Denis Goulding reports from the Midlands where Lough Owel hosted the Leinster Corcoran Cup
The Leinster Corcoran Cup was held Sunday the 13th of April, very cold conditions and every season in one day. Twenty out of 58 anglers caught fish, with some very big fish landed.
Lough Owel has only starred to wake up post the very short duckfly hatch. Bigger Buzzers have starred to make an appearance, with nice olive hatches present depending on conditions.
Congratulations to Patrick Ward, winning not only the Heaviest bag with 5 fish for over 18lb, but also catching the heaviest fish of 9.01lb. Phily Berns was second and Hubert Smith third. Congratulations to the top three and all that took part.
Many thanks to Lough Owel Trout Preservation Association, Stanley McKeon, Brendan Murray and Martin McGorian for hosting and running the competition.
Congratulations to all the Leinster qualifiers on Sunday.
Pre qualifiers are Colin Cahill from the Interprovincial 2024 and Gary Coakley, James Fegan from the National 2024. So Fran Nugent and Kieran Evans qualify for the Leinster Interprovincial Team also. Congratulations to Donal Monahan on being appointed Captain. Best of luck to the Donal and his team in Killarney.
On Lough Lene and Lough Sheelin buzzers and olives have started to make an appearance.
The next two weeks most of the midland lakes will have woken up and the trout will hopefully come to the surface.
Go fishing…
