Tadgh and first blue shark of 2022

Silver Dawn gets first blue of 22 – that’s three years in a row

Charter fishing boat Silver Dawn has caught the first reported blue shark of 2022. This is the third year in a row this boat...

Irish Angling Update 10 June 2022

While writing these lines, the remnants of former Tropical Storm “Alex” are battering Ireland’s Northwest Coast bringing strong gales and some heavy showers to...

Irish Angling Update 03 June 2022

It was another bright, dry week, which with cooler temperatures and a wind that was always up at the wrong times, meant fishing was...

Irish Angling Update – 27 May 2022

While it might not have felt like it, the last seven days were milder than average, especially over the eastern half of the country....

Irish Angling Update 20 May 2022

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails  (William Arthur Ward). We have to confess to...
Shad - clean tag

Anglers – Please Look Out For Tagged Shad

 Inland Fisheries Ireland led research on Twaite Shad in Irish Rivers has been ongoing for several years, particularly in the Rivers Barrow and Suir....

Permits for Ballyvary and Cloongee fisheries available online now

Inland Fisheries Ireland's online permit shop is well stocked for the current season, especially now as it has just added permits for the Ballyvary...

Irish Angling Update – 6th May 2022

The country seemed to press the reset button as we passed from April into May, with the cool easterly winds that had been nagging...

Things starting to buzz on Sheelin, as April angst paves the way for May...

Lough Sheelin Angling Report April 25th – May 1st 2022 'The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns. The pessimist stares at the thorns,...
Lough Currane

Irish Angling Update 29 April 2022

It's been a very dry week across the country, with high pressure to the north and lows to the south pulling in dry easterly...