Some good bream and hybrids also turned up

2000lb of roach and a few bream at Portumnas Curleys Festival

Portumna Coarse Angling Club held the Curleys Festival, Sponsored by Waterways Ireland, last week from 19th September to 23rd. Around 40 anglers competed, 32 of these from...
Ian Kelsey

Ian Kelsey wins Portumna 2 Day comp with 43lb 13oz

The  Portumna 2 dayer was fished at the weekend and some great weights were caught by the competing anglers. Overall results 1st Ian Kelsey 43lb 13oz 2nd...

Portumna Coarse Angling club get ready for 2 day event this weekend

Portumna Coarse Angling Club remind us of their 2 dayer on  23rd and 24th of July at the Salmon run and Sheebeen €50 pools.  The...
A typical net of Roger Island Roach

Good quality coarse angling for Banagher Angling Week

Banagher Angling Week 24th to 29th April 2016 Sunday 24th April saw numerous English and Irish anglers pegged along the banks of the Shannon for...
Some good looking River Shannon bream caught at Portumna

128lb wins Portumna Curleys Festival – more events planned

Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Curley's September Festival fished at Portumna recently. 1st Dave Brooks. 128lb 5oz 2nd Darren Sullivan. 95lb 4oz 3rd Nigel Beamson....

Trotting for roach around the Corrib

Cool temperatures keep the roach quiet as Gary Robinson of Kayak Fisherman Ireland goes trotting: With the wind still blowing hard I decided that the best...
17lb 6oz bag of coarse fish

Fishing at ‘Rogers’ stretch of the River Shannon at Portumna

Portumna Coarse Anglers held their first open on 'Rodgers' Stretch of the River Shannon today. After the heavy rainfall last night the river levels...

Glaway street fishing

Gary Robinson of Kayak Fisherman Ireland checks out the canals in Galway city.  With perch on his mind he makes his way down to...

Gary Robinson tackles the flu and the floods of January 2015

Despite ringing in the New Year with a bad dose of flu, kayak angler and blogger Gary Robinson of Kayak Fisherman Ireland took to...
bream

Huge improvement at Portumna as bream, roach and hybrid shoals move in

Mike Murray of Murray’s Angling Services  reports that there has been a huge improvement in coarse fishing around Portumna recently... Over the previous weeks fishing around Portumna...