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Skate to 199lb for anglers out of Unionhall

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myleskelly
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199lb skate
199lb skate

Tom Collins of Loch an Iasc out of Union Hall has been getting some good skate fishing recently. On Thursday last week they had some really fine fish to the boat. the biggest was an enormous skate estimated to weigh 199lb. Tom reckons that if they were allowed to include the bait it had just eaten they easily hit the 200lb mark! Also amongst the fish caught that day were some good bullhuss one of which came in at 14lb 7oz.

199lb skate
199lb skate
14lb 7oz bullhuss
14lb 7oz bullhuss

The weekend was busy as Tom and his anglers managed to fit in a mix of skate, shark and reef fishing.

There were plenty of blue sharks about
There were plenty of blue sharks about
Over the reefs they got good fishing including a few cod
Over the reefs they got good fishing including a few cod

Go fishing…

The Loch an Iasc is a fast worker 36 built in Valentia and refurbished in 2005 under department of marine supervision specifically for angling charters and whale watching. She is licenced and insured for 12 passengers and carries a P5 licence which allows her to operate within 30 miles of designated ports. For customer comfort there is inside seating for 12 passengers and it has a toilet as well. The Loch an Iasc is powered by two Caterpillar 3126 engines giving a total of 700 horsepower which means that our customers can get to fishing grounds faster or when the whales and dolphins are offshore you will get more time with them. In 2014 Tom Collins invested in new electronics and fitted new led lighting for night shark fishing trips. Tom has found in the past that lots of light at night attracts baitfish which in turn brings in the big predators. For information on trip from the Reen Pier in Union Hall, County Cork, contact Tom Collins at +353 (0)87 – 279 2983.

E-mail: info@seaanglingcharters.ie
Web: www.seaanglingcharters.ie

skate
Union Hall is a good destination for the skate angler

Fishing not easy on Munster Blackwater but a few salmon about

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myleskelly
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Queen of the Blackwater Wilawan Carroll she does it again lovely fish of 5lbs taken at Ballyduff Bridge
Queen of the Blackwater Wilawan Carroll she does it again lovely fish of 5lbs taken at Ballyduff Bridge on Monday

There were 3 salmon reported from the Ballyduff Bridge Fishery yesterday and another on Monday. At the weekend they had another fish on Sunday. Over at the Glenda Powell’s Blackwater Salmon Fishery beats, 3 salmon were caught on Saturday. Friday was a good day for Glenda’s anglers as 6 salmon were reported when the fishing was described as “not easy”. On the 10th 2 salmon were caught at both Ballyduff Bridge and Blackwater Salmon Fishery.

Queen of the Blackwater Wilawan Carroll she does it again lovely fish of 5lbs taken at Ballyduff Bridge
Queen of the Blackwater Wilawan Carroll with lovely fish of 5lbs taken at Ballyduff Bridge on Monday

Go Fishing….

Blackwater Salmon Fishery

Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water.

Contact Glenda Powell: Lismore, Co Waterford,

Email: info@blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929

Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com

Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery

Ballyduff Bridge fisheries control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.

Contact  Connie Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.

Mobile: +353 (0)87 6918230.
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

Body of fisherman found off west Cork coast identified, Irish Times

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myleskelly
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Gardaí are to prepare a file for the Coroner’s Court following the completion of a postmortem on the body of a 69-year-old fisherman recovered from the sea off west Cork on Tuesday morning. The man, named locally as Michael O’Brien from Rossbrin in Ballydehob, had gone missing during a fishing trip in his small boat from Rossbrin Pier on the Mizen Peninsula on Monday morning…
Irish Times, 17/08/16. Read the full article ‘Body of fisherman found off west Cork coast identified‘.

Body of fisherman found off west Cork coast identified
Body of fisherman found off west Cork coast identified, Irish Times

Not many caught on Lough Currane last week

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myleskelly
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A lot of bull?
A lot of bull?

Guide Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where it has been slow going for salmon and sea trout anglers…

Its 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

10/8/16 They say you can’t keep a good angler from rising to the top, well today was a perfect example of that. Cork Angler Mr. Tom Murphy’s words of wisdom were brought out in practice today and I quote, “The trout were off today so I tried a bit of Salmon Fishing”. And I can tell you one thing, it wasn’t long before his fly rod was bent double into a almighty Salmon and Tom had one hell of a battle with his 10 lbs. Salmon. And as his Salmon came to the surface he had one swipe with the Net and the rest is history. Tom’s next port of call was the Waterville Inn to celebrate his catching of his 10 lbs. Salmon and I will let his good friend, Mr. Brendan Spillane have the last word on Tom’s day out on Lough Currane and again I quote, “You’re fishing well Tom”. No Spin No fly’s just facts. Now for the rest of the News and the news is the rest of my Noble Anglers failed miserably in their duties what they need is a few lessons in the art of presentation both in the Salmon and Sea Trout department. Wind North light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times but mainly sunny.

11/8/16 Now to today’s news or the lack of it, so on that note I will let renowned Cork Angler, Mr. Tom Murphy, give his prospectus of today’s manipulations. Perfect conditions today on Currane. All I have to report is a softened cough and a dry net.
An enigmatic lake, and that keeps it interesting. Wind SW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times.

12/8/16 Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong SW wind blowing down the Lake. A few boats did venture out but my old iphone was as silent as their fly reels and that sums up today’s action. Wind as already stated there was good cloud cover and a nice drop of rain this evening.

13/8/16 Lough Currane was on the quiet side in all departments.  Wind W light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.

14/8/16 Straight to the Sea Trout fly department. We start out from the Bungalow, Kildare Angler, Mr. Gerald Ford, caught 2 Sea Trout on the fly, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Staying with the fly, Cork Angler Mr. Tom Murphy will have the last word on today’s notes and I quote, “Hi Vincent,  fished until dark last evening for a few brownies. Today, with low expectations, I had four Juniors  to 14 inches in two hours and just for the record I was fishing a intermediate fly line and all my fish were returned.”
Wind SE light to fresh and very sunny with cloud at times.

15/8/16 You can say without any fear of contradiction that Lough Currane was purely a French Connection today in the Salmon department and for good reason, French angler, Mr. Pierre Loyer, caught a fine 4lbs. Grilse on the troll and he lost another good fish. Wind SE fresh to strong with plenty of sunshine.

16/8/16 Lough Currane was on the wild side and just a few boats ventured out and that’s not surprising,  with a strong SE wind blowing down the Lake, there was good cloud cover and very humid.  If  an angler said that he caught a fine Salmon, I think the picture below will put you in the picture!!

A lot of bull?
A lot of bull?

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

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Vincent Appleby Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 872074882
E-mail: salmonandseatrout@eircom.net
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

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

Destination Kerry and target rays for Kayaker

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IFI Staff
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Back on the seas and enjoying the sport he loves after a busy week is kayaker Gary Robinson. Destination Kerry and target Rays, Gary reports:

Kerry is famed for its fishing and one family of fish in particular – rays. These cartilaginous fish are elsmobranchs; flattened members of the shark family. I wanted to check out a few marks to see if they were present with a view to returning later on to tag any specimens caught for ongoing research involving Inland Fisheries Ireland.

Gary Robinson - Rays in Kerry 1With a window of just a couple of hours I paddled into a very strong current and dropped anchor knowing that by the time two hours had elapsed the flow would have weakened considerably as the tide would be beginning to turn. It pays to plan trips around the tides and the ‘rule of twelfths‘, particularly when anchoring comes into play.

Well stationed in the flow I was ready to send baits to the bottom and had with me a selection of old sandeels, peeler crab and some mackerel. The sandeels went down first but being old they turned to mush instantly so the rest of the packet was used to feed the crabs. The rest of the short session saw me use crab bound to the Cox & Rawle Uptide Extra 4/0 hook with the Bait Weaver with a mackerel fillet ‘jacket’ bound over this.

Gary Robinson - Rays in Kerry 2Before long there was a nod on the rod tip followed by the rod arching over into a small thornback ray. Even a small fish feels good when it kites in the current and good gear needs to be used for ray in case of hooking up with a double figure fish. As the name suggests thornbacks are covered in small sharp spines and the ‘thornie rash’ all over my hands this morning serves as a good reminder to bring some protection next time!

A mackerel peeler cocktail
A mackerel peeler cocktail

Rays usually travel in groups and true to form it wasn’t long before I hit a second fish. A short procession of small males came to the kayak. The thieves were around again today but this time they were only interested in bait; a few crabs and the odd mackerel hitting the peeler/mackerel offering I was using. With a slackening tide the ray bites dwindled so I decided to chuck a lure in the hopes of a hit. A Sakura L16 shad and sandeel both received hits and the culprits appeared to be small bass with one being dropped not far from the kayak. Better luck next time.

Bait thief
Bait thief

Time and tide waits for no man and reluctantly I had to haul anchor to get home to attend to other things. A nice surprise on hauling anchor was a constellation of small starfish that attached themselves to the anchor chain. I let them off back into their watery home and headed back for shore having completed a short but satisfying trip.

Starfish
Starfish

And Finally…

I have noticed in the past couple of days the reporting and sharing of a couple of ‘news articles’ in British and Irish press warning beach users to beware of the harmless free-floating vallela. This hydrozoan has been reported as being a member of the jellyfish family and related to the Portuguese man of war. The organism is not related to the jellyfish, does not sting and will not eat your children! As you can see from the two images below, contact with the skin is about as risky as picking up a digestive biscuit.

Wind sailors
Wind sailors

Gary Robinson
kayakfishermanireland.com

Kayak angling in Ireland

Gary discovered the thrill, freedom and pure joy of kayak fishing almost by accident. After purchasing kayaks with the intention of paddling trips with his long-suffering partner, he started to assess the suitability of such a craft as a fishing platform. Some internet searches showed him that he was not alone in his thoughts. America and Australia already had blossoming populations of kayak anglers.

Find out more about Gary and his adventures at www.kayakfishermanireland.com

Angling Kayaks – http://www.canoecentre.ie/collections/angling-kayaks

 

19 species in two trips for Sligo Boat Charters

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IFI Staff
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Charterboat skipper Daryl Ewing of Sligo Boat Charters tells us that there’s excellent fishing at the moment and last weekend’s catches included cuckoo rays, thornie rays, plaice, doggies, mackerel, scad, pollack, ling,ballan cuckoo and corkwing wrasse, dab, octopus, pouting, poor cod, whiting, red and grey gurnard and coalfish just 19 species in two trips! There are also lots of big pollack falling to light gear too… Great fun!

Peek-a-boo!!!!
Peek-a-boo!!!!

Ewing Charters - August pic 3

Ewing Charters - August pic 2

Ewing Charters - August pic 4

Ewing Charters - August pic 5

Daryl Ewing
Sligo Boat Charters

Go fishing…

Sea Star is based in Rosses Point, Sligo (10 mins from Sligo town on local bus route).  Services available include deep sea angling, reef fishing, shark fishing (August-October) and eco tourism cruises. Trips can be tailor made to suit anglers and include modest half day, full day and evening trip rates for groups, individuals, and children. Rods and tackle are available for hire on board and skipper can arrange accommodation if contacted in time. Gift vouchers are also available. Sight seeing tours for non anglers.

Address: Rosses Point, Co Sligo.
Telephone: + 353 86 8913618
Email: info@sligoboatcharters.com Web: www.sligoboatcharters.com

Trout fishing late evening is good but the Laune needs more water

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IFI Staff
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Billy Downes of the Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association reports:

Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association waters and Beat 3.

As of Monday 15th of August Laune .9 M – OK water for all methods but would be better refreshed with another foot or two.

Angling effort over the last week has fallen completely away with little sign of anglers and more especially fish. It had been hoped that at last when the commercial nets stopped on the Laune that we would at least see a few fish – it has not happened.

On Friday last one member managed to land one good fish of 14 lbs on the worm and another met two that evening on the fly.

No change from last week:

• No fish caught.

• No fish seen.

• No fish there.

This is the view of our members the majority of whom have still to catch a fish.

Prospects: Last week it was poor this week it’s very poor there is no chance of a fish it seems. We place our hopes on the expected rain improving things.

Permits for Laune Anglers waters from now to 30th of September cost only €35 excellent value compared to other fisheries and the chances of a fish.
Beat 3: In need of good water and no news of fish being caught there. 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

Billy Downes,  Secretary
Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association
For further up to date information look up:
http://www.launeanglersfishing.com/ ‘Water Level’
Laune Anglers on Facebook: Facebook Laune Anglers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauneAnglers
Or: Email: billydownes@hotmail.com
End Billy Downes Secretary Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association

Mystery pairs win for MADCAP anglers

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IFI Staff
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The MADCAPS (Midlands Coarse & Pike Anglers) held their Mystery Paris Club Event on Sunday 14th
Fishing was at the docks, Athlone and Marine View. They report:

What a great day, everyone caught fish the rain stayed away and two awesome anglers won the mystery pairs! Fishing the Docks and Meadow View.

1st place Gerry Carroll and Chris Keogh
2nd place Gary Smith and Joe McEvoy
3rd place John Keogh and Arthur judge
4th Barry Brill and Kenny Brill
5th Joe Brill and Alan Atkin

There might be a knock up or some pleasure fishing next weekend in a newish venue check their page later on in the week for more info.

Join the Club…

We are pleased to say our members voted YES to accept some new blood to the club. So, if you would like to join us please get in touch.

MADCAPS, Midlands Coarse & Pike Anglers are steadily growing, have some coached members to take juniors forward and are delighted to be working with other clubs and organisations in the area towards the development of angling venues.

We run a pike league in the winter and coarse for the summer. Our membership is just €10 and we charge no more for our open competitions keeping it affordable for all. Key for us is that we keep fishing fun!

If you are interested please get in touch – https://www.facebook.com/MidlandsCoarsePikeAnglers

 

Prebaiting and preparing the swim pays off in abundance for Melview guests

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IFI Staff
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Howard showing one of the nice roach being caught
Howard showing one of the nice roach being caught

Kevin Lyons of Melview Lodge reports from Longford:

Nigel and Howard from Devon had a cracking weeks fishing while staying at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford, Kevin said the lads come over every year and stay so they are very familiar with the waters around the area.

Nigel - pictured with a cracking catch of Hybrids
Nigel pictured with a cracking catch of Hybrids

The first couple of days were spent prebaiting one of their favourite spots only to produce lots of Roach, we then decided to change the plan and prebait a deep part of a Lough. Well it paid off for the guys when it produced around 520lb of Hybrids and some cracking Roach for the 3 remaining days, fishing feeder at about 30 yards into 20 feet using various hook baits proved to be the way to go.

Howard showing one of the nice roach being caught
Howard showing one of the nice roach being caught

Kevin said, the guys put a lot of time and effort in to prebaiting and preparing the swim and this goes to show that with a little extra effort the fishing in Ireland is as good as it ever was. Well done lads look forward to seeing you next year, thanks.

Howard - also pictured with the joint catch topping 200lb.
Howard – also pictured with the joint catch topping 200lb.

NOT ALL SPECIES OF FISH FEATURED IN PICTURES DUE TO FISH WELFARE.

All fish photograph and released unharmed.

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge

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Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road,Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: info@melviewlodge.com Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

Great seatrout on Glenicmurrin at Costello and Fermoyle

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myleskelly
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Terrance Gallagher has all the news from Costello and Fermoyle…

04/08/16 to 11/08/16

Strong gusts and gales meant rod pressure was low over the last week but those who did make it out not disappointed.

Pete Westwater returned for a second day on Glenicmurrin Lough and clocked up an impressive 25 sea trout. First time visitors Frank and Oisin O’Reilly were very impressed with their day on Glenicmurrin after they landed 29 sea trout to 2lbs and rose numerous others. Brothers Padhraic & Peter McDonagh opted for the holding pools on River Beat 3, a smart choice, as they recorded 17 sea trout to 2lbs 8ozs. Finally, regular Rene Lachemaer, was back on Glenicmurrin and was very pleased with the 13 sea trout he landed including a smashing fish of 3lbs,

For further information and bookings on Costello and Fermoyle, please contact Terry Gallagher at 087 23 999 88 or email: gallaghere.terence@gmail.com

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