Salmon fishing reports

Salmon fishing reports

Stakey’s to Scot’s Corner.

High water levels test anglers as they bid for the second salmon on the...

Shane Gallagher from the Drowes Salmon Fishery gives us an update on river conditions: 16/01/2014: It has been a month since it started to rain...
Drowes

The chance of an early salmon still luring anglers to the Drowes

Lindsey Clarke reports that no more salmon have been landed on the Drowes, but water levels are improving… There have been no salmon landed since...
Lackagh

Lovely water for Lackagh on opening day but no springers yet

The Lackagh opened on the 1st January and 3 rods had a ‘throw’. The river is open as a Catch & Release fishery and fishing...

An irresistible muddle of flies, snakes and zonkers !

Fishing expert Jason O'Riordan takes a close look at what our salmon and trout desire in his blog Game Fishing Ireland.  From Black Tarantula...
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...
A photo taken by photographer John Mc Vitty of an angler battling the elements at the Sea Pools on New Year’s Day which appeared in yesterday’s Irish Independent.

Stormy weather plays havoc with fishing on the Drowes

Shane Gallagher from the Drowes Salmon Fishery gives us an update on river conditions: Water levels rose again today following very heavy rain overnight and...
Hardy perennial anglers Eamonn Mc Callion and Chris Mc Govern have a last cast at the Mill Pool on Opening Day 2014.

Floods fouls even the best efforts as hardy anglers flock to the Drowes

Shane Gallagher from the Drowes Salmon Fishery reports from the Drowes fishery on the first day of the season: No fish were reported from the...

A quiet start to the new angling season in Ireland

Happy New Year to all anglers on a bright day from Ireland here in Dublin after a very wet festive week’s weather which kept...

87 rivers open for salmon angling in 2014 – Minister O’Dowd also retains lower...

Regulations and bye-laws for management of the wild salmon fishery in 2014 approved. Mr Fergus O’Dowd T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Communications,...

Great ideas for Christmas from Blackwater Lodge

Ian Powell of Blackwater Lodge informs us: Opening of the 2014 Season The season will open as usual on February 1st., 2014 Book...