The Bandon Angling Association reports that the river fished well again over the weekend.  Eric Fuller caught a fish weighing 13lb on Thursday evening up river.

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Fergal O’Regan with his hard won salmon- ‘ I played him for approx 10 mins, but it felt like an hour.’

Fergal O’Regan had a 7lb salmon on Saturday morning while fishing with Jason Nash who had caught and released a lovely 7lb fish on Friday.

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A 7lb salmon in the net for Jason Nash

 

Pat Mostyn fishing on Sunday caught and released a fine salmon weighing approximately 16lb.

Pat Mostyn caught and released a fine salmon estimated at 16lb
Pat Mostyn caught and released a fine salmon estimated at 16lb

 

Also fishing on Sunday was Eddie O’Flaherty who caught a 13lb fish up river. This was Eddie’s first ever salmon.

Report courtesy of the Bandon Angling Association

Go fishing…

The River Bandon is a most scenic and prolific game fishing river flowing through some of the most picturesque country side in West Cork. It’s source is a few miles north west of Dunmanway from where it flows through that town and and on through the villages of Ballineen, Enniskeane, Kilcoleman, Bandon and Innishannon where it become tidal and widens into an estuary before meeting the sea past Kinsale.

Day tickets are available – http://www.bandonangling.com/visitors.html

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