

u obviously know too well yourself what the rules are if u live in dungarvan so why question it other than to cause trouble perhaps .it is exactly as u said word for word so u know this as a matter of fact your comment would suggest .. single barbless hooks etc. the young lad posted his experiences of an enjoyable weekend . who are u to question anything . its lads like u ruin the craic and fun in angling with your spoiling comments .u had nothing else to say about the days fishing the young lad had other than pass judgement on some fishing rule that some scientist invented to keep himself in a job . the colligan hadnt as many trout run it in 15 yrs .and yes it is catch an release . i didnt see in the post where any trout were killed or the method to which the trout fell was not mentioned either. perhaps if u went fishing more often yourself u might not be overly concerned with the activities of others .

I think I need to clarify something here for those whom arent aware already. The rule regarding catch and release, single barbless hooks and ban on worm fishing on certain rivers is not choosen by some scientist trying to keep himself in a job. Rivers are designated a conservation status based on log book returns from licence holders over the previous year(s). In many cases anglers did not declare catching any fish on certain rivers as they were not using there tags and taking more fish than there bag limit allowed. When the returns were analysised at the end of the year certain rivers appeared to have produced very few fish when in truth they had produced more. It is the anglers themselves that have caused certain rivers to be closed or designated catch and release. If they had filled out there log books honestly many of these rivers would not be closed today.

Some interesting points raised here, which are worthy of threads of their own. Meanwhile, I'm giving gfkelly1969 the last word on this thread.

well done Trout Hunter Jnr,great report

I have read the report a few times and still cant see where the rest of ye are getting the idea that he fished the colligan with worms,before ye start accusing someone of doing something get all the facts right first

I love reading your reports Trout Hunter Jnr,