A change in weather but no real change in fortunes on Currane
Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where the weather has finally broken and perhaps a little too much…
May 21, 2025. The Currane Hampshire Hogs returned to the Currane low waters. Mr. Trevor Dewberry reports:
“Hi Vincent,
We’re here for a few days. Fishing was tough yesterday. Today was
bright and calm, but Nigel caught an 8lb C&R salmon and
Peter caught a fresh 5lb sea trout, both on the troll.”
Cheers,
Trevor.
Just for the record the Hampshire Hogs are fishing out of Waterville Boats at watervilleboats@gmail.com Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall trace, maximum air temperature 15.6°C, amount of sunshine 4 minutes.
May 22, 2025. The Currane Hampshire Hogs reported poor fishing conditions today with blazing sun and light variable winds from the NNW and NW. Few brown trout were seen. Trevor provided the summary. Yesterday’s weather included no rainfall, a high of 18.3°C, and 10 hours and 4 minutes of sunshine.
On May 23, 2025. Mr. Clive Dewberry, spokesperson for the Currane Hampshire Hogs, reported the following:
“Hi Vincent,
Unfortunately, there were no catches of either Salmon or Sea Trout today.
This is the last day, but we hope to return for Grilse later.
Regards,
Trevor.”
For the record, reports indicate that no Salmon or Sea Trout were caught. The wind conditions were variable, ranging from light to gentle to moderate, predominantly from the WSW, SW, and W directions. Yesterday’s weather included no rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 18.0°C, and 10 hours of sunshine.
May 24, 2025. The Currane waters experienced rough conditions with variable winds ranging from moderate to strong. The wind direction shifted from southwest (SW) to west-southwest (WSW), then to west (W). Throughout the day, heavy showers occurred, accompanied by gusts reaching up to 57 km/h. The sky remained overcast. No reports were received of any catch-and-release wild fish. Regarding the previous day’s weather, there was 0.5mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 17.3°C, and a minimal amount of sunshine, totalling 2 minutes.
May 25, 2025. I have no reports regarding any instances of Catch and Release (C&R) involving Wild Salmon or Sea Trout by Currane anglers. The weather conditions included heavy showers and fresh to strong West-Northwest winds, with gusts reaching up to 52 km/h and an average gust speed of 48 km/h. Yesterday’s recorded weather data indicated a total rainfall of 10.8 mm, a maximum air temperature of 16.5°C, and 1 hour and 1 minute of sunshine.
May 26, 2025. Anglers at Currane faced various wind conditions ranging from moderate to near gale-force winds. The wind direction changed from WSW to West, with speeds recorded at 28km/h, 43km/h, 39km/h, 41km/h, 39km/h, 44km/h, and 46km/h. Gusts ranged from 39km/h to 69km/h. No reports of catch and release of wild salmon or sea trout were recorded, and the weather was primarily characterized by strong winds. The previous day’s weather included 3.3mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 14.9°C, and 6 hours and 4 minutes of sunshine.
May 27, 2025. There were no reports of any catch and release wild Salmon or Sea Trout. The challenging conditions faced by the Currane anglers should be noted, as there was a strong Westerly wind blowing throughout the day, which later reduced to a fresh breeze by late afternoon. Additionally, heavy showers were experienced throughout the day. Wind speeds reached up to 43 km/h, with average gusts between 51 and 63 km/h. Yesterday’s weather included 5.7 mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 15.0°C, and 3 minutes of sunshine.
May 28, 2025. There was 15.9mm of rainfall yesterday. Anglers were fishing the Inny this morning, possibly practicing their skills from yesterday, and we await updates from them today. Currane anglers reported no activity. The weather featured moderate, variable winds from the west, shifting to WSW, SW, and SSW, with reasonable cloud cover, followed by heavy rain in the late afternoon. Maximum air temperature was 15.90°C, with 3 minutes of sunshine.
Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:salmonandseatrout@gmail.com
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Sea Trout – Catch and release only
Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.
The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-
- the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
- the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
- the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay
For more information on the daily conditions, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening on Currane.
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