Monday 12th March on the Barrow

I was invited to go fishing today with one of our new club members Marius so we went to Carlow Town Park around 10am. The fishing was fierce slow and come 2.30pm we were getting tired of the wee small Dace and Roach. Tadas rang and in his Lithuanian accent he said hey Potatoya we going St.Mullins, ha ha didn't need to ask twice, off we set.

We set up on the tidal stretch and to be honest it was very slow to start. We all set up the customary feeder rods used on the tidal water. The lads were finding it hard however I was into Trout after Trout and had around twelve of the wee hard fighting fish. Marius landed a fabulous Roach then my rod swung round and low and behold after a good fight I found myself landing a nice Bream.

Marius below with a cracker of a Roach

Tadas was soon into good decent sized Roach then came the ye ho from his peg and I new he had a Bream on, fish safetly landed he was over the moon and glad to have travelled from Carlow town down to St.Mullins. We all had a few fish and would have had a lot more had we stayed for the rising tide however with family commitments etc. we headed home always another day as they say.

Tadas below with a St.Mullins Dustbin lid

My wee catch for the day below



Hunting out the Bream

Myself and Mark Godfrey decided on Saturday that we would go to the Picturesque area of St. Mullins in Co.Carlow in search of some Bream. We arrived around 11am and noticed that the tide was almost dropped to it's lowest level. We waited around all day messing around with the feeder getting Trout after Trout to pass the time and having a laugh. I seen two anglers up river and went for a wee chat as you do sure it was only Atilla the Cralusso Distributor for Ireland and his friend so we had a chat for a while then I headed back down to Mark for a wee bit of lunch.

Below Mark with a wee Trout

After what seemed like an eternity it was 4.30pm and the tide was just rising and sure enough the rod tip spun around indicating the unmistakable bite of a large fish, I played the fish which was caught on a size 14 B711 hook and three red maggots for a while. The first fish I got was a dustbin lid as they say probably around 5Lb.and put up a cracker fight turning sideways against the flow of the rising tide.

My first Bream this year

Mark had the take of a Bream however he lost the fish as he had forgotten to change the barbless hook he was catching the Trout all day with. We had a laugh as always, Tadas arrived with Monika and young Paulis and just after they arrived I was into another Bream which was to be my third of the day so it was well worth the visit and I will surely be back several times this year as Waterford A.C. have a match there on the 1stApril. I ended up with three nice Bream, a Dace or two and loads of Trout.

Two of my river Barrow Bream



Monthly free E-Zine launched by Carlow c.a.c.

Please feel free to look at the new monthly E-Zine (Newsletter) now issued by the

Carlow Coarse Angling Club.

Click on the link below.

Tadas below with his winning bag on Sunday

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Waterways Ireland Launch 27th Feb 2012

I was invited to attend the launch of the new Study on recreation on the Barrow corridor. The study was undertaken by Waterways Ireland and will ensure that the River Barrow is used to it's proper potential. A great day was had by all in attendance and refreshments were served afterwards, some great information was gained to help the club and several new contacts were made on the day.

Pictured below with the Irish Minister for the Environment.

Pictured below with Carlow Councillor Wayne Fennell

Pictured below with Emer from Waterways Ireland