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This is a renowned match
and festival match length on the north-western shores of
Lough Oughter. From Killeshandra follow the signs
towards Lough Oughter, then, passing Tullyguide Lake on
the right (note the roadside plaque commemorating Mr
Henry Norton's third place from Tullyguide in the 2002
All-Ireland), follow the signs for Eonish Lodge.
Continue past the lodge for about 200 yards. Fishery
begins beyond the gate which you should close after you
enter and leave. Parking and access to pegs is easy.
Eonish is a venue that
really repays a few minutes casting around your peg with
a feeder rod and bomb. The depths vary considerably
along the bank and out into the centre of the lake.
Invariably there is enough depth at 10 metres on all
pegs to consider pole or waggler tactics, but most
matches are won here with big weights of bream on the
feeder at between 30 and 45 yards. Zebra mussels are
increasingly prevalent and water clarity is increasing -
dark groundbait is recommended.
If the bream don't show
then roach and perch are the quarry with hybrids
sometimes coming to the net in quantities. Like every
venue on vast Lough Oughter, heavy feeding usually pays
off and the bream often don't appear until 2 or 3 hours
after the feed has gone in. Club matches have been won
here with 5 - 10 kg of roach and bonus bream, but
festivals usually throw up winning weights of 25 - 40 kg
of bream at Eonish.
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