hi Vincent brillaint video I fished the river and had a slob trout close to 4 pound this might be the best video and one I was looking for this summer I'm gonna go out 2moro myself. id love a net and set up like yours I'm only getting into the salmon fishing myself properly at 30. the comment about the wife with the smell in the car not over the shrimp but over the fish had me in stitches id say your a right character haha.. as I said brillaint video
@@Vincentdonnelly5158 im gonna try replicate your set up and go out in the morning to get some of those shrimp with the eggs the river lee is getting lots of salmon but there hard to come by had one today 6 pound fresh i netted for someone on the weir thanks for the video it's brillaint checked out some of the other videos also there very good 👍👍
@@Vincentdonnelly5158 what side do ya think I'm best off on fountainstown side or the opposite side I followed the river from minane to the end by the house past that? when I go 2moro il let ya know how I get on. I can't wait now ha ha
I guess with a bit of seasoning those fresh water shrimps will make a nice first plate to accompany a second plate of fish.I am asking cause where I come from we only have salt water (mediterranean).Ours are already marinated by mother nature.Maybe in another video,some lemon and lettuce added will make a nice serving,maybe when the fish don't bite,better than staying hungry !! Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Sorry just seen your message now. No don't put anything into the water just water. Some people say put salt in that's a mistake if you put salt in the females eggs don't swell when you put them on the hook and cast them into the river. Some say use vinegar but don't just water. Best of luck.
Shane Wickham Hi Shane. Never did. If you know the estuary and you walk up to the top of it theres a big concreat wall the other side of the wall is full of seatrout. Ive always meant to do a night session with the fly there. Its in my bucket list. Thanks for the comment.
Hi Vincent. I was just surfing the internet and stumbled across a 'foldable 6 hole shrimp pot cage'. I thought of you catching shrimps. Stick it into google and you'll see them for about a tenner. I don't fish the shrimp so I'm not really sure if it will be of use but it looked quite good. It may be useless but it may not! Have a look anyway.
Boil them to long and they get hard in the middle you can't get the hook into them without breaking them, not long enough and the heads fall off. I find boiling for 90 seconds is perfect on my cooker. You will have to try different times to find out whats best on your cooker. I highly recommend buying a glass pot to cook them in its real easy to clean after. I put my shrimp into road salt. Cheapest way of preserving them not the best. Best way is to put them into jam jars with glissorin. Half water half glissorin mix is perfect and its half the price but just pure glissorin is best. When there in the glissorin you can add food dyes red purples are best into the jars and day after day the shrimp soak in the dye. The shrimp after being stored in glissorin for some time turn into elastic bands. Anglers will be amazed at your flexible friends. The net is actually a shrimp net a one off purchase i have the same net now for 27 years and had to go to a place that sell nets. Finally the frame has to have a bit of weight in it. It has to dig into the sand where the shrimps hide. No weight and the net just bounces along on top of the sand and you will get very few shrimp. A triangler trout net with the flat end pull along the sand works perfectly once the mesh isn't to big. You will get plenty with a trout net if your in a good spot. The estuary in fountainstown is brill but the main beech doesn't have one shrimp i know this from expierence. Not every beech has sand shrimps. Trail and error is what its all about.Try the trout net or get some body to wield you up a very strong trout net that you can lean on as you pull it and you don't need any thing else plus you can dodge the weed with the smaller new just getting the shrimp. I waste time sieving through the weed. Best of luck in your quest.
Plus you have to hit the beech at bottom of the tide for best results. Think of it as tide goes out so do the shrimp and at bottom of tide there at waters edge congregated waiting for you. You don't have long as the tide turns they disperse little buggers. 😦
+Vincent Donnelly cheers pal ill give it a go soon think ders a cast net i got from america out in shed . d mesh is small enough so d shrimp cant get out . i just dont understsnd the glicerine part ha
+pattaya partyboy (pattayapartyboy) when your shrimps are cooked you have to preserve them. Road salt is good. but glycerine is better you can buy it in the chemist it's a thick water like liquid put your shrimps in a jar then pour in glycerine it preserves the shrimps it's the best way to do the job and then you can add in food coloring red purple add into jar and leave and slowly the shrimps absorb the coloring.
+Vincent Donnelly ahhh yes i get u now . cheers vince im gona get at them nxtvweek for d craic . ull prob b out d weekend fishing no doubt tight lines pal
christopher kearney Cooking the sand shrimp. 90 seconds on the boil thats one minute and 30 seconds i find the perfect time on my cooker. If you catch your own shrimp my advice is to boil a dozen shrimp for 60 seconds then another dozen maybe 80 seconds then another dozen a 100 seconds, do tests on them when thier cooked putting them on a hook find whats the best time on your cooker to get them right. If thier cooked to long they get hard in the middle and the hook wont go into them. To short a time and the heads fall off. Do a few differnt ways and you will get it perfect in the end. Best of luck with cooking your shrimps. Final tip, cook your shrimp with no dye and put them into jars of glycerine. Then you can add food dye for cakes what ever color you want into the jars of glycerine (costs about 1.50 euros a jar) you will end up with beautiful shrimp with beautiful colors. Best of luck.
Well Vincent, where did you get the net for your trawl? Can't find much online and twould take me awhile to make a net with that small mesh.. I'd go mad! Cheers. Dan.
I drove to a place called Gweedore west cork and there was a wholesalers there can't remember what they were called they sold the shrimp net to me that was over 25 years ago and the nets still perfect. Its a shrimp net. I'd say if you Google buying a shrimp net there might be somewhere near where you live. Best of luck.
@@Vincentdonnelly5158 hi Vincent dave here any chance id be able to use your device over the weekend to try that spot where u got the shrimp so I can get an idea to make one lol, I've free time over the weekend and going on project prawn
The net has to be heavy because the shrimps are hiding in the sand and the net digs into the sand as you pull it along and the shrimps jump into the net. The bottom part of the net is angle iorn i got hole's drilled into it to tie the net onto it. I got a man to wield it together for me over 30 years ago. I bought the net in a place called Gweedore down by Union Hall. It was a net especially for shrimps. It wasn't very expensive and I only used about half the net can't remember what happened the rest of it. The net is still perfect after all those years.
Hi my man. I'd say the information your looking for is probably on the booklet that comes with your salmon licence. I do most of my fishing these days up in the mountains fly fishing. I'm happy up there catching a couple of trout. I've lost toutch with whats the trend these days. Sorry wasn't more helpful. You can always ring the swrfb they will have all the information your looking for. Best of luck.
When you put them into boiling water the water stops boiling. I watch very carefully until the first bubbles start to appear. This time is never the same the more shrimps you put in the longer it takes. The less shrimp the quicker. But once it starts to bubble a minute and a half 90 seconds. Out straight away no time to waste. Try some 90 seconds some 80 seconds 70 and so on. Put them into bags marked appropriately. Then use the shrimp. You will soon work out whats the perfect time for your cooker. Cooked too long the shrimp get hard in the middle you cant get the hook into them. To little the head falls off. Trail and error. And you will soon be the envy of all of your friends with the best shrimp fresh from the sea. But if your married your wife will give out to you over the smell in the car. Not from the shrlmp but from all the salmon you catch.
@@uelstewart3339 Hi. If you keep your shrimp in jam jars in glycerine 50% glycerine 50% water. They last for years. Dont dye them just leave them natural. Then when you need reds or purple theres little bottles of food dye for making cakes. Pour the bottle into the jam jar and in about 3 days you will have beautiful shrimps. But only dye them when you need them and not to many at once. When there dyed and if left in the jar after many months they change color and go a greenish color. Or you can buy cloths dye and dye them as you cook them and then put them into the jam jars. Best of luck.
Great Video by the way and getting yer own shrimp,preparing it.using it as bait has to be the way forward,some good tips on shrimp with roe :-) traditional bait that has been used for years hated by tru blu fly fishers who fish flys named after shrimps lol strange owld world is salmon fishing....i use sand eeels sometimes,once over people used golden sprats during spring but bait fishing is banned until june time,doo gooders spreading fake news hasnt helped matters..
Your a very wise man. The fishing is getting worse every year and its not the angler doing the damage. I remember mackerel in thier millions and thats just a couple of years ago. My favorite fish to eat. Now I'm eating them out of a tin from the very ship thats catching them all. A funny old world is right.
i know nothing about using shrimps and prawns are they really that deadly ? and is it true that if there is anybit of colour in the water they are useless .
Hi Timothy. Shrimps are deadly and prawns in differnt colors red purple natural orange pink etc. Usually you fish them in low conditions. Ive fished them in floods and caught fish. You can fish them with a float or with a long rod with just a small lead and jig them in front of resting fish. Depending on the river your fishing. They are deadly.
@@tonybennett4922 Haven't fished it for years. Problem is you throw a worm in and crabs eat the worm. Floa maggots I got a few doing that. Fly fish it they wont take a fly maybe a sandell looking fly might work. Maybe the pool is gone. I keep meaning to go down and have a look. I often thought of a float and rag worm might work or real sand ells even shrimp. Best laid plans and each year passes by. If I get down and have a look and its worth a try I will give you a buz.
Vincent Donnelly yes I’ve not fished it myself, although it’s 10 minutes from me . I’ve fished the mouth where it enters the sea at the point, had bass and seatrout there on lures . I fish mostly Rapalas now, no doubt they’ll work . I must get down for a looksy 👍👍
MoodyPa Hi i dont know exactly what dye your using there is so many types out there, But one of the easyiest ways to dye your shrimps is this. When you have cooked your shrimps or prawns naturally you put them into jamjars with gliserione. Pure gliserione if you can aford it or half gliserione and half water which is what i do. They can be stored like this for years. This is the magic when you want to dye them you buy food colouring dye its one or two euros a bottle most suppermarkets have this. It comes in beautiful colours theres differnt reds pick your favourite and pour the bottle into the jam jar after a couple of days the dye goes into the shrimps beautifuly plus when you use these shrimps there like elasticbands they can bend backwards. (word of advice if you decide to take a few out of the jar and put them into salt the red goes green after some time so dont do that) This is the best way of doing them and when you have a lot of shrimp in a jamjar you will be surprised how little gliserione it takes to fill the jar. Best of luck
That's absolutely best answer I could hope for cause I hav glycerin I got in Co op last year but wasn't sure how to use proper and I was having trouble wit my shrimp breaking very easy. Thanks for the fast and detailed reply.
The prawns are much harder than the sand shrimps but from May onwards the sand shrimp are a better bait than the prawns the peal go crazy for the sand shrimp often ignoring the prawn. The sand shrimp are at thier most vunerable when there just cooked just treat them like a woman gentle and you will be rewarded. Ha ha
@@corkman8594 Hi Corkman. I use a glass pot. Its easy to clean afterwards. I'd suggest going out and buy one don't use your WIFE'S or you will regret it. When the water is boiling with the dye in the water i put in two or three fists full of shrimp. The second the shrimps go in the water the water stops boiling. I watch the water very carefully and when the water starts to bubble again the very second it starts to bubble again i give them a minute and a half 90 seconds. Now every cooker is different and every pot is different. If your boiling the shrimps to long they get hard inside and you break them trying to put them on the hook. Not boiled enough and the heads fall off. So if i may suggest to you to do this. Only do one big handful at a time. When you throw them into the pot with the dye in the water and it starts to bubble give the first handful one minute. The second hand full after you've taking out the first lot give them a minute and 15 seconds the next lot a minute and a half next lot 1 minute and 45 seconds and next lot 2 minutes. Put them into sealer bags with the time on them. When your using them i have no doubt you will find your favourite time and you will know what works perfectly for your cooker. Then you can always do them to that time. One tip when you just put in one hand full of shrimps into the boiling water it will stop boiling but will start to bubble quickly naturally when you put in three or 4 fists of shrimps into the pot it will take longer for the water to start to bubble only do your timing from when the water starts to bubble. Finally when your taking them out of the hot water you want to get as much moisture out of the shrimps as possible while they are cooling this is achieved by putting them on dry newspaper. And moving them around on the paper gently they are easily damaged when they are wet and very hot. When they cooked and are put into salt they quickly harden up or put them into glycerine. Best of luck hope you catch lots of fish.
