Ep37 | Epic 2 Days of Pike Fishing

On this jam packed episode of Fishing With Steve, I head north for 2 days #pikefishing on 2 different lakes. On day one I fish Ballydugan Lake with my mate Rob McMasters were it was none stop action for the whole day. On Day two, I make my way to NICAS water Swanhole to fish my first ever Pike Competition. An action packed weekend of Pike Fishing with plenty of laughs and Pike caught.
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[@anthonylong6403]

Good to see excellent fish care, hitting bites early and so on Well done!

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Thanks Anthony, Fish care is the most important bit. 👍

[@karlwatkins2331]

Nice double session steve few fish out and the biggest fish of the comp well in pal I'm on hols now so be getting more fishing vids watched 🎣👊💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Cheers Karl, it was an enjoyable weekend alright. I'll be out a bit mor in December hopefully so I'll keep the Videos coming. 😁

[@johnmcilrath3637]

I really really enjoyed the video. I am from Newtownards originally and used to fish the swanhole as a boy before the carp people took it over. It was very very weedy but full of very small pike. It was very difficult to catch any rudd or perch there. Probably due to clarity of water. I reckon the pike there eat each other. Also ballydugan. Never fished it but have a friend who does. The river quoile is nearby and on my twice a year trip home i tend to go there and fish for the rudd and roach. Thats where i learnt to fish 40 years ago. If you stayed in the Strangford arms my parents still live 2 mins from there. The drumlin loughs of County Down are very rich in jack pike or were when i fished them. Rarely ever any bigger fish but great craic all the same. Great video

[@KeithBroughall]

Good man Steve, i just found your channel its been keeping me entertained over the Xmas here in Norway. Im buzzing to get out now after Pike ill give it a whirl on the 1st, just moved house next to Norways biggest lake Mjøsa they say has some monsters in it, if your ever over this neck of the woods let us know 👍🎣

[@gerryclaffey5737]

Great video Steve . What a weekends fishing . Cheers me up after my 3 in a row blanks .

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Thanks Gerry, I've had a few blanks lately myself so I know the pain. Think the weather is coming good now for it so hopefully you'll get amongst them soon.

[@dannythedub1]

Great stuff Steve...great video...weedy as hell swanny, you done well pal 👏👏

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Thanks 👍

[@johngraham5996]

if its weedy you need to try the floating frog especially during april/may, i fish it in the scottish highlands inwater 2-6ft deep and during april/may we get between 50-100 hits on the surface, its very hard holding onto them once they're hooked though, if i get 50 hits i would expect to land 4 or 5 even having them on for 2 or 3 minutes they still throw the hooks, one day i hooked and lost 31 doubles out of around 100 hits but did manage to land 8 that day, give the floating frog a try if you hav'nt already

[@BigT90]

Good to see you striking into the fish Steve lad 😉

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@BigT90 some of them still didn’t stay on. 😂😂

[@eoinwalsh7017]

Looks like 2 cracking spots.Great days fishing.

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@eoinwalsh7017 definitely saves a blank anyway. 😂

[@johnnyd9441]

Good too see a smile on your face.steve...runs waters are good 4 the soul...i have a few i use after a cpl blanks on harder waters..bravo on biggest fish.well done....i have same boat as you if poss cud u do quick segment on how u load deadbaits. ive been havin probs with bait not getttin released. .i know they not ideal 4 piking..

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

cheers johnny, I'm going to try and get out to my local canal this weekend to do a review of the new waterwolf, I'll try to combine it with a bit on the baitboat as well.

[@zeldagaming6485]

Happy fishing lads

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Thanks 👍

[@DavyClinton-k5x]

Fishing my home town Steve… if I’d known I’d have called out to see you… I think the days of big pike are gone at Ballydougan but it’s still a good days craic… were you fishing close to the car park at the pub or further up road…? I have often had to take a ride in as I was exhausted working two rods… but then I’m many years older than you… 😅

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Cheers Davy, We were fishing the carpark side. It was hard work in and out of the lake every couple of minutes but great craic all the same. I think next time I'll drop in the underwater camera to see if there are any big girls knocking around. There has to be one or two big hens among all those jacks.

[@PointofimpactTV]

Nice video mate

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@PointofimpactTV cheers pal

[@carlclarke3857]

On Smelt 😊well done. Nice to see a honest video, lots of anglers claim to be dead baiting and you can see a bucket of live baits. On the Fox videos you could always see a live bait net in the water, shame 👍

[@josephfinn5164]

I didn’t know u were from Kilcock you don’t seem to be fishing in Kildare much😂

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@josephfinn5164 there are a few videos from the local canal on the channel. Just better fishing a bit further a field.

[@karlwatkins2331]

I cant get out anywhere at the moment 😤 waiting to see what the older son is up to over the hols my venue is 60 odd miles away and I don't drive 🎣👊💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@NobleKorhedron]

Are you based in Wales, @karlwatkins2331?

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Hopefully you’ll be able to get out and cast a line over the Christmas.

[@glenmcg2157]

Good fishing

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@glenmcg2157 thanks pal

[@fishallseasons]

Hi Steve great vids again ,the second place you fished the pike were long and lean is that a sign there's not much bait fish in there .I fish a lake similar were all the pike are lean and I've been told the bait fish are disappearing .just a thought m8 .

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@fishallseasons it’s predominantly a carp fishery so could be the lack of silvers and too many small pike could be the issue. There are lots of pike but most are under 7lb. The first lake used to be a trout fishery that is no longer stocked with trout. Not sure if there are any big girls left in there or is it that you just can’t get through with the amount of jacks.

[@Sean___]

Hi mate, can you tell me how many 100m+ trips you get out of the bait boat per session without changing to the spare battery? Im really considering getting one to put my deadbaits out into deeper water beyond casting range.

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@Sean___ the most I would have done that distance of 100m in one session, was 32 trips. 16 out with bait and the deeper on. 16 back with deeper. I was using the 10Ah battery and it still had plenty of power left in it. I usually always remove the battery from the boat and charge to full as well when I get back home. Doing this I’ve never had an issue. The session I caught my PB on last January, I hadn’t charged the battery after my last session but still just about got the full day session out of the battery.

[@Sean___]

@FishingwithSteveIreland think I'll have to invest in one, maybe pick up a deeper next year as well, thanks

[@pierrehenneguez6648]

Hello 100% catch and release Pike and perch ?

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Yes always 100% catch and release of all fish.

[@pierrehenneguez6648]

@FishingwithSteveIreland in northern ireland also people release pike and perch?

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

@@pierrehenneguez6648 Yes it's 100% catch and release on all waters I fish.

[@conorcoulter7071]

How do u go about fishing that place I live 10 minutes away

[@ciaranmcconvey4290]

Call into the Bar beside the lake . Need a game license even there are no trout

[@conorcoulter7071]

Have a game license !! Call into the wildflower??

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Best way to get a ticket is to contact Rob on the email address in the video description. He'll get you sorted with a day ticket

[@Damopatrick]

Do need fishing licence fish in Northern Ireland ? Happy pay for the fishing day permit.

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Yeah you need a game license to fish the first lake as it was once a trout fishery. It’s about €20 for the year.

[@GB-Outdoors]

For anyone thinking of fishing Ballydugan... you need a game license to fish it, even though there are no trout in it. They also charge £10 PER ROD, not day ticket. Also, the area shown in the video is for 'club members only'. Non-members aren't allowed to fish there. There are plenty of pike in it, but it's rare to get any doubles out of it.

[@conorcoulter7071]

Come fish my place full of pike let me if ur interested it’s private

[@FishingwithSteveIreland]

Drop me an email at [e-mail] with some details of where its located and available and I'll try to schedule something in.

[@glenmcg2157]

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