Lagoon Bait and Tackle

This quotation is from Doctor Ken Whitaker’s paper presented to a symposium on Salmon Conservation, held at Cappoquin House on November 13th, this symposium was organised in association with The Blackwater Salmon Development Group and hosted by Sir Richard Keane. Doctor Whitaker said that the most affected corrective is a halt to the killing of…

Whereas some anglers can fish for a single species constantly for years on end, I came to the conclusion a long time ago that my attention span was too short to allow me to do this. This realisation turned me from being a carp angler to fishing for a number of species and has certainly…

There are a lot of big roach around at present and I’m praying for a good draw on one of the shallow roach pegs when the festivals get underway. My best ever roach catch came from the Portora stretch of the Erne back in 1992.That day I took seventy one kilos of roach on strong…

“The catch of Irish Salmon is on a fast downward spiral. The total catch has fallen from an annual 1600 tonnes in the seventies, through 1152 tonnes in the eighties, to 630 tonnes in the nineties and lower still today. This trend will lead to the extinction of Irish Wild Salmon by the end of…

Fortunately the fishing has not and since I last put finger to keyboard for Carp Corner I have taken quite a few decent fish. Lac de Madine has been my centre of attention really with the forthcoming World Carp Classic at the front of everyone’s minds. I went out there with the Hutchy Dream Team…

Even the most barren lake will have somevariation in the make up of the lake bed. There may behidden weed beds, changes in depth, gravel patches andeven springs to find. All of these hidden features canhold fish. Fish certainly won’t be spread evenlyaround a water, so it is essential that you stack theodds up in…