Cork angler Noel O’Sullivan had a dream come through when he was out fishing this week. A cracking Bass from Cork Harbour which measured 76cms caught on a Rapala lure.
This stunning fish weighed 12lbs 8oz. 4/5 runs stripped braid at an incredible rate, Noel was waiting along time for one this size !! Well done !
Angling enthusiastic and guide Sid Jones of Fishing Ireland Guided Fishing puts his expertise to the test on the east coast, he reports:
I was out fishing along the Wexford coast line fishing the increasing spring tides hoping to cast across some reef that can’t normally be fished on the smaller tides. Over a couple of sessions on different marks I thankfully picked up some nice bass along the way and I was unlucky to drop a few too. The bass sizes were ranging from 3.5lb up to 9lb.
A lot of hours went into these sessions on marks I expected to do much better on with the conditions and tides we’ve had. In turn this is worrying to me as the fish just are not there as plentiful as they were in recent years. I practice C&R and only hope more anglers would do the same but if your taking a bass for the table let the bigger breeding females go back and hopefully their laid eggs will hatch hopefully replenishing our low bass stocks securing fishing for the future.
Sid Jones
Fishing Ireland.
Sid Jones
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7734870
Email: fishingadventuresie@gmail.com Facebook: Fishing Ireland Guided Fishing
Billy Downes of the Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association reports:
As of Tuesday 30th of August Laune is a beautiful at 1.44 M perfect water for all methods.
It gives me no pleasure to say this but it is extremely difficult to hear of an angler even meeting a fish over the last week in what are ideal conditions and no commercial nets to blame this time.
Prospects: Bleak.
Permits for Laune Anglers waters from now to 30th of September cost only €35 with the hope that a few fish will begin to take or run the river.
Ideal conditions for Beat 3 and there are a few fish in the holding pools but the best anglers can’t tempt one to take a fly. Trout fishing late evening is good.
Please note that the €10 trout permit allows an angler to fish for brown trout ‘fly only’ If you want to spin or worm fish you need to purchase a €25 permit.
For Beat 3 Permit costs click on: Beat 3 Permit Prices 2016
Anglers please note: A ‘One Day’ salmon permit for Beat 3 only costs €25 for 2016
For further up to date information look up: http://www.launeanglersfishing.com/ ‘Water Level’
Billy Downes, Secretary
Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association
Day permits are the same as last year €25 to the end of July and €35 for the months of August and September. Be sure to display your permit on the dash of your car with the date and permit number visible and have the other part with you because you will be asked by members to identify yourself as a legitimate ‘One Day Member’ / Permit Holder.
Web: www.launeanglersfishing.com
Facebook: Facebook Laune Anglers
Email: billydownes@hotmail.com
Eileen Carroll Murphy IFI reports from the Rivers Ilen and Ouvane for the week ended Sunday 28th August 2016:
14 fish landed for the week on the Ilen river, all peel.
See more on details on this area on our site at ‘River Ilen’
8 fish landed for the week on the Ouvane, best was 6lbs landed by a local angler on worm
Eileen Carroll Murphy,
IFI Macroom
Eileen Carroll Murphy IFI reports from the River Lee for the week ended Sunday 28th August 2016:
No reports of catches this week
1 peel landed for the week weighing 4.5lbs caught by a local angler on shrimp.
See more on details on this area on our site at ‘River Lee’
Eileen Carroll Murphy,
IFI Macroom
The Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships, Ireland’s most prestigious coarse angling event takes place from Monday 5th to Friday 9th September.
In addition to the Pairs Championship, there is also the Daiwa Cup which rewards the best individual anglers. There will be a total cash payout of €20,000 for the pairs in the top 10 places. While the Daiwa Cup will reward the best individuals with a total of £10,000 in tackle and vouchers on top of a 100% payout on entry!
Looking to defend his Pairs trophy is Daiwa Consultant Steve Ringer who, alongside his brother Phil, won the event last year.
Steve said: “The World Pairs is without doubt one of the highlights of my year, the fishing is fantastic and the scenery has to be experienced to be believed. Last year, my brother Phil and I were lucky enough to finally win the World Pairs after being runners up the previous two years. This year, of course, we will be trying our best to retain our title which won’t be easy looking at the talented field of anglers. I just can’t wait to get there now!”
Conditions are perfect for fishing the regions natural wild waters and great catches are being recorded. The long list of proposed angling venues are finally revealed!
Ireland’s wild waters might be fishing their head off right now but we still need to be sure to put you on the right match waters.
Convenience and access is important whilst we work on a programme to share with you a varied sample of the natural wild angling on offer in the region. With no more than a 30 minute drive between the hubs based in the lively Lakelands towns of Ballyconnell, Co.Cavan, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim. and Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh the draw locations at each of these make for short onward drives for your days fishing.
Venues are all currently be reviewed and we hope to share the confirmed sections list in the next 48hours. For more information, see the following link: http://www.worldpairsangling.com/lakelands–inland-waterway…
Website: www.worldpairsangling.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/worldpairs
Michael Flanagan from Midland Angling reports on the competition scene at Lough Owel…
This coming Sunday Lough Owel Trout Preservation Association will host their last club trout competition for the 2016 season, where has the months gone you may ask. On the day the Clonhugh Cup will be fished from 11am-7pm, and also the Tommy McCormack Cup is up for grabs for the top Owel competition angler of the season.
It’s not the end of the world just yet on the trout scene on Owel as the Leinster National Qualifier will be fished on Saturday October 1st, and on the last day of the season October 12th we have the end of season fly fishing competition, with all proceeds going towards stocking Lough Owel.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: mick@midlandangling.com Web: www.midlandangling.com
Michael Flanagan from Midland Angling has all the news from Lough Ennell…
We had a lovely day out on Lough Ennell last Sunday when we fished the Lough Ennell Perpetual Cup. This fly-fishing competition always draws a good turnout of anglers and this year was no different. Condition were mixed, with bright sunshine and a little cloud cover at times. I personally saw little or no fly life but did manage to move a few fish. Unfortunately I didn’t hook-up with any.
Still, at the 7pm weight-in eight fish were presented at Whitebridge Bay. Noel Farrar of Tallaght Co. Dublin had a cracker of 3.340lbs to take Top Rod. Loughnavally angler Mark Kenny finished 2nd with another fine trout of 2.790lbs. John Dooner rattled the scales at 2.708lbs to take 3rd spot and Kenny Kiernanwas 4th with 1.708lbs.
Con Hope and family members were on hand to present the Lough Ennell Perpetual Cup and prizes. Con originally presented this beautiful prize some years back to L.E.T.P.A. for the competition. John Tyrrell, L.E.T.P.A. competition captain, thanked all who fished the competition and especially the Hope family, main sponsors of this event.
Ennell anglers are back in action on Sunday September 18th, and on that day we fish the O’Malley Cup. Once again its 11am-7pm from Whitebridge Bay. More on this drop into O’Malleys in 33. Dominick Street.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: mick@midlandangling.com Web: www.midlandangling.com
This year’s NCFFI Junior All Ireland Championships took place at Killykeen Forest Park on Saturday 27th August followed by the Inter-Provincial Team Championships on Sunday.
The event provides the opportunity for young anglers to come together and compete in a National Championships of their own before progressing to senior level. A Novice category is included with coached assistance designed to introduce newcomers to competitive fishing. The challenging County Cavan venue chosen for its accessibility to all brought out the skills in the young anglers who fished a variety of methods. The top weight of the day went to Eoin Rogers of Carrickmacross AC with his 3.8kg. Nine U23’s, Eleven U18’s and 9 U14’s fished alongside eight novices for the champion for the championsip trophy by section with the top three in each awarded a selection of tackle prizes sponsored by Tubertini UK Ltd. After the all-essential net dip the Juniors were provided with a mixing bowl and feeder gift from Sensas Ireland along with complimentary caster and maggot from Irish Bait & Tackle Limited. After three hours of fishing (four for the U23’s) everyone was provided with a meal whilst the presentation took place at Minnies’ in Killeshandra. The running costs of this event are supported by funds raised for the NCFFI for the Junior Development.
Congratulations to all the winners;
1st Caolan Donnelly 1.65kg
2nd Jack O’Brien 1.35kg
3rd Nathan Trimble 1.32kg
1st Eoin Rogers 3.8kg
2nd Charlie Richards 1.85kg
3rd Roisin Finchett 0.64kg
1st Cillian Flynn 1.82Kg
2nd Stephane Patterson 1.56kg
3rd Jack Sutton 0.72kg
1st Jamie Edwards 2.42kg
2nd Hayden Kellegher 1.26kg
3rd Stephen White 1.11Kg
This event was followed on Sunday by the Junior Inter-Provincial Championships fishing the same venue. Three provinces fielded five teams of five with Ulster winning the day and retaining their title. The match saw team Ulster Team One members Stephan Patterson, Jordan Hall, Harry Whitehead, Conor Gaughan and Aaron Galbraith win two and come second in three sections achieving a fantastic score of 8 points.
With weights averaging just above the kilo the fishing was again tough and all should be commended on their fishing. Well done to the second placed teams especially Connaght who fielded the youngest team and to Eoin Rogers and Harry Whitehead of Ulster for scoring the top weights of 9kg and 6kg respectively.
1st Ulster Team One – 8 points
2nd Joint Leinster Team Blue and Connaught – 13 points
3rd Leinster Team Black – 19 points
4th Ulster Team Two – 21 points
Thanks to all who took part in both events along with our sponsors and coaches. In 2017 the event will take place on Saturday 26th of August followed by the Junior Inter Provincials on the Sunday.
Investing in Our Juniors
The NCFFI values to the importance of introducing children and young people to our sport and through a programme of coaching enables clubs country wide to invest in their juniors.
Carrickmacross Angling & Junior Development club run a junior angling hub under the ‘Angling for Youth Development Ireland’ banner. An initiative from the Angling Council of Ireland in association with Inland Fisheries the club has benefitted from a range of tackle to allow them to coach their juniors and run an annual summer camp. With two of their members champions of their category and others scoring well this investment In their juniors is paying off.
Royal Enfield Coarse Angling Club, also an AFYDI hub have been running a summer school on the Royal Canal for a number of years and we see this in the number of anglers they are now producing at this level with two Leinster teams in the Inter Provincial Championships.
Lurgan Coarse Anglers have only recently introduced anglers to the club having benefitted from a set of ten whips from the NCFFI Junior Development fund this year to aid their coaching. Already the benefit from this is showing with novice anglers Caolan Donnelly 10yrs and Jack O’Brien 11yrs taking the winning and second placed positions in the Novice category at their very fist championships.
Lakelands Angling Ballinamore, another club which has only recently introduced a junior programme representatives did well with Charlie Richards placed 2nd in the Under 14 category. The club also provided two members for the Connaght Provncial Team on Sunday placed joint second. This was a fantastic achievement for the County Leitrim juniors Charlie Richards, Roisin Bohan, Kevin McGovern, Shay Lynch and Leon O’Brien.
For more information please contact:
Gavin Walsh- Phone: 00 353 87 613 9551
Helen Rainsford – NCFFI PRO – Phone -00 44 (0) 7711 607200
pro@ncffi.ie
Or visit:
www.facebook.com/coarseangling
Twitter: @ncffi
Alice Murtagh from the IFI Corlesmore office reports:
The busy competition season has begun with plenty of anglers in the area. Gowna is currently underway so hope to have results next week. There are also plenty of pleasure anglers fishing and they report good bags of fish in all areas. Plenty of Bream, Tench and good Roach are being caught in the Arva/Gowna/Killeshandra/ Carrigallen area. Town Lake Killeshandra is producing big Bream.
Good bags of fish are being caught at Killykeen while Trinity and Rann have improved greatly in the last few weeks. Good Tench are being got at Killygowan and early morning fishing on Sally Lake is also giving good bags of fish including Tench. One angler fishing at Deredis, Butlersbridge bagged 23 small Trout. Meanwhile the Cootehill area is also giving good bags of small fish with plenty of Hybrids and Roach.
Get more details on the area from our website ‘Killeshandra, Cavan’
Alice Murtagh
Inland Fisheries Ireland – Corlesmore Office, Arva, Co. Cavan
alice.murtagh@fisheriesireland.ie
Tel: +353 (0)49 4337174
