Tuesday 15 October 2019

Ireland piking update October '19

An update on a recent piking trip to Ireland earlier in October. Conditions were tough due to the tail-end of hurricane Lorenzo - gale force winds and heavy rain - but interspersed with a couple of decent days. Our usual spots on the Shannon were out of bounds due to the river being in the fields... so we shifted to some of the smaller and sheltered loughs in the area. We caught on most days with plenty of jacks, but also a few decent doubles. My best was 16.08 on a float-trolled smelt. Some cracking scenery and a great time with mates as always.