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The Hussy plays with the blues in Galway

By
IFI Staff
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All smiles aboard the Brazen Hussy II
All smiles aboard the Brazen Hussy II

Skipper John Fleming of Blue Shark Angling Galway reports on a great week last week. First sharks in Galway second year in a row. 4 blues up to 88lb all tagged and released.
John tells us he also had brilliant ground fishing for pollock cod and ling fish up to 10.5 pounds
Plenty of dates available and with the weather starting to settle it should be an exciting autumn.

All smiles aboard the Brazen Hussy II
All smiles aboard the Brazen Hussy II

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John Fleming

Brazen Hussy 2, John Fleming - Blue Shark Angling Galway

Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320
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Good Fishing for Quality Hybrids and Roach on Lough Ramor

By
David Byrne
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A Nice Mixed Net of Fish From Lough Ramor

Lough Ramor really comes into its own at this time of the year and there have been reports of some nice catches recently. Water levels are good at the moment and the unsettled weather does not seem to be deterring the fish from feeding. There are reports lots of hybrids about and they are certainly not hook shy. One, two or three red maggot or a mix of red and white on a size 14 hook seem to be working well. Roach and perch are also being taken an an odd skimmer but there are no reports of larger bream as yet. Even during torrential rain on Wednesday evening the hybrids and roach were still very active right up to dark.

A Nice Mixed Net of Fish From Lough Ramor
A Nice Mixed Net of Pristine Fish From Lough Ramor
Top Quality Fish Have Probably Never Been Hooked Before
Top Quality Fish Like This Have Probably Never Been Hooked Before
A Rain-Swept Lough Ramor on Wednesday Evening
A Rain-Swept Lough Ramor on Wednesday Evening

 

Massive blues for the Kiwi Girl as she tackles the rough weather

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IFI Staff
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Josh the young sharker !
Josh the young sharker !

Declan Kilgannon skipper of the Kiwi Girl tackles the rough weather and comes out tops with some great blues.  His right hand man this week was a young chap called Josh who took the stormy seas and the giants of the ocean in his stride.

The bays have a lot of bait fish at the moment and the blues are busy.  Good boatmanship and good anglers fared well on a tough day.

Josh the young sharker !
Josh the young sharker !

Kiwi Girl - Blues 2

Kiwi Girl - Blues 3

Kiwi Girl - Blues 4

Declan Kilgannon
Offshore Water Sports

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Austrian visitors enjoy great fishing on River Erriff

By
Markus Muller
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Osgur Grieve reports from the Erriff Fishery:

A total of 35 salmon were caught on the Erriff Fishery last week. Most of the fish were grilse in the 3lbs. – 5lbs. bracket. Some of the catches were 2 salmon caught by Gerard Garnier and Joe Burke estimated at 12lbs. which were caught and released. Austrian visitors, Tobias, Gernot and Martin had 12 grilse for their week ranging from 5.75lbs. to 2lbs. Tobias also had 2 sea-trout of 1.5lbs. Bernd the fourth member of the Austrian party was unlucky not to make it into the catch records. Anthony Tindal had 2 grilse both weighing 3.5lbs. one on a Silver Doctor and the other on what he called a ”Special”. Nice of Anthony to stray away from the usual Ally’s Shrimp and Cascade patterns that have dominated the catch records lately. Conor O’Leary had a nice fish of 5.75lbs. on an orange Shrimp, while local angler, Bernard King, caught 2 grilse of 3lbs. and 4lbs. It has been a good 9 days for the fishery as regards salmon but sea-trout catches are still low.

To book fishing or accommodation on the Erriff, contact Aasleagh Lodge at 095 42382 or check out www.aasleaghlodge.ie

World Cup final on Mask postponed

By
Markus Muller
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Ronan Cusack reports that for the first time in 65 years, the final day of this year’s World Cup had to be postponed on safety grounds. Southerly gales up to force 10 pounded the shore lines in Cushlough from early morning on Monday. This storm had been forecast all weekend and a decision was made by the committee on Sunday evening to postpone the final. This year’s final has been rescheduled for next Saturday week, August 15th.

Just over 500 anglers participated in this year’s competition from all across Ireland and the UK. Weather conditions over the heat days were perfect, with plenty of wind and cloud cover each day. Angling this year was pretty much divided 50/50, shallows – depth and anglers had success on both sides. As usual, the majority of good fish came from the shallows, with a number of trout tipping the scales at over 4lbs. The deep also accounted for a good number of fish, but the main problem was to get them over the 13 inch mark. There seems to be plenty of trout across the black water but the average size is small. Roughly 50% of the anglers who caught fish this year qualified for the final with an average cut off weight of 1.5lbs.

Tight lines to all the qualifiers for Saturday week and hopefully the weather will have improved by then.

More good sea trout from Glencar Lake

By
Markus Muller
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Sea trout are still running Glencar Lake in good numbers. Sligo Anglers Association club member, Ken Kinsella, enjoyed a great day’s sea trout fishing on the lake last week. Ken caught good numbers of sea trout keeping two nice fish of 2 lbs. each.

Ken Kinsella with two fine Glencar sea trout
Ken Kinsella with two fine Glencar sea trout

Fishing on Glencar Lake is managed by the Sligo Anglers Association, for details contact [email protected].

 

Despite high water levels almost 100 salmon reported from the Ballisodare Fishery

By
Markus Muller
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The unsettled weather and rising water levels affected angling on Ballisodare for most of the week. A total of 91 salmon were caught, 39 of which were released. Fish averaged 4.5 lbs. and were mostly taken on worm and fly.

Visiting anglers from England, George and Tom Birthwell, had three fish each during their visit, all between 3 lbs. and 5 lbs. Michael Griffin was successful on the Falls where he caught a nice sea-liced fish of 5.5 lbs. on the prawn. However, the best fish of the week, a fine seven pounder, was taken by Gerard Kelly also at the Falls.

With a lot of fish still coming in on the tides and falling water levels, the fishing at Ballisodare is far from over. For information and bookings please check www.ballisodarefishingclub.ie.

Good results for mid-river fisheries on the Moy

By
Markus Muller
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Water levels on the River Moy fluctuated all week impacting mainly on the tidal section of the river. However, mid-river fisheries all enjoyed good angling with Rinanny reporting the highest catch.

On the Ridge Pool , 7-year old Brodie Birthwell from the UK caught his first salmon ever. Brodie’s 3.75 lbs. fish took a spinner. The Mount Falcon Fishery reported a total of 70 fish, 32 of which were released. The Roger Morris party of four was particularly successful landing 17 salmon over 4 days. On Coolcronan, Tommy Henderson, Northern Ireland, had a 6 lbs. fish on worm, while his countryman, John Chambers, landed a fine ten pounder on the Foxford Fishery, also on worm.

Further up-river on the Cloongee Fishery, German couple Rita and Ullrich Mohaupt, had three fish together on worm and spinner. Also on Cloongee, Dublin man, Bill O’Regan caught 2 grilse on worm, best at 6 lbs. Chloe Ghelfa from Switzerland did particularly well on the East Mayo water catching 4 fish ranging from 3 lbs. to 5 lbs. on spinner and worm. Other successful anglers on East Mayo included Yannik Kessel, Germany, with a 5 lbs. fish on fly and Kevin Appleton, UK, who had two at 4 lbs. and 5 lbs. also on fly.

Difficult weather makes the fishing hard at Belturbet festival

By
IFI Staff
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Alice Murtagh IFI from the Corlesmore office reports on coarse fishing in the Cavan/Leitrim area…

The Annual Belturbet Festival took place recently with a four day angling event.  Four venues were fished, two on Killykeen, one on Rockfield and one on Glasshouse.

Weather conditions were difficult and weights were not as good as previous years.  The following is a list of the winners:

 

  • 1st. Wayne Fuller, Ballinagh 34.710kg
  • 2nd. Dave Brettle, England 33.500kg
  • 3rd. John Potters, Enniskillen 33.320kg
  • 4th. James O’Doherty, Enniskillen (Junior angler) 33.130kg
  • 5th. Tony Kersley 28.330kg
  • 6th. Fergal Smith, Ballinagh 28.030kg

 

The Annual Ballinagh Three Day event also took place on Killykeen with 24 anglers taking part.

 

  • 1st. Nicky Harrison 36.400kg
  • 2nd. John Potters 33.300kg
  • 3rd. Mike Brough 32.800kg
  • 4th. Wayne Fuller 32.700kg

 
Alice Murtagh
 Inland Fisheries Ireland – Corlesmore Office, Arva, Co. Cavan
[email protected]
Tel: +353 (0)49 4337174

Shrimp and worm work well on the Bandon this week

By
IFI Staff
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Eileen Carroll Murphy IFI reports from the River Bandon for the week ended 2nd August 2015:

River Bandon

The river fished ok for the week with fish being reported most days both salmon and grilse. The most successful methods were shrimp and worm. There is more heavy rain forecast for early next week and this should keep the fish coming.

See camera ‘Here‘

Bandon 06.08.15

Eileen Carroll Murphy,
IFI Macroom

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