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Wrasse up to 3.5lb weight off Donegal coast

May 24th, 2013

Steven Anderson with pollack from Donegal bay

Sean Carty of Carty’s Land and Sea Sports in Bundoran, Co. Donegal updates us on the fishing in the north of the country: On the sea this week we dont have many reports in other than all the charter boats having good Mackeral , Pollock and Coalies . A few local boat anglers fishing off [...]

Continue reading... Wrasse up to 3.5lb weight off Donegal coast


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Fishing slow on the River Duff but 14.5lb fish outsmarted by Jullian

May 24th, 2013

Jullian Ciconte with his 14.5lb fish from the Duff

Sean Carty of Carty’s Land and Sea Sports in Bundoran, Co. Donegal updates us: Fishing on the Duff this week was fairly slow but there was a few fish caught . Its still very early in the Duffs season and there have been a few fish caught including two fish over 14lb weight . We [...]

Continue reading... Fishing slow on the River Duff but 14.5lb fish outsmarted by Jullian


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Wexford captures the hearts of the German anglers

May 24th, 2013

Probassfisher - Fisch and Fliege

Jim Hendrick is pleased to report: Once again the wonderful coastline of Co.Wexford, my own services and the recreational bass fishing opportunities in Ireland feature in international press this month. Fisch & Fliege #34 carry a 5 page editorial featuring a two page spread that’s bound to capture the imagination of many anglers particularly those [...]

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This post is in: Sea angling reports, Wexford

Plenty of fish running on the Munster Blackwater

May 24th, 2013

Fort William - May 24th 2013

Paul Whelan fishery manager at Fort William reports: 24/05/2013: The month of May is certainly after being a difficult one with high water levels.  Some very good reports of fish being taken upstream so there seems to be plenty of fish running the system. Yesterday John Brock from the U.K. landed a nice fish of [...]

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A cracking 15lb 11oz sea liced salmon for Paul Wymes at Delphi

May 24th, 2013

Paul Wymes with 15lb 11oz salmon

Week 20 turned out to be the best week of the season so far with 33 fish landed. It was indeed a great week finished in style with Paul Wymes landing a sea liced fish of 15lbs 11ozs off Finlough. This was nearly matched by Ciaran Boland’s 14lb fish off the Meadow pool. There were [...]

Continue reading... A cracking 15lb 11oz sea liced salmon for Paul Wymes at Delphi


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Good salmon fishing reported from many salmon fisheries in the Cork Kerry region.

May 24th, 2013

Martin Hurley 8 lb. salmon at Johnston's on the River Laune

EILEEN CARROLL MURPHY from Inland Fisheries Ireland office Macroom reports on salmon fishing on many fisheries in the Cork Kerry region. FOR WEEK ENDED SUNDAY 19TH OF MAY 2013 KILLARNEY LAKES AND LOUGH LEANE 4 salmon landed for the week on the Lower Lake, two weighing 6 lb.  each, one weighing 5 lb. and one [...]

Continue reading... Good salmon fishing reported from many salmon fisheries in the Cork Kerry region.


This post is in: Cork/Kerry, River Bandon, River Laune, River Lee, Salmon fishing reports

Irish Angling Update – 23/05/13

May 23rd, 2013

Fishing on the River Suir

The promise of fine, warm settled weather saw a lot of anglers try their luck on fisheries all across the country from mountain loughs to wrecks at sea. The weather was generally cooler and windier and in some cases wetter than advertised and though success in some places was patchy the angling at other venues [...]

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This post is in: Weekly update

Lisin bags its first specimen smoothhound of 2013

May 23rd, 2013

This Specimen Smooth-Hound on LISIN, Wicklow went to Christopher Boylan.

Wicklow Boat Charter’s skipper Kit Dunne reports on an exceptional weekend of fishing including many Smooth-Hounds and one specimen fish at 9.3lb, while Thornback and Bull-Huss were also showing recently in small numbers. After a period of high winds and poor weather at last it broke. Two group charters last weekend saw the end of [...]

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This post is in: Catch of the Week, Sea angling reports, Wicklow

Great spring fishing on the Moy, almost 200 salmon recorded for the week

May 23rd, 2013

Daniel Irvine, 12lbs EMA on fly

Yet another excellent week of spring fishing on the Moy, with a total of 184 salmon reported. Grilse are also making an appearance in the catches, however, many of those reported remain in the double figures, with fish in excess of 19lbs reported for the week. The upper Moy Fisheries, in particular Cloongee and the [...]

Continue reading... Great spring fishing on the Moy, almost 200 salmon recorded for the week


This post is in: River Moy, Salmon fishing reports

Over 100 salmon reported for the week of Ballisodare

May 23rd, 2013

A great week was had at the Ballisodare Fishery, with more grilse starting to appear and conditions suitable for angling for most of the week. This resulted in a total catch of over 100 salmon for the week.   Following from the weekend’s heavy rains, the river dropped on Monday to produce 19 salmon, ranging [...]

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Lough Beltra update

May 23rd, 2013

Beltra continued to produce the goods for anglers over the past week, where anglers fishing the Glenisland Co-op side had good success. Early in the week Michael Dolan had a good fish of 11lbs off Clarke’s Point, this was followed the next day with one of 9lbs for Dave Patton, caught at the Quarry. The [...]

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Some good sport had on Conn and Cullin as Mayfly begin to appear in sheltered areas

May 23rd, 2013

Scattered hatches of Mayfly have been observed on Conn over the past weekend, particularly in the sheltered bays of the western shore. However, Olive patterns and Buzzers are still yielding good catches for anglers. Fishing out of Gerry Murphy’s, Massbrook, Dieter Muller, Germany spent a week fishing Lough Cullen, and averaged six trout per day, [...]

Continue reading... Some good sport had on Conn and Cullin as Mayfly begin to appear in sheltered areas


This post is in: Loughs Conn and Cullin, Trout fishing reports


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