Vincent Appleby is back again this week reporting from Lough Currane…
February 27, 2025. The Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments on this bright sunny day. The wind direction was North-Northeast veering to North, and then North-Northwest, with light to gentle intensity. Yesterday’s weather recorded a rainfall amount of 4.1 mm, a maximum air temperature of 9.2°C, and 5 hours and 5 minutes of sunshine.
February 28, 2025, Two Currane boats were actively fishing; however, it appears their reels remained silent. The wind was from the south before veering to south-southwest, accompanied by moderate cloud cover at times. Yesterday’s weather included 1.6mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 10.3°C, 6 hours and 6 minutes of sunshine, and no wind gusts.
March 1, 2025. Five boats ventured out, but unfortunately, their reels remained silent. As one Currane angler remarked to me, “The Currane anglers were all quiet on the Southwest front. The wind was gentle and variable from south-southwest, southwest, south-southwest, west, northwest, and southwest, followed by showers and substantial cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather included 0.2mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 10.8°C, and 4 hours and 5 minutes of sunshine. The total rainfall for February was 192.1mm
March 2, 2025. One Currane angler summed up March 2nd’s catches: “Five blanks.” This reflects the efforts of Currane anglers today. Wind moderate Southwest, veering WSW to SW with good cloud cover. Yesterday: rainfall 3.2mm, maximum temperature 10.4°C, sunshine 0.4 minutes, no wind gusts.
March 3, 2025. The Currane angler’s report indicates that five boats were out on the water, but there were no signs of fish activity. Wind conditions were gentle to moderate from the SSW, shifting to SW late in the afternoon. Weather conditions for the previous day included a trace amount of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 10.4°C, and 0.1 minutes of sunshine.
March 4, 2025. An angler at Currane reported that four boats went out, but none caught any salmon, dubbing it a ‘Blankety Blank’ day. The wind was moderate to fresh from the SW, veering SSW with gusts up to 40 km/h. The previous day’s weather saw no rainfall, a maximum temperature of 11.4°C, and 4 hours and 4 minutes of sunshine.
March 5, 2025. There was only one boat operating, the Lonesome Boatman and his client. Unfortunately, their fly lines and trolling lines remained slack throughout the day. The wind was from the South-Southwest, with good cloud cover and gusts reaching up to 52 km/h. The weather report for the previous day indicated no rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 11.4°C, and 0.6 minutes of sunshine.
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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