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Good perch and pike to 104cm in Longford area

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myleskelly
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Nick with a nice pike of just over a meter
Nick with a nice pike of just over a meter

 

Kevin Lyons of Melview Lodge reports on the angling achievements of his guests:

Elliot with a nice Perch.
Elliot with a nice Perch.

Regular Belgium anglers Jean-Pierre and son Nick were here once again for a spot of Pike fishing, this time J.P invited his other son Elliot to join them. For Elliot it was his first time fishing in Ireland. Kevin said the guys caught a total of 41 Pike to 104cm and some very nice Perch on lures.

Nick with a nice pike of just over a meter
Nick with a nice pike of just over a meter

But it was first time Lucky for Elliot who had the biggest fish of the week at 104cm, most were tempted by trolling lures with a few caught on dead bait roach. Well done guys, see you in September.

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge

Make a booking…

Situated just off the N4 near Longford Town, Melview Lodge Guest house is right in the heart of the Upper Shannon and many surrounding lakes. The Erne Waterway with its many Loughs and Lakes is only minutes away.

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.

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

Good Lough Derravaragh pike for two brothers

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IFI Staff
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And another for his brother Des
And another for his brother Des

Michael Flanagan from Midland Angling  enjoyed fishing with two brothers and shares the story:

The Byrne brothers were back out fishing last week on Derravaragh, and had a few cracking pike on lures and dead baits. It was an evening session, and the pike were really on the move. Hugh had one super fish that really tested his skill, and it took him 10 minutes to get it under control. It dived deep and got caught up in heavy weeds, but eventually we boated the pike. Photographed it, and returned to fight another day.

And another for his brother Des
Great pike for Des Byrne
Another fine double for Mick
Another fine double for Mick

Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling

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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

Back home for the pike fishing in Mullingar

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IFI Staff
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Rory and Rian Caffrey
Rory and Rian Caffrey

Michael Flanagan from Midland Angling reports:

Dermot Caffery and his family were back home in Mullingar for a few weeks’ holidays from Boston. Its now 3 years since the Caffrey family move to America, and naturally some angling had to take place while back in Mullingar.I had the pleasure of doing a few hours with Dermot’s son Rory and his cousin Rian Caffrey. Prior to our day out I had some very good fishing, but only managed to boat a few fish while out with the lads. Rory does a bit of fishing in and around the Boston area, and will be sending over a few fishy pics, from his angling adventures over in America.

Rory and Rian Caffrey
Rory and Rian Caffrey

Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling

Make a booking

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

Load of species for Donegal anglers afloat and ashore

By
myleskelly
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John Dory
John Dory on the Kiwi Girl

In Donegal the quality of the fishing continues to meet high standards for both shore anglers and charter boat fishermen. At Downings the Rosguill has been getting a great mix of species including the ever popular John Dory.

John Dory
John Dory on Rosguill

Skipper Michael McVeigh tells us that Limeburner is fishing well, reefs are fishing well, Tory is fishing well, mackerel are a little patchy, the sand is fishing well and water temperature now 15 degrees or more. Apart from the tasty species like brill, turbot and, as mentioned earlier, John Dory, his anglers are also getting blue sharks.

John Dory
John Dory on the Kiwi Girl

Staying with charter fishing Kiwi Girl out of Mullaghmore and fishing on Donegal Bay continued to get great blue shark fishing over the weekend. Other trips yielded some fine fish including John Dory once again.

Rays on the distance rods
Rays on the distance rods

Killbegs Mariners report that there was plenty of sunshine over the Bank Holiday weekend on Donegal Bay’s shores and some lovely fish were caught. There were great hard diving wrasse and pollack whipping the lure rods over in close, in the camouflage of the kelp beds while the distance rods worked the really hard fighting spotted rays and flatties on the sand. All released to enjoy their bank holiday after pics.

Tompot Blenny
Tompot Blenny

There is no doubt that summer on the bay is in full bloom now with all forms of mini species on the bay acting out their annual hunts and survival techniques.  Drop a smidgen of ragworm into a seemingly barren kelp stack and it gets ambushed by tompot blennys and wrasse. Huge shoals of small sprats whizz by followed by coleys and pollack and all being attacked from the sky by gannets. Great to watch it all from the rocks chucking in lures and baits. In a single day we get as many as 11 species; turbot, flounder, plaice, dab, Tompot Blenny, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, pouting, pollack, coley, dogfish. In rain and sunshine just glad to be out. Catch, photo, release

Go fishing…

Kiwi Girl

From Mullaghmore Harbour, our Sea Fishing Ireland experience aboard the M.V. Kiwi Girl will bring you to some of the best inshore fishing grounds in Europe. We offer a wide range of Sea Fishing Ireland Boat Trips to suit both novice and expert, from Short 2 Hr Sea Fishing Boat Trips to Big Game Options.

Kiwi Girl is a Fastcatch Kingfisher 31′ with a 420 HP Caterpillar engine.

The Pier, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland

Telephone: +353 (0)87 6100111
Email: mail@offshore.ie Web: www.offshore.ie

Rosguill

Fisherman’s Village Lodge provide B&B Accommodation in Downings, County Donegal. We offer Bed and Breakfast accommodation overlooking the scenic Dooey Strand.

Our modern 43′ Aquastar, The Rosguill, offers Sea Angling and Diving Boat Charters in an area renowned for unsurpassed sea fishing and scenic or wreck diving. The boat operates from Mulroy Bay, near Downings in North West Ireland.

The Fisherman’s Village Lodge
Downings, Co Donegal

Telephone: 074 9155080 / +353 74 9155080
eMail: info@rosguill.com
Web: www.rosguill.com

Irish Kayak Fishing Open postponed

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IFI Staff
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Gary Robinson reports:

It is with great regret that Kayak Fisherman Ireland has to announce the postponement of the Irish Kayak Fishing Open 2016 until further notice. The event will very much go ahead in the future but presently there are issues regarding feasible insurance cover for the event. Not wanting to be so irresponsible as to host an open event without adequate insurance cover, the best course of action is to postpone the event until adequate cover can be sourced. Apologies to any anglers for any confusion and inconvenience caused. Please keep checking the site for updates because the event will go ahead on an alternative date with fantastic prizes on offer. Stay tuned!

Irish Kayak Fishing Open 2016 postponed

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. Needing no more encouragement, he set about rigging his first sit on top kayak and transforming it into a fishing platform to gain access to some of the more inaccessible waters.

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

Twenty-three species reported from Killala Bay!

By
Markus Muller
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Donal Kennedy, skipper of the “Leah”, reported that weather during July had been very mixed with northerly winds being most problematic as Killala Bay gives almost no shelter. However, Donal managed to provide his clients with quality fishing knowing his fishing grounds so well.

Members of the Larne & District Club had two fantastic days fishing on the 21st and 22nd of July with a phenomenal 23 species caught.

Only recently, a party of local anglers enjoyed a day’s fishing aboard “Leah” catching numerous rays up to double figures and returned alive. As the day progressed, whiting, red gurnard, tub gurnard, more rays (4 species) along with some lovely brill, turbot, plaice and dabs were landed; all in all a total of 12 species were caught. The rays caught were thornback, cuckoo, blonde and spotted.

Nice Killala Bay turbot
Nice Killala Bay turbot
good thornback ray from Killala Bay
good thornback ray from Killala Bay

 

To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)086 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.

 

Plenty of salmon still about but harder to catch at Ballisodare

By
Markus Muller
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Luke O’Connell reports

Things started to taper off somewhat at Ballisodare, with plenty of fish still about but proving hard to catch. However, a total of 116 fish were caught over the past two weeks with 46 of these released.

The most productive method was the worm taking some sixty fish, fifty fish were caught on the fly (most released) and only 6 were landed on the prawn.

Visiting Angler, Neville Aston, had a fine 11 lbs. fish on the worm at the Falls on Tuesday July 19th. On the same day, visiting French angler, Willie Marti, caught two nice fish of 7 lbs. and 5 lbs. on the prawn. On Monday 25th July, JJ Sullivan had a 6 lbs. fish on the fly at the Falls plus several more takes and hook ups. Albert Berry caught a brace of fish around the 5 lbs. mark also.

Most of the fish are averaging between 4 lbs. and 5 lbs. and the worm offers the best chance of catching at Ballisodare at the moment.

For information and bookings please check www.ballisodarefishingclub.ie

 

Fishing on Moy slower than in previous weeks but still over 260 salmon reported!

By
Markus Muller
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Ivan and Ian Clatchey, NI, successful on the Ridge Pool

Fishing on the River Moy slowed down somewhat during the week, while fluctuating water levels resulted in more difficult conditions. However, the Moy system produced a reported catch of 266 fish for the week bringing the yearly total to 4,681.

On the Ridge Pool, flyanglers Ivan and Ian McClatchy from Northern Ireland had two grilse each best at 5 lbs. Peter Wadding, UK, was also successful on the Ridge Pool catching two grilse while spinning. German regular, Lars Friebertshäuser had two fish on the fly on the Cathedral Beat, while Jesus Ugarte, Spain, also landed two on fly. Derek Doyle, Dublin, and Philip Cobham, UK, scored on the Moy Fishery’s Spring Wells Beat where they had a grilse each; both fish were caught on fly.

Ivan and Ian Clatchey, NI, successful on the Ridge Pool
Ivan and Ian Clatchey, NI, successful on the Ridge Pool

John Hoddle, UK, enjoyed his time at Mt. Falcon catching 6 grilse over two days, while Liz Couzens, also UK, had a great day on Coolcronan landing three. The Foxford town waters produced in excess of 50 salmon for the week.

Further upriver on Cloongee, Peter Todd, Wicklow, caught two grilse on worm averaging 4.5 lbs. Also on Cloongee, Thierry Colum caught and released eight fish for the week. Flyfishing on East Mayo still proved quite successful with a number of fine grilse reported. Amongst the successful flyanglers was Severin Ullmann from Switzerland.

Shark week off Clare coast, blues, porbeagles, tope and sixgills

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myleskelly
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4.6m sixgill shark
4.6m sixgill shark - a real monster

Last week it was tope and blue sharks for anglers on the Clare Dragoon and over the weekend there was more in store including serious sixgill sharks. Skipper Luke Aston reports…

Before the weekend we had blue sharks and tope (in the Estuary) and our run of good fortune with the sharks continues

4.6m sixgill shark
4.6m sixgill shark – a real monster

On Saturday we were out at the Skate / Sixgills again today and had a monster to the boat. At 4.6mtr long it was one of the biggest I’ve seen. Considering the record one we caught was 3.9mtr and 1056lb I can say this one was well over 1300lb. A fish of a lifetime for Tony Carrig.

On Sunday we were back out with a new group and had a lovely drift on the reefs. Some fine Ling around. Monday was a wet one but we had a nice day at the Congers tucked up in shelter.

Blue shark
Blue shark

On Tuesday, 02 August, we had a great shark drift with action from the off. We had 7 blue shark and 2 Porbeagles to the boat and a lots of runs and dropped baits. Looks like it’s going to be a top shark year and great to see the Porbeagle about so early. They were about 35 and 75lbs and the bigger one gave a good scrap.

Luke Aston
Clare Dragoon

More Clare charter reports

Baby Blue
Baby Blue

Also fishing the Clare Coast was the Lady Gwen. A group of Limerick anglers were out on Friday and they had a good mix of species including spurdogs. Saturday and Sunday was spent on the reefs in pursuit of pollack, mackerel and the like. On Monday it was wet but the angles were well prepared and had some nice species today, including a”baby blue shark” that was tagged and released.

Go fishing…

Clare Dragoon

Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine that operates out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare.

I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!

To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
Email: lukeaston@eircom.net Web: www.fishandstay.com

Lady Gwen II

Fishing Adventures on Séan Maguire’s Lady Gwen II, a Lochin 33  M265Ti Perkins charterboat which operates 15 miles from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, and Kilrush.

Whether you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean for a large selection of species, including different types of shark, or fish the estuary for ray conger tope etc, Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire.
Telephone: +353 (0) 877508758 or +353 (0) 894431182
Email: fishadven@gmail.com Web: www.fishingadventures.ie

 

German anglers enjoys the shark fishing from Valentia

By
myleskelly
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Blue shark
Blue shark

Siegy Grabher, skipper of Sioux out of Valentia Island reports on the fishing around the Skelligs and Valentia Island…

Blue shark
Blue shark

Mathias from Germany enjoyed a great blue shark week! All sharks were tagged and released!

Over the weekend there was more good fishing for pollack, wrasse and more sharks.

Siegy Grabher 
Sioux

Go fishing…

Sioux

The charter boat “Sioux” is an Offshore 105 equipped with a 300 hp Ford Sabre Turbo Diesel engine. The season for most species is from April to the end of September; cod, pollock, ling, coalfish, whiting, haddock, mackerel, garfish, pouting, plaice, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, grey and red gurnard, seabass, mullet, skate, ray-thornback, conger eel, dogfish, bullhuss and blueshark (July – September)

35′ Offshore 105. 300 HP Ford
Valentia Island, Co. Kerry.
Tel: +353 66 9476420 or +353 87 6871267
Email: valentiafishing@eircom.net Website: www.valentiafishing.com

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