This week i found myself on a absolute gem of lake just outside Pontoon in the heart of County Mayo. Lough Levally
Mayo would be more known for its top quality wild Salmon, Trout and Pike fishing rather than a mecca for silverfish, Levally in particular is a lake IFI use for restocking Pike from the likes of Cullen and Cong possibly because there is a massive abundance of Roach for them to feed on, who knows..
I’ve always heard rumours of large Roach shoals in the Moy system, the spawning Bream being seen travelling under the bridge at the hotel, but you never really take much heed until you experience it yourself, and there was always that joke going around that we should put a match up there some day, so we did.
6 of us went up to test it out in the hope that if it fished any way reasonable we could hold one of our winter league matches up there. As it is a completely new venue pegging it out was pretty random, we don’t no depths, snags or flyers so we found a spot near the middle of the shore line and paced out 20m between anglers,
The shore line and bottom of the lake is very solid so wading out isn’t a problem and to get a bit of depth on the pole you do have to wade. On the peg i drew there seems to be a definite drop off at 13m to maybe 3m with a count of 8 at 35turns and a count of 10 at 70 turns (Browning Black Magic Burner 640) Shane next to me had shallower on the pole line but found a 14 count at about 58 turns (Daiwa TDR 4012) and lads further down had 4-6 counts wherever they was casting and about 1m at 11m on the pole (which Martin caught in the day before).so we have a fairly uneven bottom in the middle of the lake.
It was like a summers day, no wind, bright sunshine and gin clear water so fishing was tough to start but once we got a small breeze the Roach started to feed on the far line and you couldn’t catch them quick enough, hanging themselves would be a better term and better suited.
I’m not going into the schematics of the match this time as this isn’t a match report and wouldn’t want to bore your, we have our next winter league on there Sunday 19th October with 16 anglers booked in so will go into more detail the next time.
One thing i will mention is this was my first day out using my newly purchased Black Viper MK12 i’m really impressed so far, plenty of power for reaching your desired distance, as well as being soft enough for cranking in fish and fishing close in and still light to handle. more to follow once its been abused for a bit longer.
You have to see this venue for yourself to really appreciate it, 1.5km of perfect shoreline, parking all the way along with very little walking, (if any) great scenery and stuffed with Roach averaging 7 to the kilo, with a added bonus Healy’s Restaurant and Pub very close by and another just around the corner….some might say a perfect location for a 2-3 day competition.
Watch this space…… lol
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