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Galway Fishery Closed from Tomorrow Sat 11th due to high water temperatures

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Galway Fishery

The Galway fishery will be closed from tomorrow morning, Saturday 11th July, as water temperatures have now exceeded 20°C.

If temperatures exceed 20°C on two readings within 24 hours, fisheries will be closed to all angling until further notice in accordance with IFI’s Warm Water Protocol.

IFI is guided by scientific advice that indicates a dramatic increase in angling-related mortalities at temperatures above 20 degrees.

Check Before Travelling

IFI encourages anglers to contact the fisheries for the latest advice before travelling.

Fish Handling and Welfare

At all fisheries where catch-and-release angling is permissible, anglers should take extra precautions during times of warm temperatures to minimise the stress on fish such as brown trout and Atlantic salmon.

Anglers using catch-and-release methods are encouraged to limit the exposure of fish to air, or avoid it completely where possible.

See our guidelines to safe handling for catch and release.

The Galway, Erriff, Moy, Cloongee, Laune and Ballyvary fisheries are owned by the State, and operated by IFI.

IFI urges the public to report any instances of distressed fish, fish kills, illegal fishing, or water pollution to IFI’s confidential 24/7 number on 0818 34 74 24.

Galway Weir on the Galway Fishery, which is now closed to angling
Galway Fishery, which is now closed to angling

173 Salmon reported from the Moy last week

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Ridge Pool at the Moy Fishery, Ballina

Michael Murphy has compiled the Moy Catchment Angling Report – Week ending 05-07-2026 

Water levels at Ballylahan remained steady, with clear water across most of the catchment, with settled and prolonged dry spells, light winds and occasional scattered showers. Daytime temperatures typically ranged from 17 degrees Celsius to 22 degrees Celsius, rising above 20 degrees Celsius on several afternoons, causing water temperatures to increase as the week progressed. The best fishing was generally early mornings and again later in the evenings, particularly where cooler, faster-flowing water was available. Fresh grilse continued to enter the system, although angling success depended on localised conditions and angling pressure. A total of 173 salmon were reported caught across the catchment for the week, of which 51 were reported released.

Moy Fishery

The Moy Fishery reopened for angling on Thursday 2nd July following closure due to elevated water temperatures. Overall, 37 salmon were caught on Moy Fishery beats, Thursday to Sunday.

Cathedral Beat

Eight salmon were caught for the week, two of which were released with weights ranging from 4 lbs to 6 lbs.

Ridge Pool

Twenty-seven salmon caught for the week, twenty of which were released with weights ranging from 3 lbs to 6.25 lbs.

Lars releasing his first of the season on The Ridge Pool

Weir Pool

Two salmon were caught for the week, one of which was released.

Ballina Salmon Anglers

Robbie reported fifteen salmon caught for the week, three of which were released with the best weighing 10.5 lbs released by Jimmy Cawley.

Mount Falcon

Mike reports of seven salmon caught for the week.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers

Kenneth reported nine salmon caught for the week, four of which were released with the worm, prawn, and bubble & fly working best.

Attymass Angling Club

Kevin reported eleven salmon caught for the week.

Coolcronan Fishery

Nick reported four salmon caught for the week.

Byrnes Fishery

Roy reported one salmon caught for the week, on the prawn weighing 3 lbs. 

Armstrong Fishery

George reported eight salmon caught for the week with weights from 5lbs to 6lbs.

Gannon’s Fishery

Pat reported 12 salmon for the week, four of which were released, with mainly grilse recorded.

Foxford Fishery

Granville reported 13 salmon for the week, two of which were released; most were caught on prawn, with the best weighing 7 lbs.

Gerry Deigan from Co. Wicklow with his first ever salmon, which he very kindly released back to the water.

Foxford Salmon Anglers

Harry reported 20 salmon for the week, caught on worm; spinner, and bubble and fly.

Foxford town

Reports were received of ten salmon caught in the Foxford town area for the week.

East Mayo Anglers Association

Kathleen reported twenty-six salmon for the week, fifteen of which were released; all methods worked well, with fish ranging from 3 lbs to 12lbs.

Billy McGhee with a 6lbs fish released off the fly on 29th June in East Mayo Anglers waters

 

 

Irish Angling Update 🎣 09 July 2026

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IFI Staff
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It has been another fantastic week in Ireland for Nivea, Ambre Solaire, Cien and La Roche Posay, as temperatures once again hit the mid to late twenties for large parts of the country and factor 50 was in demand. The fine spell of weather makes all finds of fishing more difficult, but the exceptionally high water temperatures are once again ruining the best made plans of salmon anglers.

Those high water temperatures and low water conditions are causing problems for salmon anglers in places, with some IFI managed fisheries either closed or likely to close under our warm water protocols. The Galway weir did fish well after the previous closure towards the end of last week, with 18 fish landed on Friday as soon as the fishery reopened. The Erriff was slow to start this season, with the first grilse reported landed by Niall Lynch in the Middle Garden Pool on June 29th. In Sligo, the last two weeks at Ballisodare Fishery have been very successful, with grilse arriving in big numbers and a bigger average size than previous years. In Kerry, there were several fish reported from the Laune and Killarney lakes, while over on Currane, there were 6 salmon caught last week and anglers also landed a couple sea trout.

Garrett Ruigrok with a grilse approximately 5.5 lbs, caught on Beat 2 and subsequently released. Garrett has been having a great season in Ballisodare having in excess of 10 salmon caught with all released.

To trout fishing, where young angler Adrien landed an incredible 86 cm wild trout while fishing with Florent from Pike Pro Ireland on Lough Derg. Adrien jointly wins our Catch of the Week. It was a productive month at Ballinlough Fishery near Westport, Co. Mayo, where 28 rods accounted for a total catch of 80 trout. Ballinlough is a shallow, limestone lake of 22 hectares located 3.2km north of Westport and is managed by IFI, with permits available online. A total of 40 Loughanure anglers took part in the McBride Memorial Competition where conditions were tough, but everyone enjoyed a great day out on the water.

Lake O’Flynn & District Anglers Association held their latest C&R competition where most anglers had good catches, with some boats reporting 10+ fish. Ryan Cummins won the top honours on the day. Dan O’Neill reports that there has been plenty of action on the River Nore in Kilkenny, with his dry ‘Mohican Mayfly’ doing most of the catching.

In other fly fishing news, there is an exciting opportunity for women interested in learning about fly fishing at Laois Angling Centre, near Portlaoise, on Saturday 25th July 2026, with a second event planned for Saturday 22nd August. No experience is necessary but booking is essential. To receive a booking form, please email the PRO Maddy Kelly: prowomenanglersireland@gmail.com.

Later this month, the island of Ireland will host the 23rd FIPS Mouche Youth World Fly Fishing Championship 2026, with fisheries in counties Donegal and Tyrone hosting anglers from 11 nations. Congratulations to Rosses Anglers Association who will be providing a number of venues for the competition and the headquarters for the event at Ballybofey. Inland Fisheries Ireland are proud to be a sponsor of this prestigious event. Permits for some of the rivers featuring in the event (Quiggery and Dennett) are now available through the onthewater.ie website.

Coarse fish are the more resilient than salmonids in warmer water and there have been some exceptional reports from our coarse anglers this week, especially on the tench front. We’ll start with Eoin Mahony’s trips to Cavan on consecutive weekends recently, where he followed up a possible Irish record tench with a specimen bream smashing both of his PBs – he jointly wins our Catch of the Week for these fine fish.

In Roscommon, a very exciting session saw Steve Chapman net 18 tench with an average weight of 4-5lb each, with bites still coming thick and fast by the time he had to leave. Innovative lure maker Artem Novikov of reported on a super overnight tench session in the Midlands, where he used an unusual choice of bait – tinned peas! There were tench and the odd bream in the mix too on the canal at Daingean for the Leinster Coarse Anglers, but unfortunately not enough to bring the weights up.

There were no bream on the Royal Canal at Hill of Down for young angler Jim Hayes, but he did land a fine hybrid while fishing there recently, and we hope he lands many more. Thankfully there were good numbers of bream on the feed on the Ulster Blackwater at Argory, and the Lurgan Coarse Anglers made the most of it. Still in the north, the VDE Baggers held a club match over the weekend to fundraise for the young anglers heading to the Junior Float Fishing Champs in France this August and thirty anglers enjoyed some great fishing on the Erne.

The CM Lakelands club held their third qualifier for their Open Feeder Cup on Muckno, where three more happy anglers qualified for the grand final in September. The IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club have announced details of their summer double header, interested anglers should contact them for details. At Oaklands lake, the two day Dunbrody Festival was held last weekend and a smashing haul of 178.410 kg won the contest for the Burnley Bagger, Kieran Reeves, well done to him. Finally on the coarse fishing front, our very own Andy Burnett has given us match angler’s commentary on the recently held 30th FIPSed European Coarse Angling Championship, which took place in the Cavan Lakelands, and the value these events have for local tourism.

Bodo Funke of Angling Services Ireland reported some great pike fishing action,  just before the high temperatures kicked in, highlighted by Fabrice from France landing a 109cm pike on a lure and German angler Uli, a long-time visitor to the Boyle region, who set a new personal best with two fantastic pike measuring 110cm and 108cm in a single day.

Fabrice with a fine Boyle pike

In saltwater, guests of Carrigaholt Sea Angling found lots of hard-fighting pollack on the reefs, with large numbers of smaller fish around Loop Head. Mackerel numbers were hit and miss but they found enough for bait. In Cork, the Silver Dawn had a good mix of species including a couple of specimen hake and plenty of blue whiting on an action packed trip. Further west, David Norman of Angling Adventures West Cork finally ventured out on his first kayak bass trip recently. He had a lovely fish early on, but had to work hard for a few more.

And now the weather

The outlook is for plenty of hot and dry weather over the weekend and into next week, so make sure to lash on the factor 50 if you are planning on venturing out.

Don’t forget to double-check the forecast before heading off, and if you’re going to sea, check the tides.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

IFI Staff
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If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update, please send it to reports@fisheriesireland.ie. 

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Incredible fish for young angler on Lough Derg

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IFI Staff
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Go Fishing

Contact Florent Zsitko, Pike Pro Ireland

Telephone : +33652940782
                     0851634413

Pike Pro Ireland, a company dedicated to organising pike fishing holidays in Ireland, based on one of the country’s most renowned fishing areas: Lough Derg and its surrounding waters.

Our aim is to offer authentic, well-organised and productive fishing experiences, whether for experienced anglers or for those discovering Irish pike fishing for the first time. With a strong knowledge of the local waters and seasonal conditions, we help anglers make the most of the exceptional pike fishing Ireland is famous for.

We provide tailor-made, turnkey fishing stays, including comfortable accommodation, access to selected fishing spots, either independently or with professional guidance.

Every stay is designed to combine efficiency, comfort and enjoyment in a preserved natural environment.

We place great importance on personal service, reliability and a genuine passion for fishing, ensuring each guest enjoys a memorable and rewarding angling experience in Ireland.

We also offer the rental of fully equipped boats and belly  boats, perfectly adapted for pike fishing in Irish waters. Each boat is carefully prepared to ensure safety, comfort and efficiency on the water,  and all the essential equipment needed for a successful fishing session. ( live jacket, pliers, net, measuring board, sonar, anchor, drift anchor …)

Cavan Shines on the European Stage as Italy Claims Championship Glory

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Andy Burnett gives a match angler’s commentary on the recent International Float Competition held in the Cavan Lakelands and the value these events have for local tourism:

Killeshandra and the Cavan Lakelands prove they belong among Europe’s elite coarse angling venues

For more than a week, the quiet roads and picturesque shores surrounding Killeshandra echoed with a host of different languages as Europe’s finest coarse anglers descended on County Cavan for the 30th FIPSed European Coarse Angling Championship for Nations.

It was far more than just another international competition. Bringing together 75 of the world’s most accomplished match anglers from 15 nations, alongside coaches, officials, support teams, media representatives and families, the championship showcased not only world-class angling but also everything the Cavan Lakelands have to offer.

The region’s reputation as one of Ireland’s premier coarse fisheries is already well established, but hosting an event of this magnitude has undoubtedly elevated its profile across Europe. Thousands of photographs, videos, live streams and social media posts have been shared over the past ten days, while specialist angling media across the continent has followed every development. That exposure is impossible to buy and will continue to generate interest long after the medals have been presented.

For Killeshandra and the surrounding communities, the benefits extended far beyond the water’s edge. Hotels, guesthouses, self-catering accommodation, restaurants, cafés, pubs, supermarkets, tackle shops and service providers all experienced a welcome boost as competitors and supporters made the area their home throughout practice week and the championship itself. Events of this calibre inject significant revenue into rural communities, demonstrating once again the substantial economic value that coarse angling tourism brings to County Cavan.

A Venue Worthy of a European Championship

Few locations can rival the natural beauty of the Cavan Lakelands.

The rolling beauty of the countryside, framed by hundreds of interconnected lakes, provides an idyllic backdrop for international competition. Yet behind the stunning scenery lies one of Europe’s most productive mixed coarse fisheries, renowned for its prolific stocks of bream, hybrids, roach, perch and tench.

The championship venue demanded every ounce of skill the competitors possessed. Strong winds throughout the event created challenging conditions, making presentation increasingly difficult and causing fish to feed inconsistently. While some pegs produced impressive catches, others required anglers to grind out every ounce through careful feeding, immaculate presentation and constant tactical adjustments.

It was exactly the sort of championship that separates good anglers from truly great ones.

A Huge Team Effort Behind the Scenes

Hosting a European Championship is no small undertaking and an enormous amount of work had gone into preparing the venue.

The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, assisted by local clubs, volunteers and officials, ensured the championship ran with military precision. Equally impressive was the contribution of Inland Fisheries Ireland, whose staff worked tirelessly throughout practice week and both competition days.

As part of IFI’s ongoing commitment to protecting Ireland’s fisheries, biosecurity measures were implemented across every competition section. Dedicated net dipping stations were established to disinfect keepnets and landing nets before anglers entered the venue, helping minimise the risk of transferring invasive aquatic species or fish diseases between waters. The smooth operation of these stations reflected the professionalism of the organising team and highlighted Ireland’s commitment to safeguarding one of its most valuable natural resources.

Italy Sets the Pace

As the opening whistle sounded on Day One, anticipation quickly gave way to intense concentration as anglers settled into what would become one of the toughest European Championships in recent memory.

Italy wasted little time showing why they remain one of international coarse angling’s dominant forces.

Producing five section victories, the Italians established an early lead that would ultimately prove decisive. Their combined total of just seven penalty points and an outstanding catch of 28.190kg gave them a commanding overnight advantage.

England occupied second place on 15 points after a solid, consistent team display, while Germany sat third on 24 points. Poland and the Netherlands completed the top five, with Ireland lying sixth after a determined opening day’s fishing.

The individual competition was equally fascinating.

Italy’s Andrea Giambrone stole the headlines with the largest catch of the entire championship, weighing an exceptional 14.910kg despite the difficult conditions. England’s Matthew Godfrey, Italy’s Luca Armiraglio and Germany’s Johannes Böhm all secured valuable section victories, while Dutch international Twan Swart also impressed with 11.200kg.

The variation in winning weights perfectly illustrated the technical difficulty of the venue and adverse weather conditions. One section required almost 15 kilograms to win, while another was taken with just over one kilogram, proving that adapting to changing conditions was every bit as important as drawing a favourable peg.

Home anglers battled gamely throughout the opening day, with Julian Kendrick producing Ireland’s strongest performance by finishing third in his section.

The Championship Hangs in the Balance

Although Italy held a significant overnight lead, no experienced international angler was prepared to write off the chasing pack.

Another day of strong winds greeted the competitors, forcing many to rethink their feeding patterns and switch methods throughout the five-hour match. The fish remained elusive, rewarding patience and punishing mistakes.

England pushed hard in pursuit of the leaders, while Germany steadily accumulated the low section placings needed to strengthen their position. France produced one of the performances of the day, climbing from ninth overnight to fifth overall.

Meanwhile, Ireland continued to battle in front of home support, ultimately securing eighth place against one of the strongest fields assembled in recent European Championship history.

Italy Crowned European Champions

When the final whistle sounded, Italy’s remarkable consistency across both days had secured another European crown.

Their final total of just 31 penalty points, combined with an impressive aggregate weight of 44.380kg, earned a thoroughly deserved gold medal.

England claimed silver on 37 points after two disciplined team performances, while Germany completed the podium on 47 points.

Final Team Championship Standings:

Gold – Italy
31 points – 44.380kg

Silver – England
37 points – 37.270kg

Bronze – Germany
47 points – 32.420kg

Poland narrowly missed the medals in fourth, followed by France, Netherlands, Lithuania and hosts Ireland in eighth place.

Individual Honours

The individual championship produced an equally compelling contest.

Germany’s Johannes Böhm delivered two flawless section victories to finish on the minimum possible score of just two penalty points and claim the title of European Champion.

Italy secured both remaining podium places through Alessandro Bruni and Luca Armiraglio, underlining the remarkable depth of talent within the Italian squad.

Final Individual Championship:

Gold
Johannes Böhm (Germany) – 2 points – 8.140kg

Silver
Alessandro Bruni (Italy) – 2 points – 5.610kg

Bronze
Luca Armiraglio (Italy) – 4 points – 11.160kg

England’s William Raison narrowly missed the medals in fourth, while Andrea Aguzzoli completed another strong Italian showing in fifth.

Perhaps the most remarkable statistic belonged to Day One leader Andrea Giambrone. Despite recording the championship’s biggest individual catch of 17.880kg across the two days, a fifth-place finish on the final day left him seventh overall, demonstrating just how fiercely contested the championship had been.

Ireland’s Dean Murray finished an impressive 17th overall, highlighting the competitiveness of the home team against Europe’s elite.

A Lasting Legacy

Long after the flags have been lowered and the competitors have returned home, the legacy of the 30th FIPSed European Coarse Angling Championship will remain.

For over a week, County Cavan became the focal point of European coarse angling. Images of its beautiful lakelands, outstanding fisheries and warm hospitality have reached thousands of anglers across Europe through websites, magazines, livestreams and social media.

Many of those watching from afar will now have Killeshandra firmly on their list of future angling destinations.

That may prove to be the greatest prize of all.

Championships come and go, medals are won and lost, but the international exposure generated by staging an event of this calibre will continue to deliver benefits for years to come. It reinforces what Irish anglers have known for decades: the Cavan Lakelands are among the finest coarse fishing destinations anywhere in Europe.

Judging by the success of this championship, they have now earned the recognition they richly deserve.

Go Fishing…

Coarse angling in Cavan

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Artem is pleased with his Tench on Peas

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Innovative lure maker Artem Novikov of makeshiftlures reports on a super overnight tench session in the Midlands:
On Sunday into Monday, I was out fishing on the Inny system. I usually go to one tench lake that I know well, and it doesn’t let me down often. But this summer I wanted to explore new waters and see if my home-made lures/baits would tempt tench in other places. Upon studying the internet, I quickly learnt that the River Inny system has some good tench fishing. In particular, I had my eye set on Lough Iron. As it seemed hard to get to and perfect size and depth to produce big Tench.
For bait, I wanted to make something simple but effective, so I came up with a floating pea lure out of a piece of green foam. I have punctured 8mm cylinder in foam with metal leather hole punch. Then rounded off the sides with scissors. Glued it to a piece of mono fishing line and attached it to the hook with thread.
Parked at Lough Derravaragh, I launched my inflatable boat with an electric motor for a two-day fishing session. To get to Lough Iron, it took me around 3 hours, as I was saving the battery charge by going slow, and the motor propeller kept getting stuck in weeds, which meant unexpected stops to clear the debris.
When I finally arrived at the Lough, it was stunning and looked every bit a coarse fishing sanctuary. I had picked a spot close to the bank and cleared the bottom with a rake. Feed the spot with my usual mix of digestive biscuits, breadcrumbs, Weetabix, and green peas to match the bait. To my surprise, there was no fish activity in the evening. After sleeping in the boat, I was very pleased to wake up to find my clear spot muddy from feeding Tench.
I managed to make out some tails of feeding fish, so I gently lowered my floating pea lure about 2 meters from the boat. It took a couple of minutes for them to locate the lure, with a firm take afterwards. It is a great feeling to see your plan come together and feel big fish at the end of your line. All the tench were fighting extra hard, with head shakes, splashes, and drag-pulling. Sometimes it would take the fish a few minutes to bite; other times they would locate the floating pea in seconds for an aggressive take. There were lots of bites; I managed to hook 3 fish and land 2, with the 3rd breaking me off in the lily pads. Both fish were 3kg (6.5 pounds) 50cm and 52cm long. The morning bite was short and sweet from sunrise until about 8:30am. Then the fish had disappeared as if they were never there. I have yet to figure out how to make tench come back for the afternoon and evening bite.
On the way back, I completely drained the battery on the electric motor and had to row for a couple of kilometres. But it was all worth it; what an experience on Lough Iron.

Go Fishing

https://fishinginireland.info/coarse/shannon/

Baggers bag £500 for Juniors trip to France

By
Shane O'Reilly
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This post was compiled from angling reports shared on the VDE Baggers Facebook page:

T he VDE Baggers held a club match over the weekend to fundraise for the young anglers heading to the Junior Float Fishing Champs in France this August. Thirty anglers put their names down to fish, and plenty of others threw in a few bob; in total, they raised over £500 for the juniors 👏👏👏

To the fishing now, and the Erne threw up some unexpectedly good fishing at a time of year when it’s usually a bit tricky. Fishing was good throughout the whole stretch, and the top four all came from different sections, which shows the quality of the fishing available.

The top anglers on the day were:

  1. Belal Odeh 11.2 kilo (Broadmedow Section)
  2. Sebastian Sabat 9.190 kilo (Innishmore Section)
  3. Caolan King 7.2 kilo (Dolan’s Ring Section)
  4. James Wellwood 6.750 kilo (Cleenish Bridge Section)

A full report and more photos can be viewed on the VDE Baggers Facebook Page.

 

A few more salmon from Laune and lakes last week

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Myles Kelly
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Martin Ring in our Macroom office reports that there were 3 grilse of around 4 lbs each caught spinning on Beat 2 of of the Laune fishery last week.

There were  2 salmon 6 lbs and 7 lbs caught spinning on Beat 1 and 2 grilse of around 3lbs each caught on Beat 3, also spinning. Johnsons saw 1 salmon of 8 lbs caught spinning.

On the lakes anglers had 5 grilse average 4 lbs trolling on Lough Lein.

Go fishing…

Rivers Laune and Killarney Lakes system

Six salmon and a few sea trout from Currane last week

By
Myles Kelly
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Currane Grilse, first of 2026

Tim Moore in Kerry reports  that there were 6 salmon caught on Currane last week and anglers also landed a couple sea trout.

For more information on the daily conditions on Lough Currane, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening in Waterville and beyond

Sea Trout – Catch and release only

Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.

The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-

  • the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
  • the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
  • the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

Go fishing….

Guides and boat hire

Fishing with Dom

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2051515 Website: https://fishingwithdom.com/
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Fly Fishing on Lough Currane

Address Termons Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353(0) 87 922 8659 Phone: +353(0) 66 9474146 Website: flyfishingatloughcurrane.com
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Lakelands Farm

Address Lake Road Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 4160200 Website: lakelandshouse.com
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Neil O’Shea

Address Caherbarna Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 9942792 Phone: +353 66 9474527 Website: oshealoughcurrane.com
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Old Daly’s Supermarket & Filling Station

Address Murreigh Waterville V23 X459 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353669474842 Website: dalysfoodstore.ie
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Salmon & Sea Trout Fishing

Address Eureka Lodge Caherdaniel West Waterville Kerry V23 XD63 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2074882 Website: salmonandseatrout.com
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Waterville Boats

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Big grilse this year in Ballisodare

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IFI Staff
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Gerry Merrick has been in touch with an update from Balisodare…

The last two weeks at Ballisodare Fishery have been very successful, with grilse arriving in big numbers. It is very noticeable this season that grilse size has increased significantly on previous years with very few less than 5lbs and many over 10 lbs. A lot of fish has been caught and members and visiting anglers continue to release the majority of those caught.

Garrett Ruigrok with a grilse approximately 5.5 lbs, caught on Beat 2 and subsequently released. Garrett has been having a great season in Ballisodare having in excess of 10 salmon caught with all released.

 

Carmel Dalton with her first ever salmon of approximately 5.0 lbs caught on the fly at Harrisons and gallantly released back to the river.

Warm Water Alert

With the current weather, water temperatures are being monitored very closely, currently under 19 degrees, but with current air temperatures in excess of 20 Degrees, in the interest of the welfare of our salmon stocks, we may be forced to close on occasion should water temperatures exceed 20 degrees.

In conjunction with Lough Arrow Trout Fishing Club and ATU Sligo, we have 13 water temperature monitors for deployment in our catchment. Monitors are providing very valuable scientific data. Currently, we are finding that water temperatures peak around 8pm each day and drop back by approximately 1.5 to 2.0 degrees overnight. Based on our data we may be able to remain open to fishing until 2pm but may have to close after 2pm. Any closures will be published on our website WWW.Ballisodarefishingclub.ie

A very comprehensive thesis on Invasive Species in the Ballisodare catchment has been published by Conall Bonner (Student) of ATU Sligo, under the supervision of Lisa Cronin of ATU Sligo. Conall’s thesis provides Ballisodare Fishery with the scientific evidence to formulate a plan for the removal of these invasives. A copy of Conall’s thesis is available in the newsfeed on www.ballisodarefishingclub.ie. Fishing slots may also be booked on our website with some availability.

 

Go Fishing

Ballisodare River

 

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