A marine piling project is underway in Killybegs, Co Donegal on phase 3 of the small craft harbour.
The contract to ABCO Marine at the Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre that began late last month, is on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
The works will include the provision and installation of stell tubular piles and floating breakwater pontoons, associated connections and ancillaries. Additional works are also required to integrate phase 3 installation with the previous phase 1 and 2 pontoon arrangements….
Ennell anglers are also in action this month and host the Jimmy Nea Cup fly-fishing competition. Its an 7pm start and finishes at 11am. Check in Whitebridge Bay. Lilliput Boat hire has a fleet of boats & engines for hire, if you fancy a trip across Ennell. Contat Pete on 087-6492866.
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.
Michael Flanagan tells us he had a day out recently on Ennell, with Michael McShane, and only did a few hours, but Michael caught his first Ennell pike. They trolled in 12-15ft of water, and the pike took a shine to a very blight Zalt lure. Another day is planned with Michael, and they will be trying to entice a few more pike to hit their lures.
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.
Plenty of anglers are out & about on Lene and it is producing nice fish on the fly and troll. Sam and Jackie Wong were over from California and boated some lovely fish in calm conditions. Sam was very impressed with the quality of the fishing on Lene, and also the facilities at Fagan’s Point. Also chilling out on Lene were Edvinas Cinga and pal Mantas Martinauskas originally from Lithuanian, but living in Ireland quite a number of years now. They had a few lovely rainbows, and pike on a variety of colorful lures, with orange floating baits working best.
Sam and Jackie Wong
Our first evening competition is coming up on Friday 15th July, and on the night top prize is the Larry Mulligan Cup. This fly fishing competition will be fished from 7pm-11.15pm, and it’s sponsored by C.Lynch Angling Center in Navan.
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.
Coaches, Assistants and Participants at the Final day f the Fishing Summer Camp Yesterday in Carrickmacross
Yesterday was the final day of the fifth Carrickmacross Coarse Angling and Junior Development Clubs annual fishing summer camp. This years event was held at the Brothers Lake in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan over the last four days. Thursday 7th July saw the young enthusiasts turning up take part in a pairs competition where they could showcase all they had learned over the duration of the course. Those attending had been introduced to fishing techniques and tactics by the clubs coaches and members of the club and had all participants made great progress over the four days of the camp. The winning team caught 88 fish showing that they had well mastered the art of angling.
This Young Angler Confidently Fishes the Pole at the Brothers Lake Yesterday
The Carrickmacross Coarse Angling and Junior Development Club summer camp has been running for five years and has catered for nearly 100 novice anglers and improvers. The clubs youth development programme has already produced great results with some of the clubs top class junior anglers having already made their mark on a very competitive match scene. It is hoped that this success will continue well into the future. The event was sponsored by Les Harris of Lakeside Angling in Castleblayney and Inland Fisheries Ireland.
Coaches, Assistants and Participants at the Final day of the Fishing Summer Camp Yesterday in CarrickmacrossCoaches and Assistants With Sponsor Les Harris (Lakeside Angling) at Yesterdays Summer camp.
Carrigaholt skipper Luke Aston provided some good fishing for his clients this week even though the weather was very variable.
A party of 6 joined him on Saturday for two days fishing. The conditions weren’t great and although they tried for tope only one was caught. Sunday made up for it, with plenty of fish on the deep reefs.
On Wednesday he had a Dutch group back for a few days and although the weather wasn’t certain their trip started with a good day and some fine Spur Dogs were caught 3 of them well over 11lbs
Dutch anglers
Today, Thursday was a great day for fishing. Lots of fish on the deep reefs and a good range. Some fine Spurdogs and a big lump of a Haddock
A fine Haddock
Kilkee…
Sean McGuire found the weather a bit fresh too on Saturday, so after a journey to the Loop where they got some mackerel they headed back up the estuary and anchored, and it turned out a nice sunny and very enjoyable day.
Sunday calmed off nicely and turned out a lovely day at sea, with very good fishing. On Tuesday they had a bit of fun in the morning with the “catch and release” of some fine spurdogs before they moved off.
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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.netWeb:www.fishandstay.com
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Lindsey Clarke reports from Owenea Fishery – Monday 27th June to Sunday 3rd July 2016
The Owenea received some nice water conditions this week and the salmon run picked up at last. Most days brought good water levels and the gauge average for the week was much improved reading 0.27 metres. The fishery was not particularly busy with 16 visiting rods fishing for the week but local rods were out in fair numbers. There was around 20 salmon caught for the week and given here are some of the catches taken from the fishery catch register.
On Monday, Michael McCrory recorded a 10lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 8 and John Ward accounted for a 4½lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 5. On Tuesday, Dessie Coyle reported a 12½lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 7. On Thursday, Ethan Ward recorded an 11lb salmon caught on a spinner from beat 5. John Boyle reported 2 grilse weighing 3 & 4lb caught on a fly from beats 3 & 4 with the smaller of these being released again and Michael McCrory accounted for 2 grilse weighing 5 & 6½lb caught on a fly from beat 5 with the smaller of these being released again. On Sunday, Alan Watson registered a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 6.
The forecast for the coming week is for periods of rain and hopefully this will translate into nice water levels for angling. Prospects look good.
Lindsey Clarke reports from LOUGH MELVIN – Monday 27th June to Sunday 3rd July 2016
The fishing on Melvin remained very variable over the week. Rods reported good trout fishing on some days with other days seeing the trout very dour and hard to stir! In truth, the lough was not particularly busy with, on average, only 3 boats out per day. The Garrison Lough Melvin Anglers held the Gerry Gallagher Cup competition on Sunday and some boats reported good fishing with 8 trout winning the cup followed by a catch of 7 trout for the 2nd and 3rd placed boats. I am awaiting details of anglers etc. There was a number of grilse caught trolling though salmon angling effort was very light. There are large numbers of fresh grilse in the lough at present.
Lindsey Clarke reports from the RIVER DROWES – Monday 27th June to Sunday 3rd July 2016
Water levels on the Drowes were very good this week. The gauge read 0.56m on Monday and the river hovered around this level all week but began to rise again at the weekend. By the end of play on Sunday, the gauge read 0.59m. Nice water indeed. The river continued to fish very well for grilse with some 130 fish caught for the week! Given here are some of the catches taken from the Fishery Catch Register. On Monday, Tony Allen reported a 3lb grilse caught on shrimp. On Thursday, Patrick O’Malley recorded a 4lb grilse caught on shrimp from the Wash Stones. Johnny Ciconte reported a 3lb grilse caught on a spinner from The Meadows. Michael Kruse logged 2 grilse weighing 3 & 4lb caught on a fly from Briney’s. Richard Evans registered 2 grilse weighing 2½ & 4lb caught on worm from the Mill Pool. Billy Gilbert recorded a 7lb salmon caught on fly from the Sea Pools and David McKee accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on shrimp from the Sea Pools.
On Saturday, Rory Morrin recorded a 5lb grilse caught on fly from Tinker’s Hole. Seamus O’Sullivan accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on fly from Terrace and Paul Rippingale accounted for 4 fish weighing from 3lb to 9lb caught on spinner and prawn. On Sunday, P.J. Bailey registered a 3lb grilse caught on worm. Over the week the angling party’s staying at Lareen recorded numerous grilse caught. Antonio Barrets party recorded 10 grilse weighing from 3 to 4lb caught on worm from various pools. Oscar Barrets party reported 9 grilse weighing from 3 to 4lb caught from various pools. Charles Mascrus’s party logged 8 grilse weighing from 3 to 5lb caught on flies from various pools. Angel Voarmod’s party recorded 7 grilse weighing from 3 to 4lb caught on flies from various pools and Rodriguez Ronaii’s party accounted for 5 grilse weighing from 3 to 4lb caught on flies from various pools. Water levels will remain good for the coming week on the Drowes and prospects look very good for those venturing out on this famous salmon fishery.
For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see the website: http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: +353 (0)71 9841055 (8 am to 12 noon)
Mike Duckett and Tony Vallack who live in Plymouth , are both keen anglers. Tony was reading the Inland Fisheries Ireland weekly reports over the last year and decided to get a ferry to Ireland with his mate Mike to try out the fishing in Cork Harbour. They were particularly interested in trying out Eire Bass Richie Ryan as a guide to see if he lived up to the reports on the diary. Having been out on a recent charter in the UK which only produced 3 pollock , they were determined to catch fish.
Staying in the beautiful Elmville B & B recommended by Richie , and owned by Olive O Brien ,they were only a few hundred yards from the Eire Bass ” departure lounge ” !
Great fish for Mike Duckett
Over a number of days the guide managed to land them over 130 pollock on the fly and and a few whoppers broken off and even a few bass. In fact the first ever reported fly caught bass on Harbour Rock fell to Mike Duckett on the last cast of their trip. To say he was chuffed was on overstatement. The former Royal Navy Warrant Officer , staying in Olive’s former RN officers quarters , was grinning from ear to ear as was the guide !
