There is still good sea trout action to be had on Glencar Lake! Ricky Fabozzi, Jim Henry and George Lindsay all enjoyed great sea trout fishing during the week with fish up to 1.5 lbs. Best flies were Green Peter and Teal & Yellow.
Other successful anglers included Dominic and Eoghin Concannon from Derry who had 3 lovely sea trout on the fly; best at 2.5 lbs. John Davis from Grange, Co. Sligo, caught a nice 8 lbs. salmon spinning with a B&S Toby.
Fishing on Glencar Lake is managed by the Sligo Anglers Association, for details contact [email protected].
Lough Arrow Fish Preservation Association & District Anglers will hold a competition on Sunday 6th September from 11am until 6pm. Weigh in for single heaviest fish will be in McDermott’s Bar Castlebaldwin, at 7pm. Size limit is 13 inches (nose to fork of tail). Entries accepted between 10am and 11am at Flynn’s Pier, or by texting your details before start time to the following numbers: 087 2670768, 086 8343584, 086 3825376, 087 9734101.
Sue and Vin Heron returned to their old stomping ground in Cork Harbour for their annual fishing vacation with Eire Bass guide Richie Ryan. The weather was not kind to our angling enthusiasts this year making life difficult for both anglers and guide.
A nice Birthday gift for Vin Heron….
Vin celebrated his 70 th birthday during their stay so it was important that a photo of a bass should be part of the package. Seeing as Sue out fished Vin on the last day of their trip last year, it was only fitting that Vin should be the one to shine on this occasion. A few bass fell to Vin’s various lures and the photo opportunity eventually materialised. A return visit is on the cards for the Herons next year with salmon also on the menu I’m told.
The 2nd International Sea Trout Symposium will take place in Dundalk, Ireland from 20th– 22nd October 2015.
Targeted at scientists, managers and other fishery stakeholder interests in the public and private sectors, the central aim is to promote the wider application of an evidence-based approach to the future management and regulation of the sea trout and to ensure that its often very special needs become fully integrated into catchment management plans and environmental impact assessments.
38 anglers enjoyed the first 3-day festival of this 23 day match fishing frenzy on Inniscarra reservoir. Well done to Alistair Ogilvy Sensas UK for his win!
Weights were not as good as hoped on some sections but Inniscarra still provided for some good fishing during this festival sponsored by O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House
Celtic Cup winners
The top 5:-
Alistair Ogilvy 44.750kg
Mark Jackson 33.050kg
John Bohane 31.650kg
Pete Townsend 31.400kg
Alex Radu 29.225kg
Lee Klimczuk with the other anglers who fished the Ramor Festival
The NCFFI reports that 29 anglers fished this four day festival on the mighty Lough Ramor in Virginia, County Cavan run by Kingfisher AC last weekend. The far match stretch, hotel and town sections were used providing mixed bags of hybrids and roach for everyone.
Lee Klimczuk with the other anglers who fished the Ramor Festival
Congratulations to Lee Klimczuk of Cambs, UK for his winning weight of 35.840kg. A very well done to junior International James Doherty,Tubertini UK LTD for his second place among his seniors with 34kg.230kg.
1st Lee Klimczuk 35.840kg.
2nd James Doherty 34.230kg
3rd Francis McGoldrick 31kg
4th Kevin Ashurst 28.190kg
5th Ewan Weed 26.960kg
6th Eddie Bridon 26.890kg
7th Dave Brettell 25kg
Thanks to sponsorship from This is Cavan of €725 a total prize fund of €4860 was shared among the anglers to include daily wins of €200.
Report compliments of:
NCFFI – National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland
Small boat anglers out of Cobh have had some great fishing outside Cork Harbour recently as a result of the settle conditions. Many of the boats have been after blue sharks (and anything else they fancied while on the water). Jim Clohessy was out with his Team Skua members Rob and Gavin. They had some beautiful sharks to the boat along with some lovely red gurnards and pollack.
Rob with a blue
Boats in the Bella Vista fleet had good fishing too, rays, bass, pollack and more being caught regularly. They are also seeing good numbers of shark landed and photographed. One fish they had was not brought onboard for a photo though. Despite being well practised in landing and safely releasing sharks from small boats Dirk Wolthuis opted to release the biggest shark to the Bella Vista fleet this season at the side of the boat. When confronted by the 3m blue he knew he didn’t want to share deck space with that many teeth.
This big blue was let go at the side of the boat
Charter boats too are reporting good fishing. James Linehan on the Deora De has also been getting good numbers of shark as well as some good days of ground fishing.
Tagged and ready to go…
The 49th Cobh Internation Deep Sea Angling Festival is under way at the moment. The competition finishes up tomorrow evening. Good luck to the competitors and wee look forward to bringing you the full results on Monday.
Go fishing…
Deora Dé
Deora Dé is a fast modern charter boat (35′ Offshore 105. 400 HP Iveco), built to the skipper’s own specifications and exceeding the current safety standards. Species of fish caught include: Blue Shark, Mackerel, Pollack, Cod, Whiting, Conger Eel, Ling, Wrasse, Gurnard, Garfish, Dogfish, Coalfish and many more! Full rod & tackle hire available with free tuition given. Free tea & coffee onboard. Telephone: +353 (0)21 4863445 or +353 (0)86 4091389 Email:[email protected]Website:www.charterangling.com
Bella Vista Angling Centre
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There have shark caught almost daily over the last week
Anglers fishing with Courtmacsherry Anglinghave been getting amongst some good blue sharks this week. Just yesterday they had 6 big blues to over 2m on the Lady Patricia, while those on the Lady Louise had good conger to 15kg and plenty of pollack. Skate, good sized cod, bass and more have been coming to the boat in recent days.
There have shark caught almost daily off Courtmacsherry. Catch of Week goes to MArk Gannon’s anglers for their 2m plus fish caught yesterday
Heading west towards Union Hall, the two boats in the Irish Deep Sea Charter fleet, Boy Scottand Rod’n’Reelhave had great cod and pollack fishing over the last few days despite the huge tides. They tell us that now that the weather has settled for a little while they expect this ground fishing to continue as the tides drop back.
Chunky cod
Further near Castletownsend, Tom Collins on Loch an Iasc showed that he can produce the goods under pressure when he got blue shark for his crew while fishing for a Polish TV show about angling in Ireland. At the Baltimore Angling Festival, Tom’s boat took had the biggest fish landed over the 4 days. These two pictures are of the same fish and show how fish can look much bigger or smaller depending on the angle etc of the photo.
John with his superb 160lb common skate
Next Wednesday Tom is putting together a crew for a skate trip…
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Lady Patricia / Lady Louise
Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre is one of Irelands Premier Angling Centres based in the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry. 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:[email protected] Telephone: +353 (0)23 8846427 or +353 (0)86 8250905
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Eileen Carroll, IFI Macroom, tells us 6 grilse were reported for the week, mostly caught on fly by club anglers.
RIVER LEE ESB FISHERY
It has been reported that a Limerick man had a salmon of 10lbs on a shrimp last Saturday. On the fishery ealier this week was Paul Hanley who had a good fish of about 12lb on fly. This hard fighting, well conditioned 12lb hen was safely returned to continue her journey to the spawning grounds.
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… https://fishinginireland.info/salmon/southwest/lee.htm
