Lough Conn, Co.Mayo unexpected catch whilst fishing for brown trout

Mayfly time on Lough Conn and landed a double figure pike that took my trout fly

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Greetings from Australia. Nice fish and video. Thanks.

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

Wow that's unbelievable, thanks for comment and watching

[@redtobertshateshandles]

@@JoeQuinnWaterlodge my mums parents were from Wexford, so I'm always interested in Eire.

[@tomjones7593]

Skilfully played, sir ! I fish a lake on Anglesey sometimes with a light double-hander and I had a 7-pounder pike there one time that was the equal of any salmon

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

I'm amazed that I wasn't cut off as the fly was well inside it mouth, thanks for comment and watching

[@RyanHosick]

Cool fishing, those pike are a great fighting fish. I see so many travelling anglers coming for the pike fishing now

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

It's not to often I catch one and if I do they normally cut me off, pike fishing is getting more popular now on Lough Conn thanks for comment and watching

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

​@@JoeQuinnWaterlodgeI must venture up myself... I live in Kilmovee so I'm not that far away... all my pike fishing is from the bank... 😎👍☘🍺

[@joshuamayo9732]

Nice fish, really nice boat.

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

Thanks for comment and watching, that's my mates boat, it's a DC made by David Connor in Armagh, a well finished boat

[@kevincallan9009]

Nice hook 1 on sheelin on a nymph last week thought I was in a sheelin slab pike was 6 pound 🤣

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

Thanks for watching and comment, normally I get bitten of by pike when I hook them

[@graemebrown1191]

Great crack✌. What boat you in Joe?

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

That boat is DC. David Connor and is based in Armagh, that one is well kitted out and finished, thanks for comment and watching 👍

[@ColtSievers1000]

Nice looking reel you have .

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

It's the Vision GT

[@jamesfearn7757]

Very good. I may have to pop over for a visit - I'm guessing your Loughs and waterways aren't full of crap?

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

Thanks for comment and watching, waterways are fairly clean and plenty of fish 😉

[@ColtSievers1000]

Was onit last week only started to rise in the evening time was a bad week for them mayflys spent knats midges buzzers and all i caught was a perch on the olive mayfly .

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

There hasn't been a good mayfly hatch yet, weather still a tad on the cold side, thanks for comment and watching

[@ColtSievers1000]

@@JoeQuinnWaterlodge thanks for the videos enjoyed your vid on talt must give it a walk around one of the days great little fighters in them maintain Trout if only one could bulk them out a bit lol

[@andrewogrady8117]

Does anyone here eat the PIKE

[@ColtSievers1000]

@@andrewogrady8117 have done nice fish to but frowned upon with pike anglers these days , nothing wrong with a 2 or 3 pounder pike ,

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

I don't know anyone who eats them Thanks for comment and watching 👍

[@johnbrown6189]

Quinn, it's time to get a smaller boat.

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

Happy enough with that boat, it's a DC boat made in Co. Armagh thanks

[@davidgeraghty5015]

Nephin behind ye

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

Thanks for comment and watching, I climbed Nephin once,,,,,, never again

[@duncangroenewald]

Pure luck your line didn't get tangled or jammed on the reel.

[@JoeQuinnWaterlodge]

It never does but it was pure luck I landed it that it didn't bite me off, needed long nose pliers to get the fly out Thanks for comment and watching