the river bann

[Thomas]

dont no if thers any 1 frm n.irland 0n the forum. but i bought my river bann permit last week. havnt fished it in 3 years. anyway i went down to portglnone on easter sunday and done some feedr fishing. didnt have much luck tbh. caught a few skimmrs and a few small brown trout. any1 any tips on how to fish this strtch . cheers

[jack pike 123]

I have just started fishing and i went to the river bann in portglenone a few weeks ago. I used a swim feeder with maggots and sweet corn on the hook feeding out standard ground bait. I only cast a short distance out and i caught a few decent roach and and a nice perch. If u try this u it should work :)

Jack Pike 123

[silverfisher]

would give the lower bann a miss at the moment lads as the fishing is a bit dire on it u should try the blackwater at the back of the argorory as it is fishing well u should also check out fishingposts.com as the lower bann angling club use it and they will keep you upto date with how the lower bann is fishing

[PikeHunter]

I've never had a good session on the bann.

Originally Posted by silverfisher

u should try the blackwater at the back of the argorory as it is fishing well

Been there a shit load of times this last month or 2, fishing very well for roach. Still havent managed a pike at it yet though!

[jack pike 123]

Is newferry fishing good at the minuite?

[silverfisher]

[quote=PikeHunter;228882]I've never had a good session on the bann.
depends which part of the bann ure talking about mate as ure from portadown i presume ure talking about the upper bann the lower bann flows from lough neagh at toome to coleraine and all the lower bann isnt fishing well including newferry and toome

[PikeHunter]

Yeah mate im on about upper bann in portadown town centre. Have only really fished it for pike with not much luck. Have u fished the blackwater at the argory much? We've pulled hundreds upon hundreds of roach out of it this last 2 months and its only goin to get better! Wish I could find a decent pike or bream though! We've had a few small trout from it as well

[silverfisher]

yea mate have to admit it is a cracking venue i am going down in the morning for a session had a couple of good sessions at it in the winter the best being 45lb of fish you should also give bonds bridge a try with the feeder up on the disabled part fishing towards the motorway bridge had 39 bream in a session there this time last year is quite deep maybe 5meters have only fished the upperbann at portadown once 2nd january last year there were 4 of us and not one of us had a bite couldnt believe how shallow it was we fished just behind haldane fischers builders yard have seen other anglers there pulling good nets out but just wasnt our day as for pike have you tried loughgall country park first time i took my daughter there she got a 6lber was half her size she was petrified

[bonkersdan]

I'm lookin for some good pike spots on the upper bann around portadown, anyone know of any?