I see pike have been recently found in loughs what were thought to hold only trout and salmon,from talking to some guys down there it seems they were introduced recently by idiots.http://www.galwaynews.ie/9216-illega...d-salmon-lakes

That report is a load of balls, Old fashioned typical attitude of the fisheries board in Ireland, Pike migrate and move around like all fish do, if they are in Corrib then they can reach other areas

Still, I suppose it gives the fisheries board an reason why the fishing is so bad, oh, Pike are around, that has killed the fishing

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They can migrate up weirs and falls to reach these loughs,they have electrified some areas of the lough and its all juvenile pike showing,i would of thought from this that the pike are not there long and how is it that they have only began to show in recent times?

I agree , and whats the betting that they say they will have to start a large scale culling program .

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Juvenile pike showing in large numbers often shows the effect that removing the larger pike has had .

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The culling has started already Danny,i seen the a clip of it on the news,the locals seem pretty peeved off down there over there alleged introduction.You know what i think of the fisheries on Sheelin,quick to cull pike,but dont seem to perplexed about bad water quality.

If all juvenile, ie breeding, then maybe conditions are changing. Stocking wouldn't succeed anyway if conditions weren't right for a breeding population to establish. I find it hard to believe anyone would deliberately stock small pike, it makes no sense. Pike do just have a habit of appearing, if conditions are right - in fact very rarely are they actually deliberately stocked anywhere. Like others have said, a very convenient scapegoat

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All seems a little odd though , why would someone want to put pike somewhere when they are already in 99.9% of places . Is hard to know what to say or think really without having anymore details .

The cull on Sheelin is going well , friends and myself have fished for pike and each year the numbers of big fish has gone down BUT more and more small fish , This year we had NO fish over 20 lb ( the only year that has happened ) but had the same sort of total weight made up from loads of small fish .

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In the Western Boards defence, they are electrofishing and removing all pike from areas that have been identified as spawning areas for trout and salmon. While i agree that Culling as it once was....ie....gill netting and removing large pike and in turn alowing an explosion of juvenilles to inhabit the territory of the larger pike that were removed. I would welcome the removal and stocking of these fish into more suitable areas/pike loughs.

Lough Corrib is the jewel in the crown of Irish Trout Loughs and everything should be done to secure its future including the removal of predatory fish from the nursery areas of salmonids.

Barry Fox

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Well said Barry,Pike are common throughout the length and breath of the island,salmon in my opinion are a precious resource that is under constant threat from many factors,and as you stated everything should be done in protecting them including the removal of pike from salmon breeding grounds to other waters more suitable.

I agree as long as it is ONLY done in the spawning areas and the pike are not killed and are relocated safely . This doesn't happen all the time and gill netting still goes on ................................

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