Lets take a look back at some of the superb fish caught in 2013…

January

What better way to start the year but with two angler who caught the first salmon of the year on the river Drowes

Colin Gardiner and Timothy Dalton with the first salmon of the season
Colin Gardiner and Timothy Dalton with the first salmon of the season

 

February

Jacek Gorney stunned us all in February with a magnificent ferox of 93cm, that weighed 21lbs from Lough Corrib.

Jacek Gorny with his cracking 21lbs trout.
Jacek Gorny with his cracking 21lbs trout.

March

Dublin man Brian O’Donnell flexed his muscles with this super 31 lb. pike at Shercock.

Brian O'Donnell holding a super 31 lb. pike
Brian O’Donnell holding a super 31 lb. pike

April

IFI’s Myles Kelly gets in on the act with a 7lb 5oz mullet caught in one of Cork Harbour’s tidal creeks.

Myles Kelly with a super Cork mullet
Myles Kelly with a super Cork mullet

May

13 year old Josh Higginson caught his first specimen 1.35 kg Twaite Shad at St. Mullins in Co. Carlow.

Josh Higginson who caught his first specimen 1.35 kg Twaite Shad in May
Josh Higginson who caught his first specimen 1.35 kg Twaite Shad in May

June

Andrew Wolsey tipped the scales with a brace of ten pounders taken in consecutive casts in Cork.

Andrew Wolsey with one of his 10lb bream
Andrew Wolsey with one of his 10lb bream

July

Two of our youngest fishermen Jack and Tyler Darby help their Dad with a huge pike in the Midlands.

The Darby Boys, Jack and Tyler, for helping their father land this fly caught pike
The Darby Boys, Jack and Tyler, for helping their father land this fly caught pike

August

Mike Dennehy the skipper of the Silver Dawn had some superb albacore tuna fishing off Kinsale.Β  One weighing a specimen 22kg.

A 22kg specimen albacore tuna
A 22kg specimen albacore tuna

September

September saw Tony Grehan from Dublin catch and hug a 9lb – 10lb Sheelin trout.

Tony Grehan with his fine Sheelin Trout.
Tony Grehan with his fine Sheelin Trout.

October

The Lough in Cork city was the place of dreams come through for 8-year old fishing fanatic Daniel Heaney when he caught a lovely 14lb 4oz Common carp.

Daniel Heaney is very proud of his 14lb 4oz Common carp
Daniel Heaney is very proud of his 14lb 4oz Common carp

November

Although we’re not even half way through November we have a beautiful German lady called Christin Breuker with an equally impressive 97cm pike caught in Co. Mayo.

Christin Breuker from Germany with fine pike caught on the fly
Christin Breuker from Germany with fine pike caught on the fly

 

Β December

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