Declan Gibbons reports some good late season fishing again on Corrib. On Sunday last Ennis and District Anglers hosted a competition out of Greenfields. Ten anglers weighed in 8 trout (working off a 14 inch limit); John Connors took first place with a bag of 3 trout for 7.5lbs – John also had the heaviest fish weighing 3.5lbs. On Saturday and Sunday last Frank Reilly and Pat Winning landed 7 trout over 13 inches on a mixture of wet sedges and dry olives, and plenty more smaller fish – all fish sportingly released. Staying in the area Larry McCarthy of Corrib View Lodge (087-9135222) reports mixed fishing for the week gone by as a result of heavy rain which raised the lake level considerably. Fishing on Tuesday and Wednesday produced good sport in the Ballynalty area with 5 trout up to 3lbs, all on dry olive patterns. Two visiting anglers from the UK – Loyd Vincent and Ian McKensey – fished over three days from Friday to Sunday and caught 3 trout up to 2.5lbs on day one on dry olives, on day two struggled but on day three had excellent sport on wet flies landing 6 trout to the boat, best fish 1.75lbs. Phillip Comber of The Old Stone Barn (086-2786301) in Golden Bay reports that regular visiting angler Stephen Norton from Monaghan landed 2 trout on Saturday last with both fish around the 1.5lbs mark taken on wet flies.
At this time of year we would encourage anglers to practise catch-and-release with fish soon about to run rivers for spawning.
