Tony Hopkins takes pole position at Cootehill Festival

There were some incredible pole weights on Lough Sillan for the Cootehill Festival last week! The scaled down version of the Cootehill Championships was run...

Another successful suicide awareness event for Killinarden Angling Initiative

Killinarden Angling Initiative held their annual Mental Health and Suicide Awareness event on Oaklands Lake in New Ross last weekend. As ever, there was...
skate fishing

Dutch and Belgian anglers enjoy great sea angling in West Cork

Mark Gannon reports from Courtmacsherry... We had a great week with even better friends from Holland and Belgium. Great to have the Continental anglers back...
Shark!

Testing the waters for blue shark at Courtmacsherry

David Edwards takes a break from trolling for tuna to target blue sharks... The Bluefin Tuna are staying away from West Cork at the moment...
Lough Currane,

Hampshire Hogs hog all the good fishing after a tough start...

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane… 23/9/2021 The Currane drifters were in action and caught a few Trout this day. Wind light to fresh and bright...
bass.

Third time the charm for specimen hunter in Waterford waters

Cork Harbour angler Decky Collins has spent 10 long years chasing silver in the hopes of landing a specimen bass. Starting from scratch he...

Trout and salmon seasons are closing, don’t despair, head to the...

It’s that time of year when the salmon and trout anglers, particularly the fly fishermen and women, go into a decline about the end...

Irish Angling Update – 24 September 2021

The past week has seen above-average temperatures as the last of the summer clings on against the advance of autumn (perhaps making amends for...
Munster Blackwater upstream of Fermoy

Blackwater anglers wonder will they ever get water before season’s end

Week-ending 19th of September 2021 The expected Autumn run did not seem to materialise (yet) this year and Salmon angling is dependant largely on “resident...
Another view of the Ilen

Some west Cork rivers producing salmon

FOR WEEK ENDING SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2021 Ilen River fished well at times and there were 20 salmon landed last week. Of these the best was...