Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports – w/e 17th August 2014.
Templehouse Lake, famous for its quality bream and one of the few places in Ireland where anglers can catch over one hundred pounds of bream, was the venue for this year’s IFI Open. The competition, which is in its third year, was organised by Ballymote & District Angling Club in conjunction with the Irish Angling Development Alliance (www.irishangling.ie).
Seventeen match anglers from around the country fished the event on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August. Weather conditions at the weekend did not make life easy for the anglers. Particularly, conditions on Saturday weren’t favourable but all anglers stuck it out in the hope of catching that winning bag of bream.
However, a phenomenal 170 lbs. of bream won the competition for Galway angler, Ronan Ryan, who created another match record. Local angler, Keith Coleman, finished as runner-up and Michael Fitzpatrick from Boyle came third.
Roderick Perceval, proprietor of Temple House (www.templehouse.ie) presented the prizes to the winning anglers in Haydon’s Bar, Ballymote, where light refreshments were served afterwards.
Ballymote & District Angling Club would like to thank Roderick Perceval for his continued support in running this festival. Special thanks also to Inland Fisheries Ireland, Toomans Tackle Carrick on Shannon & Terry Mann of Shannon Tackle Jamestown for sponsoring the event.
It is envisaged to run this completion over three consecutive days in 2015. To find out more about coarse and pike fishing in the Ballymote/Templehouse area please visit www.ballymoteangling.com or contact Keith Coleman on +353 (0)86 8612225.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
