Vincent Appleby is back again this week reporting from Lough Currane…
6th March 2025. There was only one boat reported, and all departments remained quiet. The wind varied from fresh to strong, shifting from the South to SSW, SW, SSW, SW, and WSW. Yesterday’s weather included a trace amount of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 11.5°C, and no sunshine.
7 March 2025. Two boats attempted to capture a wild Atlantic Salmon but were unsuccessful. The weather conditions included a moderate to fresh East-Southeast wind that shifted to Southeast, South-Southeast, and Southeast, with gusts reaching up to 48 km/h. The previous day’s weather data indicated a rainfall amount of 9.2 mm, a maximum air temperature of 12.0°C, and minimal sunshine duration of 0.1 minute.
March 8, 2025. There were no reports from Currane anglers in any areas. The weather today included variable winds, with a fresh ESE wind that veered SE and ESE, gusting up to 62 km/h and averaging 55 km/h until 2 pm, then decreasing around 4 pm. Yesterday’s weather included 1.0 mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 14.3°C, and 3 hours and 4 minutes of sunshine.
March 9, 2025. There were 6 Currane boats out but no catches were reported. The weather was gentle to moderate with winds from the East veering to the NE. Yesterday’s weather included 2.6mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 14.5°C, and 3 hours and 4 minutes of sunshine.
March 10, 2025. Only two Currane boats were out and it was reported that they had no significant catches. The wind was variable from ENE, veering to E and then back to ENE, with overcast conditions throughout the day. The weather report for the previous day indicated no rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 16.9°C, and six hours of sunshine.
March 11, 2025. Currane angler noted five boats were out with no success. Today’s weather: moderate ENE wind shifting to NE, with occasional clouds. Yesterday’s weather: no rainfall, max temperature 14.1°C, sunshine duration 3 hours 7 minutes.
March 12, 2025. It was reported that seven boats were out on Currane, but there were no notable catches. The weather conditions included moderate variable winds from NNE veering to NE, followed by periods of good cloud cover. On the previous day, there was no rainfall recorded, with a maximum air temperature of 11.0°C and 9 hours and 2 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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