Former fisheries’ officer Jerry Looney (80) takes first wild Atlantic salmon of the year at Killarney Lakes – Irish Times

JERRY LOONEY from Killarney has taken Ireland’s first wild Atlantic salmon of 2015. Now aged 80, former fisheries’ officer Jerry caught his 10lb fish at the Long Range stretch, a channel leading from the Lower to Upper Killarney Lakes.

Spinning a Blue Toby, the Woodlawn man hooked up to his prize on a second cast at 8.35am, just 35 minutes into opening day in Kerry. The fish was tagged and verified by a fisheries officer.

Jerry also has the distinction of catching the first salmon in the Kerry region in 2009….

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