Dublin angler Ronan O’Connor grassed the fish on the Cork Blackwater at Careysville. The springer was caught on a Flying ‘C’ and weighed in at 7lbs. And the long wait has led Shane Gallagher, owner of the world famous River Drowes Fishery in Co Leitrim/Donegal, to lament: “A number of fresh fish have been hooked and lost but the reality of early Spring fishing is that more people have played golf on the moon than have caught a fresh salmon in Ireland this season…
Belfast Telegraph, 04/02/16. Read the full article ‘Warning of serious decline as first salmon is finally landed‘.
