Moy Catchment Angling Report
Week ending 18-05-2025
Michael Murphy reports on catches from the Moy…
Water levels at Ballylahan continued to drop steadily from 0.26 m on Sunday 11th down to 0.20 m by noon on Sunday 18th May. Weather wise the past week has been largely dry across Ireland with below average rainfall amounts recorded in all stations. Over the next seven days, rainfall amounts will be low to start, before conditions turn more unsettled from Friday 23rd and are forecast to trend above average particularly in the west. Prolonged periods of strong sunshine led to a gradual increase in water temperatures over the week, ultimately resulting in the suspension of angling on all Moy Fishery beats from midnight Sunday 18th May. For more information about the reopening of the Moy Fishery, please contact the Moy Fishery office at 096 21332 or the Ridge Pool Angling Centre at 096 22669. Angling pressure continues to remain low in the Moy catchment because of the current conditions, and this is again reflected in the catch returns for this week.
Byrnes Fishery
Roy reports of two salmon caught on the prawn weighing 9 lbs and 11 lbs respectively.
Gannon’s Fishery
Pat reports of one salmon caught weighing 8.5 lbs.
The Foxford Fishery
Granville reported five salmon caught on the prawn of which two were released, with the best weighing in at 13 lbs.
Foxford Salmon Anglers
Harry reports of nine salmon and one grilse caught using all methods with early mornings and late evenings showing the best returns.
Foxford Town
Reports were received of one salmon caught weighing 10.5 lbs.
Moy Estuary
Judd Ruane on board Pegasus reports of good fishing for the week particularly on the bar at the mouth of the estuary. Judd and his group had forty-three sea trout for the week with the best weighing in just under 5 lbs. Most of these were accounted for by visiting anglers Spencer Wolfe from London, Duncan Slimann from Cork, John Lawlor from Sligo and Ian Brennan from Dublin.
Malcolm on board The Tide Runner reports of fishing with one angler on Thursday 15th showing a good return of twelve sea trout with some measuring over 40 cm and the best just under 50 cm. Most were released back to the water. Malcolm also fished on Friday with one angler in tough conditions with northerly winds and blazing sunshine but still showed a return of eight fish. All fish were caught on sand eel.
