Vincent Appleby is back again this week with the welcome news of Lough Currane’s first salmon of the season…
On 7/2/2025, there was bright sunshine throughout the day with one boat on the water, yielding only a few catch-and-release kelts. The wind was initially gentle to moderate from the east, later shifting to east-southeast, followed by clear skies. The weather from the previous day included no rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 10.7°C, and 8 hours of sunshine.
08/02/2025 Fishing activity on Currane was minimal across all areas. It is presumed that efforts in trolling and fly fishing were largely unproductive. The wind direction shifted from east to southeast before returning to east later in the afternoon. This was accompanied by reasonable cloud cover, with occasional sunlight breaking through. Yesterday’s weather recorded no rainfall, a maximum temperature of 7.8°C, and 7 hours and 3 minutes of sunshine.
9/2/2025 The Currane anglers reported no activity, with all reels quiet and lines slack according to my communication via WhatsApple. The wind was from the northeast, varying from gentle to fresh. Weather data for the previous day indicated no rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 7.5°C, and a total sunshine duration of 2 hours and 2 minutes.
10/2/2025 Two Currane boats caught some Kelts and an occasional brown Trout. The wind was moderate to fresh, coming from the Northeast and veered East, with reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday saw no rainfall, a maximum temperature of 7.6°C, and 1 hour and 2 minutes of sunshine.
11/2/2025 The Currane anglers experienced no activity in trolling or fly fishing. It was extremely cold on Lough Currane, with moderate to fresh east to southeast winds and gusts up to 52 km/h. Yesterday’s weather: no rainfall, maximum temperature 7.6°C, and 3 hours of sunshine.
12/2/2025 The Lough Currane anglers experienced a quiet day. However, the weather conditions were notably harsh due to strong southeast gusts reaching up to 50 km/h, with an average wind speed of 33 km/h. The day was characterized by good cloud cover and occasional light showers. The previous day’s weather included a total rainfall of 3.9 mm.
Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
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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
For more information on the daily conditions, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening on Currane.
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