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Silver bars on the Copper Coast

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IFI Staff
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Mackenzie Pro Guide Jason O’Riordan  enjoys some lovely bass fishing on the Waterford coast;

The bass fishing along the copper coast and into Tramore has been awesome over the last set of spring tides. There were large numbers of fish caught in the Tramore area during night sessions. When the weather is very warm and sea is calm night fishing over shallow sandy surf beaches can be very productive indeed. However, as a fishing guide a lot of my clients either cannot or just do not want to fish during those hours so I am faced with trying to get them onto fish in daylight during the same conditions. This means trying a lot of tactics but the big tides do help quite a bit and we had some fantastic bass recently, with several over 70cm and one over 80cm.
Jason O Riordan - Releasing bass

Jason O Riordan - Bass 3

Adapting to the fishing situation is important and we had fish on surface lures, shallow divers and in particularly the soft plastics. Senko worms are really doing the business along with some paddle tails.
The next spring tides are not far away so I’m really looking forward to getting out there. Remember to be familiar with the bass angling regulations and practice catch and release.

Jason O Riordan - Releasing bass 2

Jason O Riordan - Releasing bass 3

To make a booking with Jason contact..

Jason O’RiordanJason O'Riordan photo

Mackenzie Pro Guide  and an IFFF Qualified Fly Casting Instructor

Notes: Jason has a lifetime of experience in fishing and guiding on the rivers, lakes and coastline in the area. Jason has given talks on fishing techniques at the leading angling shows in Ireland. Game Fishing Ireland offers guided packages for salmon, river trout, lake trout and saltwater game species. Fishing packages can vary in price depending on the target species and time of year. A typical package can include permits, travel, guiding, and packed lunch. Tackle hire is also available.

Address: Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 296 5712

E-mail: joriordan0@gmail.com Website: www.gamefishingireland.ie

Blue shark for charter boat anglers out of Kilmore Quay

By
myleskelly
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Henry O'Kelly
Henry O'Kelly
Kit Dunne
Kit Dunne – blues from Kilmore

Kit Dunne normally fishes out of Wicklow but he had a bit of prospecting for porbeagle on his mind. Through experimenting in the past Kit has developed the angling potential for his customers in Wicklow and he is hoping to do something similar in Kilmore Quay with the the shark fishing market. Unfortunately on this trip the porbeagles were not about but the capture of 3 good blue shark kept the anglers on board more than happy.

One of the party was lucky enough to catch his first blue, while 2 of the others both caught PBs.

Daniel O'Kelly
Daniel O’Kelly

Daniel O’Kelly had this to day about his catch “Had my biggest blue at 82lbs a capture I will never forget. I drew the short rod in the draw. I.e. closest to the chum bag. Watching them circle the bag was amazing. One was very high in the water so I had to hand line the bait in front of the fish. I Watched it take the bait and then setting the hook by hand was just an unbelievable experience.”

Henry O'Kelly
Henry O’Kelly

Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats available – LisinandCastle Maiden. All levels of anglers are catered for. Anglers will benefit from your skipper’s angling experience and local knowledge with adviceand guidance on-hand at all times.

SPECIALIST ANGLING CHARTERS

Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new methods of angling.

ANGLING COACHING

Whether you’re a Club, Individual, School or Junior you can have an angling coaching session or programme tailored to suit your needs.

Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters,
Telephone: +353 (0)87 6832179 +353 (0)404 67031

Carrowmore fishing well – even in bright sunshine!

By
Markus Muller
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A happy Nigel Williams, UK, with his first Carrowmore grilse

Despite the dry and sunny conditions and the very low water level, Carrowmore Lake still produced a good few salmon during the past week. While a few fish were caught during daytime, the most productive period seemed to be the evening.

Amongst the successful anglers were Cameron Brant, US, with one grilse and South African angler, Wayne Oldfield, who had two fish. Nigel Williams from the UK was also successful catching his first ever Carrowmore salmon.

A happy Nigel Williams, UK, with his first Carrowmore grilse
A happy Nigel Williams, UK, with his first Carrowmore grilse

 

Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery this year! For fishing on Carrowmore Lake contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com.

Ballisodare producing 74 salmon for the week!

By
Markus Muller
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Luke O’Connell from Ballisodare Angling Club reports

Given the conditions for the week there was very good fishing at Ballisodare with 74 fish caught, 28 of which were released. With the river being so low due to a prolonged dry spell, the fishing mainly took place at the Falls with worm, fly and prawn each taking good numbers of fish. The best fish of the week was a cracker of approximately 12 lbs. which was caught on the prawn and sportingly released. Fish at the moment are averaging between 4 to 5 lbs. with six and seven pounders also being caught. Still a decent number of sizeable fish about but they are proving to be hard caught.

Visiting French anglers, Frederick Rollin and Allain Colonvan, had a couple of good days catching 5 between them (several released), skating a small hitched plastic tube fly, a method not often practiced at Ballisodare but one that in these tough conditions will now be used more often! On Monday, Eamon Ruddy had a nice 6 lbs. fish on the worm. Paddy Beirne had 2 nice grilse on Tuesday both on the prawn weighing approx. 5 lbs. each, one was released. On Tuesday Mark Walton had his first ever fish on the prawn (also his first time to try it), a grilse of 4 lbs. The prawn can be a very effective method at the Falls in this dry warm weather! Dermot Glennon also released two (4 lbs. & 6lbs.) on the prawn on the same day.  Alan McMaster visited the Ballisodare fishery on Wednesday and went home with two nice 4 lbs. grilse caught on the worm. Visiting party from Dublin, the O’Dwyers, also had a good day: Mark, Frank and Dominic all had fish, mainly on worm but Dominic managed a 4 lbs. grilse on the prawn. Sean Haran had a good fish of 7 lbs on Wednesday also. On Thursday, Jim Fingerton from Dublin landed a lovely sea-liced seven pounder fish on the worm. On Friday, Joan Bowen-Walsh had her first success of the 2016 season and she done it in style, not only catching one, but catching two fish on the worm! David Sheilds done well this day catching two on the fly, one fish was approximately 8 lbs.

Father and Son, Vincent and Michael Flynn, fished on Saturday and had four fish between them;, Vincent had three on the fly (one released) weighing 4.4 lbs. and 5 lbs., while Michael had his first of the season, a 4 lbs. grilse on the worm. Other good fish recorded on Saturday were caught by Paul McGrory (7 lbs. on the fly), Albert Berry (6 lbs. also on the fly) and visiting angler, Micheal Hennebery, who had a lovely 9 lbs. fish also on fly. Anthony McCann and Billy McDevitt had the best fish on Sunday weighing 6 lbs. and 7 lbs. respectively; Anthony had his on the prawn, while Billy got his one on the worm. Other fish were caught in the 4 to 5 lbs. bracket on worm, prawn and fly.

For information and bookings please check www.ballisodarefishingclub.ie

Anglers on "Pegasus" doing well on Moy Estuary

By
Markus Muller
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Martin van Seemus shows two fresh run Moy Estuary sea trout on Pegasus

Judd Ruane, skipper of the Pegasus, reported very good sea trout fishing up until last Thursday, while the higher spring tides affected angling over the weekend. Sea trout are caught in good numbers and an average weight of 1.5 lbs. is also quite impressive. Amongst the successful anglers was Dutch visitor, Martin van Seemus who caught a number of good Moy sea trout during his stay.
 

Martin van Seemus shows two fresh run Moy Estuary sea trout on Pegasus
Martin van Seemus shows two fresh run Moy Estuary sea trout on Pegasus

 
To book a day’s sea trout fishing visit www.fishingireland.ie or contact Judd on +353 (0)87 6736969.

Decent salmon fishing on Moy despite drought conditions

By
Markus Muller
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Fernando Ferreno, Spain, with his 9.5 lbs. Cathedral Beat fish

The extremely dry and sunny weather impacted heavily on angling conditions during the week. Water levels dropped further and even reached some very critical levels on a number of Moy tributaries. The River Deel in Crossmolina was the worst affected tributary where a section of the river ran completely dry!

Nevertheless, there was still some decent salmon angling on the main river and with angling effort increasing, several fisheries reported good catches despite the difficult conditions.

The Moy Fishery produced a total of 29 fish for the week including some nice ones between 9 lbs. and 11.5 lbs. from the Cathedral Beat. Anglers on the Weir Pool also did well and there were 5 fish caught on the Ridge Pool. Almost all fish came to the fly.

 

Fernando Ferreno, Spain, with his 9.5 lbs. Cathedral Beat fish
Fernando Ferreno, Spain, with his 9.5 lbs. Cathedral Beat fish

 

Further upriver on Armstrong’s, Gilles Boudier from France had two grilse on bubble & fly, while Swizz angler, Jörg Gasser caught a grilse on prawn on Gannon’s. The Foxford Salmon Anglers waters produced 47 fish for the week, while some anglers on the Cloongee Fishery also did well. Most effective methods were spinning and bubble & fly. Patrice Boisadam, France, was particularly successful catching 3 fish on spinner, best at 12.5 lbs.!

A proud Patrice Boisadam from France
A proud Patrice Boisadam from France

 

Good bass fishing along Waterford coast

By
myleskelly
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Some nice fish about
Some nice fish about

Cian O’Halloran of Absolute Fishing tells us that the Irish Bass Festival is a few weeks away yet, but there are some good fish being caught along the Waterford coast to get you in the mood for a festival frenzy.

Some nice fish about
Some nice fish about

There were good reports from the area at the end of May and this trend has continued so far for June. Fishing small paddle tails into a shallow surf in the small hours of the morning. Is working but there are also fish being caught when the sun is up.

If there are any anglers who might think that the odd bass is always possible this photo of a quadruple hook up will soften your cough.

4 anglers, 4 bass
4 anglers, 4 bass

Clive Power also is getting amongst the bass and his 80cm fish from the weekend was a real clonker.

Clive Power's 80cm bass on a Geecrack Gyro Star over the weekend.
Clive Power’s 80cm bass on a Geecrack Gyro Star over the weekend.

Get what you need to go fishing…

Absolute Fishing
Tramore,
Co. Waterford.
Phone: 051-393559
Web: http://absolutefishingireland.blogspot.ie/

Irish Bass Festival 2016

You’ve missed the registration deadline for this year –  but next year’s competition will be announced soon.

The Irish Bass Festival 2016 will run from 1st -3rd July. This is Ireland’s biggest bass fishing event. The festival is open to all lure anglers, being a lure only event, and will take place along the south coast of Ireland. Anglers are free to roam around and fish wherever they please in search of bass. Anglers get to enjoy a great social weekend and have a taste of the outstanding lure fishing we have along the southern coastline of Ireland which we believe is the “Bass Mecca of Europe” – www.irishbassfestival.com

Edenderry 3 Day Festival will be close run result

By
myleskelly
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Well done Del great performance and winner overall on day two
Well done Del Hurst great performance and winner overall on day two

The Edenderry 3 Day Festival started on 07 June with 57 anglers taking part. Day two was fished yesterday and the event will finish tomorrow on Friday.

This festival will be close. There are a lot of top class anglers in the frame going into some fancied sections on Friday. So it’s all to play for on the Grand Canal Edenderry.

Day 2 results

Well done Del great performance and winner overall on day two
Well done Del Hurst great performance and winner overall on day two

Overall Day 2

1st Del Hurst 13.00
2nd Paul Hughes 12.03

Section results

Section A Killeen

1st Del Hurst 13.00
2nd Gareth Charnock 10.08
3rd Martin Lenihan 8.12

Section B Rhode

1st Jeff Stirrat 9.14
2nd John King 8.07
3rd Chris Roberts 5.10

Section C Toberdaly

1st Paul Hughes 12.03
2nd Danny Martin 9.15
3rd Tommy Burke and Paul Denson 8.10

Day 1 Results

Overall day 1

1st Pat Bartley 13-11
2nd Derek Wane 12-02
3rd Jeff Stirrat 9-08

Section winners

Day 1 section A Killeen

1st Derek Wane 12-02
2nd Jeff Stirrat 9-08
3rd Dave Trafford 8-14

Day 1 section B Rhode

1st Pat Bartley 13-11
2nd Joe Piling 6-12
3rd Paul Denson 4-12

Day 1 section C Toberdaly

1st Alan Larkin 8-04
2nd Martin Lenihan 7-12
2nd Gareth Charnock 7-12

Report and photos courtesy of Edenderry Coarse Anglers

New members are always welcome to Edenderry Coarse Angling Club.

 

Paul Holding wins King of the Canal at Daingean

By
myleskelly
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Daingean
Daingean

Conor Browne from Daingean Match Anglers reports on the “King Of The Canal” Open Match at Daingean over the weekend…

Daingean
Daingean

Congratulations to the “King Of The Canal 2016” Paul Holding on a great win. It was good day out today at my “King Of The Canal” Open Match. A great mix of 54 anglers lined the banks and as always the banter at the draw was second to none. We fished the Grand Canal at Daingean and used the Town Section, Millenium Bridge and the Rowing Course. Red hot conditions and boat traffic made for difficult fishing conditions in the roasting hot sun.

The draw went off smoothly and everyone found their pegs easily with the help of the map I drew up for every angler. The canal was alive with fish but they were clearly not in feeding mode in the baking heat.

Chris Moore
Chris Moore

I started off well but after 1 hour the 2nd boat tore through my swim and killed it stone dead. I winkled out a few bites throughout the day and ended up hooking a big tench which snapped me on a light roach rig after snagging me in a floating branch. I think the whole bank heard me cursing! Ended up with 40 fish for 4lb 14oz… 2oz short of a section win!

I hope everyone had a good day today and thanks everyone for coming! It’s great to see big matches on the canals again. A big thanks to Castle Barna Golf Club for the lovely breakfast and the food at the presentation. Also all the lads who helped with the draw and the weigh in.

King of the Canal 2016 Paul Holding
King of the Canal 2016 Paul Holding

1st Overall – Paul Holding – 11lb 9oz
2nd Overall – Martin Lenihan – 10lb 13oz
3rd Overall – Danny Martin – 10lb 1oz
4th Overall – Ant Marsden – 9lb 12oz
5th Overall – Pat Bartley – 8lb 5oz

5 peg €50 Sections Wins:

Town Section 1-5 Paul Holding – 11lb 9oz
Town Section 6-10 Gordon Houlibecq – 4lb 10oz
Town Section 11-15 Danny Martin – 10lb 1oz
Town Section 16-20 Darius Karaliunas – 5lb 5oz

Millenium Bridge 1-5 Keith Murphy – 6lb 9oz
Millenium Bridge 6-10 Derek Wayne – 5lb
Millenium Bridge 11-15 Rob Clough – 4lb 1oz

Rowing Course 1-5 Frank Holding – 5lb 5oz
Rowing Course 6-10 Steve Organ – 2lb 8oz
Rowing Course 11-15 Ant Marsden – 9lb 12oz
Rowing Course 16-20 Paul Andrews – 6lb 4oz

Report courtesy of Conor Browne, Daingean Match Anglers

Daingean Match Anglers are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling as recognised by sport Ireland and sport ni. www.ncffi.ie

Andy Burnett wins Lough Ree Lanesborough Coarse Fishing Festival

By
myleskelly
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Lanesborough
Lanesborough


06 June: Andy Burnett From West Yorkshire is the Lough Ree Lanesborough Coarse Fishing Festival champion 2016. Andy had 33kg of fish after 3 days in Lanesborough and Clonahee which won him not just the honours but also a cheque for €1000 and a beautiful bog oak piece, the perpetual cup and all the plaudits from Lough Ree Angling festival director Philip Gordon, Gerald Farrell, vice chair of the hub and Paul Riordan of Bord na Mona – the main sponsor. 

Awards
Awards

Andy’s Day 1 catch of 23kg on the Hotwater stretch proved to be the perfect start and was enough to keep him at the top of the leader board for the duration of the Festival. Conditions were not easy as the sun shone remorselessly on the Shannon and the anglers. But the quality of the fishing shone also and some very good bags were managed despite the conditions, putting Lanesborough very firmly back on the map as a festival venue. This event is already confirmed for the June bank holiday weekend again in 2017 with another 3k in sponsorship.

Lanesborough
Lanesborough

The new Minister for Inland Fisheries Denis Naughten was on hand to open the event with 3000 Euro in prize money at the hot water stretch in Lanesborough where he paid tribute to the work done by Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Lough Ree Angling Hub.

The event featured fishing at three venues – including Lanesborough and Clonahee Lake in Strokestown and was sponsored by Bord na Mona.

Minister Naughten said he was looking forward to attending the World Predator Boat championships in Ballyleague, Lanesborough next October.

For more information email:loughreeanglinghub@gmail.com or phone Hugh Keane at 087 1010032

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