Martin Glennie won the Baltimore Sea Angling Festival Cup (best shark) and finished in 6th place overall
This year’s Baltimore Deep Sea Angling Festival was another great success. Overall 73 anglers took part and the event was helped along by a good dose of sunny weather and decent sea conditions. The competition format is one day of sharks fishing followed by 3 days of ground fishing. The end of each day is marked by a prize giving and knees up, barbeque or hog roast to keep the competitors in flying form. The angling was good, some lovely fish were brought to the boats and juniors anglers did well on more than one occasion. On the first day of ground fishing 13 year old Michael Collins beat all the senior anglers to win best angler of the day on points and also best edible fish with a 16lb ling. Stephen Hurley came in in 4th place on points. Michael, Stephen and 11 year old Cian Collins are fishing as a 3 man team .
Martin Glennie won the Baltimore Sea Angling Festival Cup (best shark) and finished in 6th place overall
Results
1st (Skate Cup) Tony Santry
2nd (Lupa Cup) Peter Wilson
3rd (T. O’Brien Tray) Denis Horgan
4th Mark Gallagher
5th Suzie Everson
Pat Fehily Cup (best ling) Michael Collins
Lilian Rose Bowl (best cod or pollack) Andrew Harrison
Team Cup Suzie Everson, Vance Everson, Pete Perry
Baltimore House Hotel Cup (top lady angler) Suzie Everson
Pete Smith Shield (best fish excluding edibles) Mark Gallagher
Baltimore Sea Angling Festival Cup (best shark) Martin Glennie
Ted Browne & Pete Smith Cup (best boat) ‘Rooster’
Daily Winners
Bushe’s Bar Cup (Friday): Michael Collins
Algiers Inn Cup (Saturday): Martin Glennie
Casey’s Hotel Cup (Sunday): Mark Gallagher
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Bellavista Angling Centre in Cobh is having no trouble keeping their anglers entertained. From Blue shark to anglerfish and bass to trigger fish, Cork Harbour has once again proved itself as one one Ireland’s top sea angling destinations for visiting anglers.
A husband and wife team from Germany – true love catching sharks together!
German and American anglers had some excellent blue shark fishing last week. Two Americans guests had an impromptu angling session and though weather wasn’t the nicest in the morning but they stuck it out, finishing with 4 blue shark each and lost another two. It’s no surprise that they said this was the best day of their trip to Ireland.
Trigger fish, ling, pollack bass, gurnards, rays, flats… they’re all available from small boats in Cork Harbour
Ollie and Jim from England were out for an hour on Monday evening. Ollie got his first Irish Bass and went on to get 3 , not a bad start to their adventure.
Bass
Go Fishing…
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Sea trout of about 4lb caught by Niall Green on Doolough
David McEvoy reports from Delphi where August proved a tough month for salmon anglers this year…
Salmon fishing here at Delphi was difficult in August with a total of thirteen salmon landed for the month. Fishing conditions throughout the month were good with a total of 166.4mms (6.55”) which kept water levels up. Sea trout on the other hand especially in the latter half of the month, with the arrival of the Daddy Long Legs were great sport with a total of 190 landed. The good sea trout numbers happen to coincide with very low lice levels in Killary this year, especially during the critical period.
On the salmon front Alexander Mills had the first of the month with a nice grilse of 3lbs 9.5ozs off Finlough on a Gary Dog on the 2nd. This was followed in the afternoon when Joe Kelly landed his first Irish salmon, from the Whin Pool of 4lbs3ozs on a Willie Gunn. Gareth Beattie had a small fish of 2lbs 1oz from the Stream on Finlough on the 3rd also on a Willie Gunn. Resident instructor Robert Gillispie had a fish of 2lbs 13ozs from the Turn Pool on a Mini Tube on the 6th.
William Beattie had a fish of approx. 4lbs from the Turn Pool on a Willie Gunn. Urs then found his form and landed six between the 11th and the 18th. Two more fish were landed for the month with David O’ Flynn from Sligo having one from the Turn on a Cascade of 2lbs 14ozs and Hugh Brennan having one of the same weight at the Sluice on Doolough on a Willie Gunn.
Sea trout of about 4lb caught by Niall Green on Doolough
Sea trout fishing on the other hand was good. It started relatively slowly, with the exception of Willie Hamilton and Pat O’ Dwyer who had 31 for the week to 2.5lbs, but in the last two weeks of the month it really took off. Brendan Keenan and John McManus had 14 for their week to 2.25lbs. Angus Sutherland’s party had 48 for three days, the best of which was taken by Niall Green on Doolough of approx. 4lbs. Steve Baxter also had one off Finlough of approx. 6.5lbs.
Once again sea trout specialists Tom and Shirley Morrison didn’t disappoint with a total of 50 to 2lbs throughout the system.
The sea trout fishing has continued to be good for the first few days of September and there were also a few salmon lost and Stephen Hegarty had a salmon of 4lbs2ozs from the Stream on Finlough on a Silver Stoat. Hopefully with a bit of autumnal weather whatever salmon are there may become a bit more active.
At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.
Guide Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where fine trout fishing is possible, particularly in the upper lakes… 1 Sep: We head up the Commeragh River to the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana and my catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Paul Clark, who caught 10 Trout on the drift and fishing out of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Wind W strong and overcast with mist rain throughout the day. 2 Sep: At the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana, US Angler Murry Beets, fishing with his Gillie caught 7 Trout to his fly rod. Wind SW with reasonable cloud cover.
That is your ration from the last week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts. Vincent Appleby
It’s that Time of year again and to all you competitive Anglers, just to let you know, you can book your boat or seat for the annual 2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O’Sullivan at 0876889775
Find out more about Lough Currane…
The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see
Guide Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where sea trout fishing has been excellent at times…
1 Sep: There was some good fishing on the Waterville Fishery today so straight to the action. In the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. John Delap caught 5 juniors on the drift. Now we cut across Lough Currane to the North side and the bungalow, US angler Murry Beets caught 3 Juniors, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Wind W strong and overcast with mist rain throughout the day.
2 Sep: There was some good Sea Trout fishing on the Waterville Fishery again today so straight to the action. Mr. Arnold Slater, caught 1 junior to his fly rod, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Also in good form in the C&R fly department was Mr. David Burton of Yorkshire, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 3 Juniors to his fly rod. Now for Lough Currane’s catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Liam McKnight of West Meath, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. junior Scully, caught two Juniors and finished his day off with a cracker of a Sea Trout weighing in at 6 ½ lbs. The rest of angling community they either caught nothing or too dam lazy to let their fingers do the talking, either way they have failed and let the angling and local community down. Wind SW with reasonable cloud cover.
3 Sep: Before we get today’s manipulations a Important Notice from Mr. Rod Robinson. We have finally managed to get a date for the IFI Economist to come down and give a presentation on the joint survey WL&RT and IFI carried out last year on the economic benefit of angling tourism to the Waterville economy. It will be at 7:30 on the 9th September at the Waterville Inn, all welcome. Now for today’s action or the lack of it I should say, we start with first thing this morning, it was calm and come lunchtime it was like the wild west, with a strong SW wind blowing down the lake, some anglers stuck to their battle stations and some anglers headed for calmer waters, ie the Bars and going back to the anglers that kept manipulating their flies, one angler said it was like a Chinese takeaway out there, all I kept getting was a Bird’s nest.
4 Sep: Straight to the Sea Trout fly department, We start with the Killarney Salmon and Trout Anglers, which had their annual outing on Lough Currane and fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com by all accounts they had good sport with Sea Trout up to 2 lbs and the Angler of the day was Mr. Seamus O’ Laughlin, who caught 4 good Sea Trout and met well over 40 more. Now we cut across the Lake to the North side and the Bungalow, Dutch Angler and no stranger to the Waterville Fishery, Mr. William Woermeijer, caught 5 Sea Trout on the fly while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Staying at the Bungalow, Mr. David Burton, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com, caught one Junior on the drift, which was sportingly put back. Wind variable with good cloud cover and very humid.
5 Sep: Dutch Angler, Mr. William Woermeijer while fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 1 Sea Trout to his fly rod and for the rest of the angling community they failed in all departments. Now here is a warning to all the anglers that have failed miserably in catching and in reporting their catches. Wind SW light with misty rain for most of the day.
6 Sep: Lough Currane was all quiet on all fronts and not surprising with the fog nearly to the ground this morning and one would have thought as it lifted plus a nice light breeze from the South some anglers would have seen some action even though it was very humid, to give you some idea this evening at 9. 30 pm it was 18c so on that note we head for the Waterville Boats and at watervilleboats@gmail.com backdate department Mr. Marc Luyton from Belgium and party, we start on the River Inny, in the last few days they have caught 3 Grilse up to 6 lbs. and returned 2. So they left the Inny and headed out on Lough Currane and so far Marc has recorded 9 Sea Trout and his good friend Dirk has caught 4 Sea Trout. Just for the record they have seen a good few Sea Trout and the same goes for the Salmon.
That is your ration from the last week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.
It’s that Time of year again and to all you competitive Anglers, just to let you know, you can book your boat or seat for the annual 2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O’Sullivan at 0876889775
Find out more about Lough Currane…
The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see
Jason Nash from the Bandon Angling Association reports on the catches and conditions on the River Bandon… Bandon trout of over 4lb for Evan Craig
It’s not all about the salmon…just take a look at this magnificent brown trout of over 4lbs recently caught by club member Evan Craig. An absolute stonker of a fish which fell to the fly. Well done Evan, the smile says it all! Jason Nash Bandon Angling Association
Go Fishing…
For the new year, Bandon Angling Association have set up a new website which you can view here. A new guiding service has been launched in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Web: https://bandonangling.com/
As of Monday 5th September the Laune is a beautiful at 1.3m perfect water for all methods.
News of salmon being caught, met or seen in the Laune over the last week are Non-Existent.
Prospects: Bleak.
Permits for Laune Anglers waters from now to 30th of September cost €35 with the hope that a few fish will begin to take or run the river. If the poor fishing continues we may have to pay anglers to join our Association or fish our waters.
Billy Downes, Secretary Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association
Go fishing…
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.
03 September: The recent dry spell has finally ended. We had torrential rain on Thursday. The river was in perfect order on Friday. There are still fish running. There were grilse and sea trout met, all fresh with sealice. Saturday morning raining heavily at the moment. The river is going to rise so it will be Sunday before it will fish. We have very high tides at the moment and with plenty fresh water everything is looking good for the next week. We will take two hours off on Sunday and we will watch Tipperary give Kilkenny a right good game of it and maybe we might have new All Ireland Champions and when the celebrations are starting we will be back on the river lifting into fish so we have the best of everything.
There are approximately five miles of fly fishing along the main part of the Owenmore River in Kerry, with 33 named pools and an additional 180 acres of lake fishing in this Kerry beauty spot. The salmon, grilse and sea trout begin to run in April. The runs continue through spring and summer into early October.
Steve Fleming on Bunerky Lake with some of his catch of 38.325kg at the same venue
The World Pairs got off to a great start yesterday and some really smashing bags of bream at Bunerky helped to set the bar high for this years competition. The top weight in Brackley Lake was David Herron with 19.350kg.
Steve Fleming on Bunerky Lake with some of his catch of 38.325kg at the same venue
The Current standings are as follows:
German pair Jens Koschnick and Thorsten Kusters are leading the pairs competition on 64.980kg, about 3kg ahead of second placed Howell/Hilier and 10kg clear of Scott/Buchwalder in 3rd place.
Alex Murray on Bunerky Lake with some of his catch of 34.525kg
Obviously it’s one of the Germans in top spot for the Daiwa Cu p – Jens Koshnick on a very solid 45.030kg. northern Ireland’s Nick Howell is not far behind on 39.960kg and Steve Fleming, England, just behind him on 38.325kg.
IFI helping transport the anglers’ gear at Connolly’s Shore on Garadice Lake
Christopher Defillon with his Catch of the Week – a superb 7 lb trout from Lough Sheelin (released)
‘There is no loosing in fishing, you either catch them or you learn’
Christopher Defillon with his weight of the week – a superb 7 lb trout (released)
Now into September, Lough Sheelin is at the back end of its fishing season. Just as early autumn weather conditions typically waver between summer-like and more traditionally autumn-like weather, so does trout behaviour. As a result, a mix of summer and autumn fly fishing tactics lead to good success out on the lake this week.
Sheelin’s first September bar of gold – Tony Grehan’s trout of 3lb caught on a Sooty Olive
Although into early autumn, summer schedules are still in effect on Sheelin, though leaves have begun to turn air temperatures were still high and along with low rainfall this means that water temperatures have not changed from the summertime and morning and evening still had the edge as being the best times to target feeding trout.
The Hatches
Trout were showing themselves with splashy rises and aerial gymnastics but there was little interest in surface feeding and it was the teams of wets and the lures that brought in this week’s results. The sedges although in abundance in shoreline trees and bushes stubbornly refused to go out on to the water and it was only in the odd very sheltered area that an angler might stumble on a Murrough or a small sedge but nothing to get excited about and for this week the caddis was not of interest to the trout and consequently not to the angler.
A misconception is that autumn means strictly fishing below surface but although it wasn’t an exciting week for the dries, trout do feed aggressively on the dries well into September and if the weather is conducive there will be abundant hatches of sedges, olives (Bog Bay and Sailors Garden) and buzzer on this lake, so don’t leave the dry flies at home yet.
The Catches
The first day of the new month was heralded in with the sound of gun fire as the start of the duck shooting season began at first light and it was a little like that 1961 film ‘The Guns of Navarone’ but this didn’t last long and did not deter the Sheelin anglers with a decent number of angling boats on the water. Tony Grehan from Dublin broke the new month in beautifully with a fine trout of 3lbs using a Sooty Olive pattern. The start of the week was poor on this lake but as the days progressed some good fishing was reported with the weight of the week hitting in at over 7lbs caught by Navan angler Christopher Defillon.
A September beauty from Sheelin
Areas of the lake for good fishing varied according to wind direction – Lynch’s pt down to Derrysheridan was good for Malcom Graham using Silver and Claret Dabblers and out in the deep on lures as well as Sooty Olives and Red Tailed Peters proved exciting and rewarding for others. When the fish are taking on the blind as they have been over the past few days, there is a lot of luck in it, if you’re lucky enough that the trout happens to be looking up when the artificial is within that window of vision then there’s a take.
Fishing on Sheelin is a lot like opening presents because fishing is all about surprises as well. You might head out after hearing the lake is fishing well but you are never guaranteed success so catching on Lough Sheelin is a gift and the quote from John Gierach ‘if you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly’ is worth a thought as well.
The heaviest fish for this week was a superb 7 lb trout caught by Navan angler Christopher Defillon, August 30th.
Total number of trout recorded : 69
‘Autumn dusk’ – Lough Sheelin
Selection of Catches
Tony Grehan, Dublin – September 1st 1 trout at 3lb plus in Sandy Bay using a Sooty Olive
Danny O’Keefe, Mullingar – August 31st at Wilsons pt. 1 trout at 2 lbs on a Green Peter
Cian Murtagh, Cavan – 1st September, 2 trout at 1 ½ and almost 4lbs, both on wet Daddies.
Des Elliott, Dublin – 11 trout for the week 1 1/4 – 2½ lbs, heaviest at 3 1/4, all on wets – Golden Bumbles and Bibios.
Michael Reilly, Cavan – 3 trout heaviest at 3 ½ lbs on a Silver Dabbler and a Red Tailed Peter
Pat Bannon, Ballyjamesduff – August 30th 1 trout at 3lbs using a Silver Dabbler.
Mick Leddy, Cavan – 4 trout heaviest at 3lbs on wet flies.
Martin Grennan, Kilkenny fishing with Paddy Mcloughlin – 2 trout averaging 1 ½ – 2lbs – both men ‘broke their 2016 duck’ on this fishing trip last Monday.
The Flies
It was mainly intermediate lines being used and the autumn colours of yellow, claret, gold and greens with a threading of silver in various fly imitations proved to be the most successful.
OctoBibios
And so it was the wets that dominated Lough Sheelin’s trout catches for this week with the old tried and tested flies like the Silver Daddies, the Dabblers (in Silver & Pearly), the Sooty Olives, the Bumbles, Klinkhammers and Stimulators all topping the success poll.
Silbver Holo Dabbler
It is a commonly known fact that trout take 99.999% of their meals under the surface. The other .001% of the time they will take a surface fly – not out of hunger, but to mess with the heads of anglers (just joking) but it makes obvious sense to me to put a fly or team of flies where the fish do the majority of their shopping and armed with this knowledge the Sheelin dry fly purists certainly for this first week in September had to resort to this historical method of fishing for trout or lose out. Dry fly anglers are not snobs I’m reassured, they just prefer the excitement of actually seeing the fish before they lose it – a Scottish angler’s comment not mine I hasten to add.
Black spider
The Sheelin trout had fry firmly on the menu for this week as artificials with silver in them yielded the largest catches. The lures were there too, with Minkies in black & silver as well as rabbit fur responsible for a few trout tipping the scales at over 5lbs.
Sedgehog
The most popular flies were the Red Tailed Peters, Golden Olives Bumbles, the Dabblers (Silver, Sooty and Peter Ross), the Grey Flags, the Stimulators (Grey, Claret and Bling),the Black Pennells and the Black & Peacock Spiders. Some lures were used on sinking lines – di3 and 5.
Stimulator
The Green George, Claret George and Detached Daddy were good, these are great teaser flies and were excellent as top droppers. The Muddlers worked well on the lake, these flies push through the water creating a bubble which attracts the feeding trout. Other ‘pusher flies’ used to create a disturbance and used again on the top dropper were the Bibios, Zulus and Sedgehogs. Something sleeker and more imitative on the middle like the Claret & Mallard, Silver Invicta and Wickham’s Fancy and then a flashy attractor on the point like a Dunkeld, Peter Ross or Alexandra. The Bibio is a very versatile fly as it can work both as a top dropper attractor and a tweaked dry, when greased.
Gorgeous George Muddler
‘I saw old Autumn in the misty morn, stand shadowless like Silence, listening
For anyone interested in joining Lough Sheelin’s Angling Club – The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association please contact Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033.
On Sunday October 2nd Lough Sheelin’s angling club The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association will host their annual Stream Rehabilitation Competition starting at Kilnahard from 11am to 6.0pm.
All proceeds of this event go towards the enhancement and rehabilitation of the rivers within the Lough Sheelin catchment.
The club and organisers of this competition, now in its eleventh year, welcome all anglers who wish to fish one of the best wild brown trout fisheries in Ireland and to experience first hand the magic and allure of this lake which has the potential to produce the heaviest trout in the country.
For details please contact Eamonn Ross @ 086 6619834/ 049 9526602 or Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033
Lough Sheelin, September 1st 2016
House Rules
All anglers are required to have a Fishery Permit to fish Lough Sheelin which must be purchased before going out on the lake.
A catch & release policy is actively encouraged on the lake at all times
Please remember anglers to abide by BYE-LAW 790 which strictly prohibits
All trolling on the lake from March 1st to April 30th (inclusive).
From May 1st to June 15th – no trolling between 7pm –6am and no trolling under engine between 6am – 7pm and
June 16th – October 12th – no trolling under engine between 7pm – 6am.
No trout less than 14 inches should be taken from the lake
Lifejackets
Caoimhe Sheridan, Cavan
Life jackets are required by law – SI No 921 of 2005 – Pleasure Craft (Personal Flotation Devices and Operation) (Safety) Regulations 2005.
Water rarely gives second chances and a life jacket is just that – it saves your life.
We would implore anglers and all other users to wear life jackets for their own safety as well as it being the law.
Please put on and keep on that life jacket until you are back on dry land.
