Ep15 | Pike Fishing Season Starts Now! | Deadbaiting For Pike

[@Daniel-Greene]

There’s a jerkbait it the tree there next to ya if ya wanna grab it for me. Sound

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

I seen there were a few lines hanging from it alright.

[@mikeoutdoors22]

Well Steve just found your channel, I'm getting into a bit of deadbaiting myself this year and looking forward to seen a few more of your videos. Nice that you didn't blank especially going to a new venue, tight lines buddy 🎣🎣🎣

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Cheers Mike, welcome aboard! Not an easy venue from the bank. Lots of water but most of it not accessible without a boat. Just subscribed to your channel as well. Great to see a few more Irish lads doing fishing videos.

[@mikeoutdoors22]

@@FishingwithSteveIreland ah cheers buddy appreciate it, yea the more the merrier, I a few of your videos marked to look at later 😁

[@AmyWinehouse9and14.]

I've lost count of the number of venues i've avoided over the years due to terrible access.Some rivers you can't get anywhere near or only at one section for miles on end to park and folk wonder why their local lakes are getting hammered.

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

That would probably be a Great Lake if you could access some more of it. I would say your best bet for results on it would be from a boat. But not sure where you would even launch one from.

[@pajnolan4459]

Hard to tell those fisheries reports are accurate, we had a mega session on a lake that it gave 2/5 rating for pike, and had frustrating blanks on 5/5 rated waters. enjoyed the vid, tight lines!

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Cheers for the feedback. Yeah those reports can be hit and miss but when I found a few from different sources saying it was full of large Pike compared to the lakes around it, I thought i'd give it a look. Just might have had an off day. There was a massive algae bloom on the lake as well and the visibility was zero at anything over 10ft. I had the underwater camera with me and when I put it in, it was pitch black on the bottom. I've had footage from that camera at over 20ft but on Sunday there was nothing usable. Even when I put it on the float rig. The algae was blocking the view of the bait properly and that was only at 5ft. It may have had an impact or it could be just crap angling :)

[@pajnolan4459]

@@FishingwithSteveIreland yeah saw the algae bloom, strange to have one so late in the year, but weather has been very weird. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure anyways!

[@2008stiffy]

Can you not use a float tube on venues with restricted assess? That’s what I have done in the past for better fishing, It’s an amazing experience on the smaller lakes. That’s an absolutely stunning lake and just fish into the bank from the tube 👌

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Not really my style of fishing, I enjoy fishing from the bank the float tube stuff doesn't appeal to me at all.

[@larbrophy617]

hi steve what lake are you on

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Hi Lar, Drop me an email to [e-mail] and i'll give you the info.

[@awilderireland]

Did the IFI Officers give you a warning for using three rods?

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

He did indeed. The first one. I had 2 ledgered and one on float. Brought the float rod in after getting a stern telling off. Lad was doing his job and I should have known better.

[@awilderireland]

@@FishingwithSteveIreland It's a rule that should be abolished. It was brought in during the 70's. For a specific reason... German and French tourists were coming here to catch freezer loads of pike. There were using mutiple rods. I saw one photo of a Guy with eleven rods out. Times have changed. We have poaching of a different kind now. But being Ireland it will stay on the books forever! I know they have discretion and in some areas don't enforce it. They do enforce it where I am now based. An Irish Guy with three rods and a mat etc. is unlikely to be a poacher. Anyway. Sorry for droning on. Keep on keeping on.

[@restofthejunk01]

Dropped runs might have been eels mate.....

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Could well have been. Never even thought of eels. Good shout.

[@JamesG2758]

I fish that that lake regularly feeder fishing,I would not pike fish it. will put u right

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

I’d say it’s grand from a boat but I think I’ve give it enough time from the limited swims there. Plenty of other too lakes in the area.