Irish Angling Update 30 January 2026

It's been another week of weather-related news, with Storm Chandra, named by the UK Met Office, visiting our southern and eastern counties this week....
Catch and Release

Big salmon feature in catches on Munster Blackwater

The late season has seen a huge improvement in catches on the Munster Blackwater... 19 September Fortwilliam Fishery: Tim Luddy landed and released safely a beautiful...
Salmon

First salmon of 2014 caught on the Drowes yesterday

The first salmon of 2014 was landed this yesterday afternoon (07 January) from the River Drowes Bridge Pool at Lennox’s Bridge by Ballyshannon angler...
Lough Derg pike

Big pike being met on Lough Derg

Damien Culliney of Anglers Paradise Ireland had some great fishing on Lough Derg at the weekend with his clients David Dunne and Chris Barry....

Specimen mullet for Angling Adventures West Cork

David Norman of Angling Adventures West Cork is back with a first report this season... After some tough blanks over the winter the mullet finally...

More salmon news from the Munster Blackwater

Jason Corcoran caught and released the the first springer of the year to be reported from the Ballyduff Bridge beats this year. Jason caught his...
The Winning Team - Damien Chambers, Ryan Chambers & Darragh O’Grady pictured with Minister Ring

19 blue shark for Tigger's anglers in 1 day

Evan McGovern was on to tell us about his latest fishing adventure... On Tuesday 3 July, 5 of us headed out of Clonakiltybay onboard Tigger skippered...
pike

Good pike fishing reported on Derg and lower Shannon

Emma Stanley tells us that pike fishing is continuing to remain popular in the area of late with a good number of boats still out...

An excellent week on the River Moy with over 1000 salmon recorded

The long awaited rains finally descended on the Moy catchment, providing much needed fresh water for the system. With the raised water level...
Fintan Brennan with his bag of silver…Winner of our ‘Catch of the Week’

A great day for Fintan Brennan as he takes top prize with the Daingean...

Julian Kendrick tells us that Daingean Match Anglers enjoyed a days fishing on the Barrow, after a slow start thing began to move: A great...