Spike Island, Cork Harbour. ©Fáilte Ireland/Tourism Ireland Credit Line: Courtesy Spike Island Management

Bass on fly and lure for small boat anglers in Cork...

Richie Ryan was fishing with client from Brazil on Saturday. Spying a flock of gulls working bait just outside the Harbour they were soon...

Ireland on the Fly: Patsy Peril – a Limerick netsman’s fight...

This week it’s a book club episode with Patsy Peril, who co-wrote (with Deirdre Nuttall) ‘Swimming Upstream: one man’s fight to save...

Big weights caught in first 2 days of Portumna Festival

The Portumna Festival is full swing at the moment and the fishing has been more that good with weights to 66lb reported already. Before...

Inniscarra hosts O’Callaghan’s Festival

This report from the Inniscarra Festival organisers: That’s a wrap! Congratulations to the ever-consistent Neil Richards, winner of the O'Callaghan's Feeder Festival 2025 with an...

Muckno out of sorts with roach busy elsewhere

The ever-busy CM Lakelands Feeder Club held an open feeder match on an out of sorts White Island on Lough Muckno last Sunday with...
Gentle currane this evening, 11 April 2025

Plenty of sunshine but not much salmon for Currane anglers

Vincent Appleby is back again this week reporting from Lough Currane… On April 9, 2025 there was minimal activity on Lough Currane with only a few...

Killybegs Mariners resume Night League Competition

The Killybegs Mariners resumed their night league last weekend after a winter hiatus, and after last meeting in November, it was...
It was wall to wall sun all day with an easterly chill built in

A welcome return to the water for small boat Skua

Jim Clohessy of TopFisher.eu was back on the water at the weekend after a long unwanted break… The last couple of months have not been kind to...

Cavan Coarse Anglers wrap up league

Fourteen anglers fished the Cavan Coarse Angling Club’s latest match in Killeshandra on Sunday. Mick Maloney was the winner on a day when most...

Eric Gasparro wins second leg of Leinster Shore League

Last Sunday, South Shore SAC ran the second leg of the Leinster Shore League on Kilgorman Beach in Co. Wexford. Hopes were...