Vincent Appleby reports on another blank week in South Kerry:
11/2/2026. Just one Currane boat out, and his report was fast and simple, no good. Now for Currane’s words of wisdom, as from tomorrow, the Currane anglers have got a great chance of catching the first Salmon in the 2026 season, so get out there. Personally, my Dad RIP and I always said the 17th of February, but I’m biased. Now for the Currane weather chart, wind SW fresh and overcast. Yesterday’s weather: amount of rainfall 9.3 mm, maximum air temperature 12.3°C, amount of sunshine none. Now, back to the Butler Arms Hotel, the year was 1968, in the hotel bar, as you can see by the picture, can you tell me who this lady is?
12/2/2026. Currane angler reports that it was very quiet out there and to make things worse, no fish, so much for your Currane’s words of wisdom, and to make this worse, it was rough out there, so on that note here is the Currane forecast, wind NW strong breeze winds speed 40 km/h, 43 km/h followed by showers and reasonable sunshine at times. Yesterday’s weather: amount of rainfall 7.1mm, maximum air temperature 10.8mm, amount of sunshine 5 minutes.
13/2/2026. I start with the sad news that renowned bartender Ann Marie O” Shea RIP sadly passed away yesterday. As we all know, Ann Marie worked at the Butler Arms Hotel’s Fishermen’s Bar for fifty years. Ann Marie had held court behind the bar. She’d listened to countless tales of the one that got away, celebrated triumphant catches, and offered a sympathetic ear to anglers. I can say Ann Marie will certainly be missed by all her customers, and especially by us anglers. I can just see her working in the Heavenly St. Peter’s Fisherman’s Bar giving out dinks to her father Jack, her mother Kathleen and her brothers Patrick, James, Francis and Timothy. So, on behalf of the Currane anglers, all the good people of Waterville and all the good people of Kerry, our Sincere Sympathies to all the O’Shea family.
14/2/2026. The Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments today, so we head for the Currane anglers’ weather chart. Wind SE fresh to strong and overcast followed by showers and very cold & felt like O°C. Yesterday’s weather amount of rainfall 1.3mm, maximum air temperature 7.3°C, amount of sunshine 4 hours and 4 minutes.
15/2/2026, The Currane anglers have a new National Anthem, and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know the words, and yes, you have it, “why are we waiting”? Need I say more? All I can say is I started the art of fishing in 1966 and fished with the Finest Currane angler Mr. Jack O’Sullivan for 15 years and I can tell you this- get out there, you will catch my Noble Salmon, but to be fair to the Currane anglers it was fairly rough out there today as you will see by the Currane weather chart, wind West fresh to strong and followed by showers and reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather: amount of rainfall was 19.4mm, maximum air temperature 10.8°C, amount of sunshine none.
16/2/2026. It was a rough day out on the lake, with an average wind speed of 47 km/h, followed by strong gusts up to 59km/h, followed by heavy showers throughout the day. Just for the record, there was only one boat out, and he texted no good. Yesterday’s weather: amount of rainfall 5.6mm, maximum air temperature 11.1°C, amount of sunshine 4 hours 5 minutes.
17/2/2026. Just two boats out trying to catch that wild Atlantic Salmon, but to no avail, saying that it would be nice to see a few more boats out there. We head for the Currane weather chart, wind moderate to strong SE followed by showers throughout the day. Yesterday’s weather: the amount of rainfall was 9.8mm, the maximum air temperature was 9.8°C, and the amount of sunshine was 1 hour and 3 minutes.
