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Tope, congers and plenty of bait off Clare coast

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myleskelly
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First tope of the Season on the Clare Dragoon
First tope of the Season on the Clare Dragoon

Luke Aston of the Clare Dragoon and Sean Maguire of Lady Gwen reports on the charter boat fishing off the clare coast…

First tope of the Season on the Clare Dragoon
First tope of the Season on the Clare Dragoon

01 June: Luke Aston’s crew started the day with plenty Mackerel at the loop. Then it only got better as they tried for a tope for the first time this year. There were plenty of them about and they soon had 8 in the boat for a short enough session. All the tope were male and the best was 157cm long and around the 40lb mark.

A good conger
A good conger

02 June: Still a good sign of mackerel today and the Pollack seem to be moving inshore a bit says Luke Aston. They had a conger session north of the Loop. It was a bit slow but this fine conger was among the catch. In the estuary on the Huss marks they had no luck with just the Doggies to keep them company.

Sean Maguire says his anglers had a very enjoyable evening trip to the Loop. They got lots of mackerel, coalies and some fine pollock.

Ballan Wrasse
Ballan Wrasse on Lady Gwen

03 June: Fishing was good in the early morning on Lady Gwen, but slowed a bit in the afternoon. All the same, even when it was slow they still were still getting pollock and some fine big mackerel… and great sunshine.

04 June: The good weather continues off the Clare coast and it’s just a joy to be on the water according to Luke. Fishing is easy and plenty fish about. Mackerel seem to be all over the ground now and there is a good mix of whitefish with plenty Haddock coming onto the ground.

05 June: Sea conditions are still perfect which is good because the tides are very big and fast. Luke reports the fishing is very good with lots of species. Stage of tide does make a difference though with the fishing changing a lot.

Cod
Cod

06 June: As Luke comes to the end of a busy 10 days the forecast is giving some bit of a change but it was still a lovely day on the sea. Just north of the Loop the marks were full of small Coalfish with fine mackerel and Pollack through them. Further north they had some nice fish including a double figure Cod and a 15lb Bull Huss.

Go fishing…

Clare Dragoon

Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating 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

11 skate in a day – Mullaghmore fishing well!

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myleskelly
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2 skates on board - 11 on the day
2 skates on board - 11 on the day

Charter boat reports from Mullaghmore are that the Bay is fishing well. There is good ground fishing with cod and spurdogs showing, excellent skate fishing and now the blue sharks are in…

1 of 4 skate caught on the Bundoran Star last week
1 of 4 skate caught on the Bundoran Star last week

02 June: Charter boat Bundoran Star hadn’t fished for skate in a while but they did well with four good big ones landed and released.

2 skates on board - 11 on the day
2 skates on board – 11 on the day

05 June: Kiwi Girl is on fire according to Declan Kilgannon. When you catch 11 Skate in a day you can say things like that. The biggest was estimated at 190lb and based on the length measurements 4 specimen fish were amongst the catch. Great weather – Great fishing.

 

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

Bundoran Star

NWCSA member. We have on offer big game fishing for Shark, Skate and general inshore fishing for up to 30 species which can be caught on rod and line including: Pollack, Ling, Cod, Ray, Dogfish, Conger eel, Whiting , Brill, Turbot, Place, Flounder and lots of other small species All gear and tackle is supplied.

Bundoran star is 33′ Lochin with a 385HP Catpillar engine.

Address: 37 Silverhill, WestEnd, Bundoran, Co Donegal.
Telephone: +353 87 4198323
Email: info@bundoranstar.ie Web: www.Bundoranstar.ie

 

Interesting start to the charter fishing season at Downings

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myleskelly
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Cuckoo wrasse
Cuckoo Wrasse

Michael McVeigh of the charter boat Rosguill in Downings, Co. Donegal reports on the start to his fishing season…

Cuckoo wrasse
Cuckoo Wrasse

05 June: Mackerel are playing “silly buggers” same as this past 4 years – they should be fairly plentiful at start June, but not so – they are scarce. Our old friends from way back 13 years ago have returned from vacation (or perhaps they were in jail)  – lots of Octopii turning up. Tory Pollack are off to a reasonable start, which is more than can be said of the Flatfish at Tory – Dabs plentiful, but our real targets of Turbot , Brill & Plaice are “missing in action” – actually missing in inaction! Wrecks fishing as normal for early season – billions of Coalfish but decent Pollack & Ling if you can get to fish for them. Limeburner is fishing OK for Gurnards, Whiting & the usual suspects – reports of good numbers of Haddock.

Bert's Ling
Bert’s Ling

07 June: Had a good day on the Wrecks with some nice Ling and a couple of bonus Cod. Limeburner fishing well for Haddock, Whiting, Gurnards, etc.

Michael McVeigh
Rosguill

Go fishing…

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

Thresher shark for Kinsale boat tops West Cork reports

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myleskelly
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A thresher shark for Ger Murphy of Sea Breeze III
A thresher shark for Ger Murphy of Sea Breeze III
Thresher shark from Kinsale
John Harrington with his thresher shark from Kinsale. This fantatic fish wins John Catch of the Week

Ger Murphy of Sea Breeze III out of Kinsale reports that Dublin angler John Harrington hooked a very rarely encountered thresher shark yesterday. It was an epic fight lasting 3 hours and John stayed on the reel the whole time. The reel was stripped on a number of occasions. The rod being a 20lb class was only just up to the rod the Shimano 4/0 reel really showed it’s class in lasting the pace. The huge fish was estimated to weigh in the region of 300lb, but as it was safely released after being unhooked we’ll never know for sure. One thing that is certain though, is that this is the first reported catch by an angler in Irish waters through we have had in the Irish Angling Update. Two years ago there was a report of a thresher shark breaching off Dungarvan and there have been occasional sightings and commercial landings, but this catch is a real landmark for Irish angling and we hope to see more caught over the season.

A thresher shark for Ger Murphy of Sea Breeze III
The thresher shark – Ger Murphy of Sea Breeze III

It must have been the weather as a second boat from Kinsale had another species rarely encountered by anglers. Dan Lynch of Halfway Tackle and the Irish Boat Angling Team was fishing on the Silver Dawn out of Kinsale on Saturday when he had a hake. Other fish of note caught on the day were ling to 20lb, blue shark and some good whiting, cod, coalies and pollock.

hake
Common in the shops but not often caught by anglers – a hake

Over at Courtmacsherry Mark Gannon tells us his anglers were getting some decent conger and also a juvenile skate amongst all the other regular ground fishing species.

Juvenile skate out of Courtmacsherry
Juvenile skate out of Courtmacsherry

Adrain Nowotynski of the Rod n Reel out of Union Hall was also making the most of the fine weather this week and reports some good blue shark fishing is being had at the moment. Yesterday they fished at anchor for the day and so a had a bit of ground fishing as well as the sharks, although the sharks were plentiful and kept things busy. Best was estimated at  110lb.

A good blue from Union Hall
A good blue from Union Hall

 

Go fishing…

Sea Breeze III

The Sea Breeze III is a 38ft Aquastar based in Kinsale. It contains advanced navigation, fish finding and safety equipment. The boat can reach speeds of up to 22 knots. With it’s large deck space, you will be assured a comfortable experience. We will provide all the rods and tackle for your trip.

Telephone: +353 85 1322857 or +353 86 2311672
Website: www.seabreezeanglingkinsale.com

Silver Dawn

Silver Dawn is based at Castlepark Marina in beautiful and historic town of Kinsale, Cork, Ireland. Our coastal area benefits from a range of mixed grounds with mud, shingle, rock and sand banks all with in reach to offer some excellent and varied fishing.

Tel:  +353 (0)87 2425685
Website: www.kinsalecharters.com

Lady Patricia / Lady Louise

Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre is one of Irelands Premier Angling Centres based in the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry located only 30miles from Cork International Airport on the West Cork coast between the Old head of Kinsale and the Seven Heads peninsula. Our purpose built Sea angling and selfdrive boats offer the sea angler the ultimate in safety and comfort.Sea Angling in Courtmacsherry produces good results both for the offshore charter angler,the selfdrive angler for inshore fishing or the wreck enthusiast.
Web: www.courtmacsherryangling.ie
Email: csal@iol.ie 
Telephone: +353 (0)23 8846427 or +353 (0)86 8250905

Irish Deep Sea Charter

Jim and Adrian Nowotynski are a father and son team that skipper the Rod’n’Reel and Boy Scott out of Union Hall and Glandore Harbour.  We have excellent fishing with huge variety all within 45 minutes of leaving port – so more time fishing.
Jim: +353 (0)87 7613171 Adrian: +353 (0)86 3314224
Web: http://irishdeepseacharter.com/ and www.glandoreharbourcharters.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IrishDeepSeaCharter

A blue shark pup caught yesterday out of Union Hall
A blue shark pup caught yesterday out of Union Hall

Excellent grilse fishing on the Weir as Tommy enjoys his first visit to Galway

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Kevin Crowley
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Tommy Quinlivan (12) with a lovely 4lbs grilse he caught on his first visit to the Galway Fishery. The fish was sportingly released after the photo. Well done Tommy!
Tommy Quinlivan (12) with a lovely 4lbs grilse he caught on his first visit to the Galway Fishery. The fish was sportingly released after the photo. Well done Tommy!

James Quinn reports another good week in Galway, with perfect water levels and a great run of grilse through the fishery giving anglers great sport, in spite of bright sunshine and high temperatures.

John McCarthy from landed 3 fish to 4.5lbs on fly, while father and son Steve and Mark Turner from the UK had a fish each on shrimp. Dublin angler Dave O’Reilly landed a 4.5lbs on fly. Tipperary man Jim Delahunty said he would not come back if he didn’t catch on his visit, presumably after a couple of blanks, but James now has to put up with him for while longer, after he landed a 5lbs grilse on fly. James says he doesn’t mind too much!

Waterford visitors Paul Whelan 3 fish and Eamon Power had 5 fish to 4.5lbs between them, all on fly, while Mike Daly had a lovely 7lbs fish, also on fly. Local angler Eoin Trill had a 4.5lbs grilse on fly, while Limerick man Gerry Hartigan landed 2 grilse to 5.5lbs on shrimp. The 6th was a bumper day with 19 fish. – Dublin men Gary Rogers had 2 fish of 4 and 5lbs on fly, and Dermot Quinlan had a 4lbs grilse on shrimp.

Tommy Quinlivan (12) with a lovely 4lbs grilse he caught on his first visit to the Galway Fishery. The fish was sportingly released after the photo. Well done Tommy!
Tommy Quinlivan (12) with a lovely 4lbs grilse he caught on his first visit to the Galway Fishery. The fish was sportingly released after the photo. Well done Tommy!

Mask quiet in Mediterranean conditions but dry fly providing good evening sport

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Kevin Crowley
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Cameron from the USA with a nice Mask trout, June 2016
Cameron from the USA with a nice Mask trout, June 2016

Ronan Cusack says there was not much to report from Lough Mask this week as the majority of visiting anglers have now returned home, looking more like they spent the mayfly in Tenerife rather than Lough Mask!

Local angler and angling guide Michael Vahey fished with D. Fitzpatrick from Finland last week and they had a total of 12 trout on dries for the week (best fish 2lbs, all returned). Cameron from the United States Fished with Nick Craig from the UK for a day on Wednesday last and they had 5 fish on a combination of dries and buzzer (best fish 2.25lbs, all returned). Gerry O’Brien, Ballinrobe also reported doing well on dries in the evening once the sun went down and temperatures dropped. Ronan Cusack and Mark Rogan had 3 on Sunday on nymphs and small dries (best fish 2.25lbs, all returned).

The outlook for the coming few days is for more unsettled weather, so there is a possibility of a bit of good fishing over the weekend.

Cameron from the USA with a nice Mask trout, June 2016
Cameron from the USA with a nice Mask trout, June 2016

 

Nick Craig from the UK with a nice Lough Mask trout, June 2016
Nick Craig from the UK with a nice Lough Mask trout, June 2016

Spectacular early morning sport on Corrib in heatwave conditions

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Kevin Crowley
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Anna Dawson from Scotland releasing a fine trout caught on a Caenis pattern
Anna Dawson from Scotland releasing a fine trout caught on a Caenis pattern

Early June Sunrise Banner Pic

This week’s banner photo shows the sun rising over Greenfields Bay on Saturday morning. A beautiful morning when I had the pleasure of watching pods of trout feeding on a large hatch of Caenis between 5am and 8am. After a poor mayfly season, it was a joy to see so many trout feeding hard, and indeed the old saying “The early bird gets the worm” is most apt when it comes to fishing on Corrib at this time of the year. Caenis fishing is really delicate stuff, with small dries, fine tippet and light rods the order of the day. The Caenis hatch very early, and it can all be over by 7am, but with the hot sunny weather we have been enjoying lately, this is the most pleasant and productive time of the day to fish anyway.

 

Declan Gibbons reports that the heatwave conditions affected the Annual Mayfly Competition held on Sunday by Cong Angling Club, with 27 rods participating and only two anglers weighing in trout! In first place was Dan O’Donovan with one fish for 1.9lbs and in second place was Domhnall Ryan.  Domhnall also won Best Junior Angler on the day.

Kevin Molloy of Baurisheen Bay Boat Hire, Guiding & Self Catering (087-9604170) reports on Cork man Harry Couch and his two sons, dapping for two days, having excellent sport landing 17 trout dapping with the best fish being 4lbs. Visiting anglers from Spain Stephen Walsh and Michelle Ursv enjoyed three days trolling on Lough Corrib catching a total of 12 trout, all released apart from two for their visit, one of which was a ferox of 13lbs and was sportingly released.

(Left to Right) Dan O Donovan Clonbur, Domhnall Ryan Cong & Odhran Mannion Roundstone at the Annual Mayfly Competition held by Cong Angling Club on Sunday
(Left to Right) Dan O Donovan Clonbur, Domhnall Ryan Cong & Odhran Mannion Roundstone at the Annual Mayfly Competition held by Cong Angling Club on Sunday

Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge, Oughterard (086-0869758) says there was less activity on the lake due to weather conditions and hatches and any clients he had out were all Caenis fishing. Northern Ireland angler Jimmy Johnston had 4 fish for his 1 day visit with the best fish being 4.5lbs. Dr. Terry Bradley from Lisburn had one fish on Caenis.

Also held in the Oughterard area was the Cathal Noone Memorial Cup (Heaviest Fish Competition) and the winner on the day went to Mike Faherty with one trout for 12.25lbs.

Galway angler Harold O Toole has been enjoying some excellent sport in the week gone by, catching 9 trout for 4 mornings on Caenis with the best fish being around the 3lbs mark on the lower lake.

Richard Molloy of Ballard Shore Boat Hire & Self Catering (087-2879339) reports a quieter week on the angling front with Ashbourne man Paul Geraghty catching one trout for 5lbs trolling.

 

In the Greenfields area on Sunday Paul Dignam, Ennis and Tuam angler Sean Naughton had 3 trout on dry may flies for their efforts in what was a very bright day with high temperatures.

Larry McCarthy at Corrib View Lodge, Glencorrib (087-9135222; www.corribangling.com) reported a huge improvement in fishing over the last week with great early morning sport. Larry was guiding a regular client from England and had 25 trout over 3 days with several fish over 4lbs and one over 5lbs, all caught on Caenis patterns. Anna Dawson from Scotland caught her first 2 trout both on small dry fly, one which weighed 4lbs 6oz. In total 6 anglers guided by corribangling.com over the week caught 47 trout! Not bad for short early morning sessions.

Anna Dawson from Scotland releasing a fine trout caught on a Caenis pattern
Anna Dawson from Scotland releasing a fine trout caught on a Caenis pattern
A beautiful Corrib brown trout of 5lbs+ caught on a Caenis pattern. Photo: Larry McCarthy
A beautiful Corrib brown trout of 5lbs+ caught on a Caenis pattern. Photo: Larry McCarthy

EPA launches site for people to check local water quality, BreakingNews.ie

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myleskelly
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EPA launches site for people to check local water quality
EPA launches site for people to check local water quality

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a website for people to check the quality of the water in their area. The site, www.catchments.ie will have information on rivers, lakes and coastal waters from the Environmental Protection Agency, the new Waters and Communities Office and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government…
BreakingNews.ie, 08/06/16. Read the full article ‘EPA launches site for people to check local water quality‘

EPA launches site for people to check local water quality
EPA launches site for people to check local water quality

West Cork salmon rivers report

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myleskelly
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Reporting from IFI Macroom, Eileen Carroll has an update on the salmon fishing in West Cork…

RIVER ILEN

4 salmon landed for the week, 2 caught by tourist anglers from Wexford and the other two were landed by club members.  Best was 8lbs on a Flying C by one of the visiting anglers.

RIVER MEALAGH

No report.

Go fishing…

The River Ilen is a medium size spate river that fishes best on a dropping flood for both salmon and sea trout. Spinning, worm and fly fishing are the methods used and allowed on club water.

The river is beautiful and a joy to fish, pools along club waters are easily accessible with seats, steps and stiles put in place for the anglers comfort. With selective tree pruning done along the river in recent years fly fishing has become a more available option especially on the lower river with numerous pools opened up to suit fly fishermen, night time fly fishing for sea trout is a pleasure with great stocks of trout entering the river from April.

Website: www.riverilenanglersclub.ie

Salmon fishing improves on Lee despite low water, 21 fish reported

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myleskelly
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Eileen Carroll from the Macroom office reports that for the for the week ending Sunday 5th of June 18 salmon were landed on the Lee, mostly on the lower section of the river by the Kinglsey Hotel. The is extremely low and most fish were caught on prawn. Best reported fish was a 12.5lb salmon by a local angler.

ESB FISHERY INNISCARRA

3 peel landed for the week, caught on prawn in low water by local anglers, best 3.5lbs.

Go fishing…

The River Lee drains a catchment of 484 square miles of which much is taken up by two large reservoirs. Salmon Angling is confined to an 8 mile stretch from Inniscarra dam to Cork city.

Inniscarra Fishery

This salmon fishery is located between Cork City and the dam at Inniscarra (9 miles). The fishery is run by the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and an ESB permit is required. There is a fair run of fish with a very good grilse run dependent on water. Permits can be purchased on site: Dan O’Riordan: ESB Inniscarra; 087-9983879.

Lee Salmon Anglers Club

The Lee Salmon Anglers club was established in 1967. It was formed by a group of anglers interested in protecting and promoting the sport of salmon and trout angling on the river Lee. Day tickets available: http://www.leesalmonanglers.ie/

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