Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane…
21/3/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in the Salmon department, be it fly or lure. So on that note we head for the Brown Trout department. It’s good to hear the Duckfly are in full flight so local gillie Sion Braine reports that he caught a few nice Brown trout today. Wind SW, fresh and overcast all day. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.7mm. Amount of sunshine was 8.4.
22/3/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments this day. Just for the record there were 3 boats out manipulating their skills. Wind light to fresh, followed by reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 2.3mm, amount of sunshine 0.0.
23/3/2024 www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there were 4 boats out and sadly their fly and trolling lines were all slack. So on that note we head for the weather department and for starters Kerry is on a yellow rain warning from Sunday, so click, www.met.ie/weather-forecast/waterville-kerry www.met.ie/warnings-tomorrow.html Now back to today’s weather, wind NW veered NNW light to fresh followed by showers. Yesterday’s weather amount rainfall 1.0mm, amount of sunshine 7.9.
24/3/2024 Just two boats out this day so straight to Currane’s quote of the day and that comes from www.fishingwithdom.com and I quote, “two blanks if you get my drift”. Wind SSE veered SW light to fresh and variable, followed by rain throughout the day. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 3.7mm. amount of sunshine 5.0.
25/3/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments this day. Just for the record there were 5 boats out and all had slack lines. Wind NW light, followed by heavy showers at times. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 24.4mm, amount of sunshine 0.0, total amount of rain so far 107.8mm.
26/3/2024 www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there were 12 boats out manipulating their skills this day and by all accounts all their lines were slack. Wind NE light and variable. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 18.8mm. maximum air temperature 9.8c. Sunshine 1.4.
Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
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Sea Trout – Catch and release only
Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.
The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-
- the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
- the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
- the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay
FLEKSI
A new online survey has been developed by IFI for the Currane catchment to gather anglers’ knowledge – the survey method called FLEKSI was developed by IFI to help give an insight into the status of the fishery. Currane Anglers are needed for Citizen Science survey to examine fish stocks
Go fishing…
Find out more about Lough Currane…
The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see:
Guides and boat hire
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Salmon and Sea-Trout fishing Guide
