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Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

Poor fishing year

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26 Aug 2012 21:27 #1 by dubdero (derek kearns)
This year the shore fishing has been brutal around court town area have spent days and nights fishing and so has friends odd dog fish around once every four to five hours and odd smooth hound which weren't caught from me.same spot for the last two years years has been terrible used to be plagued by dabs and doggies all day and night.just this weekend brother in law spent over twelve hours fishing and noting not even at night .anyone no what's gone wrong.?cheers Derek

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24 Nov 2012 17:54 #2 by blakecrowley (blake)
i had that same problem myself.the bass season was very poor i go to kilmichael every year for the bass and i was down 4 weekends in a row fishing for them and i only got 1 schooly bass it was tiny so put it back but the bass fishing is usually great there..i went to the harbour in arklow 1 of the nights cuz i needed to get atleast something i fished from about 9 pm to 2 am and got loads of small flats,a few dogs and a fresh water eel..wasnt as fun as bass but it was something..if u have any good cod spots for the winter let me know.oh and the mackerel fishing was very poor too.

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22 Jan 2013 00:07 #3 by dubdero (derek kearns)
Try to get out soon done a couple of fresh water outings pike carp I'd rather sea fishing myself but am outnumbered mates love piking winter.cant see court town being a prolific cod area with the sandy bottom had a good session last year off Wicklow pier loads of whiting size ok and rocking non stop.

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22 Jan 2013 18:58 #4 by Debrick (Ciaran barrett)
Hi guys ,
Most likely reason for this is algae bloom which in turn depletes the water
of oxigen , I used to fish tarbert pier regular , I once caught a 12 lb torn back ray , plenty
dog fish , pollock , loads of conger eel , plenty of great fishing , then it just all stopped , i often
when down for 6 hours not even a nibble , not gud
Debrick

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