Ian Powell reports from Blackwater Lodge on the Munster Blackwater where the fourth Springer for March was caught yesterday morning…
Dan O’Keeffe from Mallow landed an absolute beauty of 8lb. on spinner on Lower Kilmurry at the Island Stream yesterday morning – which shows the level is dropping as it would have been unfishable a couple of days ago.
Rain fell in the upper catchment on Sunday but there was none at all down river. The upper river at Millstreet rose yet again late Sunday night by 25cm but it was already back 15cm by 07.00 on Monday morning. The level of the lower river crept back up again during Monday morning peaking @ 1.36m at 13.00 today. It was falling again by 15.00 and the clarity is ~4 feet – perfect conditions for spinning. The very very Good News!
The weather forecast is for dry mild weather right the way through into next week, so the river should continue to fall steadily. The picture above was below the Lodge at 13.00 yesterday on a glorious sunny day!
Prospects are looking very good indeed in the run up to the Bank Holiday weekend.
There is no problem for availability in the coming days.
Ian Powell
Blackwater Lodge
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Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: 00 353 58 60235 From UK: 0871 474 0135 (10p/min any time!)
Mobile: 00 353 87 235 21 20
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net
For more information about salmon fishing on the Munster Blackwater please see the following page with a list of all the fisheries
