I love big pike, and this has got to be one of the biggest I’ve seen out of Ireland. She measured a lengthy 48 inches long, and had a girth of 24 inches!
“This fine Pike was caught by Ballingall angler Damian Grifferty. Shortly after noon on Tuesday April 24th the lucky angler hooked-up with a fish of a life time on Lough Ennell. The “Crookedwood Hurley” rattled the scales with a specimen pike weighing 15.98k, well over the 30lbs specimen weight. Damian was fishing with J.J. Flanagan on the day. The monster pike measured 48 inches long and had a girth of 24 inches. The fish came to a large orange lure.”
This one isn’t quite as long, but look how fat it is!
We packed it in after an hour and headed to a nearby bar called “The Bomb” in Balmertown to grab some food and drink. The beer was good, but the food was pretty greasy and it left a lot to be desired as our last meal before the trip. I don’t think we talked much about food on our last trip, mostly because we didn’t bring any, and the same held true this year. In true Fishing Fury spirit, we we’re to become one with the lake over the next week. Aside from a single case of beer, that miraculously turned up empty on the fourth night, everything we would consume would come from the lake and the fish would be cleaned and cooked by the same hands that caught them, and there is no meal more satisfying than that.
