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Mines a bass at Courtmasherry says Patrick, Lady Patricia prefers blues

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IFI Staff
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Patrick Weblin with bass at Courtmasherry
Patrick Weblin with bass at Courtmasherry

Angler Patrick Weblin enjoyed some excellent fishing in Courtmacsherry recently.  Conditions on the day were ok and even the fairly strong southerly wind didn’t hamper things.  Patrick caught some nice bass on soft plastics on low tide.  He sent us this picture of his catch and release.

Patrick Weblin with bass at Courtmasherry
Patrick Weblin with bass at Courtmasherry
...and off you go...
…and off you go…

Meanwhile Charter skipper Mark Gannon is reporting some great blue shark fishing with as many as 19 sharks to the boat last weekend…

Courtmacsherry
7 hook ups in 2 hours and 5 landed…

04 July: Conditions were tough today but ’twas worth it in the end as we landed 5 blues to 2 m and lost 2 more,and that was only in 2 hrs fishing,Peter landed the first blue with John senior having a tremendous fight with the best fish of the day.

05 July: Conditions improved a bit today but still a good swell up. Day going well,12 tagged so far with 5 fish over 2 m. Heaviest so far 50 kg and 2.29cm.

07 July: Tough on the water today,stayed inshore,conger,Ling ,Pollack,mackerel,Sandeel,cuckoo wrasse,coalfish,and dogfish,hopefully will be calmer tomorrow so we can venture offshore.

Mark Gannon
Courtmacsherry Angling

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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: [email protected] 
Telephone: +353 (0)23 8846427 or +353 (0)86 8250905

Operation Safe Water – Irish Coast Guard, Gardai and RNLI

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myleskelly
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Operation Safe Water took place today in Howth Harbour. The operation involves members from An Garda Siochana, the Irish Coast Guard and the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI); the objective of the operation is to perform a safety review with water users visiting Howth Harbour in north County Dublin. The operation, the first of its kind in the country, brings the three agencies together with the single aim of improving safety awareness amongst boat users.
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The RNLI Coastal Safety Team are performing safety checks on lifejackets. John McKenna, Howth RNLI Coastal Safety Officer commented, ‘”A lifejacket is useless if you don’t wear it, but it’s also important to maintain it properly. Three simple steps could help to save your life – check that the gas canister is in good condition and screwed in properly, the firing head is within its expiry date and that a crotch strap is attached securely.’

Declan Howard, Community Safety Officer with the Irish Coast Guard, Howth is leading a team reviewing the essential safety equipment boats entering the harbour should be carrying. “A roadside breakdown is an entirely different situation to one on the water, having no means of communicating your need for help can have grave implications for you as the boat drifts towards rocks or out to sea. The waters in Ireland can offer great enjoyment but if you ignore carrying some of the basic safety equipment you put your crew and yourself at risk of injury or worse”. He also commented “With no phone masts mobile phone reception is hit and miss on the water, you need another plan to get out of trouble”.

The operation also reminded people of the dangers of cold water. Currently Irish Waters are 13 degrees, falling overboard is easy and can happen in seconds, getting back into a boat or even a kayak is not so easy or quick. At 13 degrees with no protective clothing after 10-15 minutes hypothermia will commence and you’ll start to lose the ability to move arms and legs to stay afloat. Within an hour you could be unconscious. Survival is anywhere between 1 and 6 hours. If you’ve no way of letting the Coast Guard know you need help the alarm might be raised too late. Colin Murray, officer in charge, Irish Coast Guard unit in Howth commented “the job of the Lifeboats and the Coast Guard is to get to you within that hour, your job is to let us know you need help”, he added “that means having your kit and emergency plan ready before you go on the water – ie Marine VHF Radios, Flares, Protective Clothing etc. This is on top of our summer message No Life Jacket?, No Excuse. We want people enjoying the waters and coastline but going out prepared and not getting too complacent about the good weather.”

The inter agency approach brings all the stakeholders together with the aim of reducing the number of incidents on the water and coastline in the area and hopefully helping save lives, water safety booklets will be distributed in multiple languages.
http://www.howthcoastguard.com/

Plenty of fish on the move at Munster Blackwater fisheries

By
myleskelly
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playing a fish
Luca conlon caught and released 2 salmon on Sunday

Paul Whelan from Fortwilliam Fishery reports that there are a nice few grilse being taken at present on the Munster Blackwater.  Chris Coady landed 2 grilse of 3lbs each, both returned safely, on Wednesday 8 July. Ian Dolley, over from the U.K, has 3 grilse so far on the second day of his trip and one released so things. The water levels at the fishery are are dropping back to .2m onthe gauge after the recent rise which just peaked over 1.5ft. Clarity is pretty good at 3ft+ so its suitable for fly now also.

Fortwilliam Fishery
Ian Dolley at Fortwilliam

Ian Powell of Blackwater Lodge reports that their anglers have been catching sea-liced grilse every day  in spite of the low water, mainly on the lower river. By Sunday 05 July they 13 grilse (7 on fly) for the month to date. On Monday the water was up after the rain and they had one 12lb fish on fly, released, from Kilmurry and two grilse from the upper river in the evening.

playing a fish
Luca Conlon caught and released 2 salmon on Sunday

On Tuesday 3 extremely fresh grilse were caught on upper river in the evening. This brings their total to 17 so far for July. Ian tells us that prospects are superb for the coming days as larger fish look to be starting to run with the rise in water, which is dropping now with good visibility.

Go fishing…

Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: 00 353 58 60235     From UK: 0871 474 0135  (10p/min any time!)
Mobile: 00 353 87 235 21 20
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net

Fortwilliam Fishery & Self-Catering Cottages
Fortwilliam Fishery, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ie Email: [email protected]
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299

The Munster Blackwater…

For more information about salmon fishing on the Munster Blackwater please see the following page with a list of all the fisheries


Good water in the Laune but salmon are scarce

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myleskelly
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salmon fishing
The river Laune - salmon fishing in a beautiful setting...

Billy Downes reports that as of Tuesay 7th July the water level on the Laune was up to over 1m (1 foot 3 inches) at Johnston’s. This is beautiful water for all methods, but there are very few fish to be seen and fewer still willing to take a fly.

salmon fishing
The river Laune – salmon fishing in a beautiful setting…

Early in the week a few fish ran the river and a few anglers had some sport.  Colm Heffernan was one of those.  On Tuesday he met four on the fly lost them two being good fish and he landed a fish of 7 lbs on the worm.  On Thursday a member landed a fish of 11 lbs and two sea trout at Paul Connor’s.

For July the commercial nets fish for 5 days per week which won’t help the angler’s chances but July last year was one of the better months of a poor year.  The feedback I am getting from anglers on the Laune is that the fishing is not good and they are not happy trying to catch a fish when we have a commercial harvest going on in Cromane and in the Laune itself.

There were no reports of fish on Beats 1 and 2, the Killarney Lakes or the Flesk.

Beat 3: The Beat 3 water is a bit on the low side but fish will still run the river and be met there during the week. For Beat 3 Permit Costs click on: Beat 3 Permit Prices 2015
Start times on Beat 3 is 8am and not before that.  Reminder to visitors trout fishing on all Laune Anglers waters and on Beat 3 is by fly only on single handed rods with trout flies.  (No worms allowed for trout fishing)

Prospects:  A few fish are running the river each day and there is always a chance if you are out.  I expect that if we got a rise of 18 inches we would have a few days of good fishing but a mini heat wave on the way.

Permits for Laune Anglers waters from now to the end of July only €25 per day.

The Laune Bridge OPW water level: (http://waterlevel.ie/0000022035/0001/week/ )

Billy Downes  Secretary
Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association

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Web:  www.launeanglersfishing.com
Facebook: Facebook Laune Anglers
Email: [email protected]

https://fishinginireland.info/salmon/southwest/laune.htm 

 

Floods on Bandon, grilse and salmon to 15.75lb caught

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myleskelly
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15.7lb salmon
Michael Foran of a 15.7lb salmon caught on the fly

Eileen Carroll in our Macroom office reports that water levels remained low for most of last week on the River Bandon. As a result there were very little anglers out. There are a few resident fish in the pools which are coloured and slow to take.  There were one or two grilse caught on the tidal section.  Prospects improved after the heavy rain following the weekend.The Bandon Angling Association take up the story…

near Innishannon
Corner beside the chip van at Innishannon

06 July: River is now rising fast after this mornings rain. Upstream of Bandon is coming up slowly but below Bandon is in flood already due to the Bridewell River and Mart stream. This will bring the river into the condition fishermen so badly wanted from tomorrow onwards.

07 July: The river is now dropping in Bandon. Visibility is good and suitable for spinning now. It may be in fly order later this evening. The gauge is reading 0.81m. A couple of fish have been seen attempting the weir.

River Bandon
Bandon grilse caught in high water

 

(Later that night) Though the river was  “Big n brown n bowling down” that didn’t stop at least one grilse and the odd better fish from taking earlier today. While Jason Nash’s grilse reported here was taken on spinner, Michael Foran’s 15.75lb salmon was caught on fly.

15.7lb salmon
Michael Foran of a 15.7lb salmon caught on the fly

08 July: More good sport reported along the river today with salmon being landed and lost. River is fining down nicely and holding its colour.

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Congrats to Ian Walker as his good season continues with a lovely fish of 8lbs
5lb grilse
Rob proudly holding his 5lb grilse

 

Big well done to day ticket holder Rob Mckechnie for catching his first ever salmon of 5lbs whilst spinning.

Report and photos courtesy of the Bandon Angling Association

Go fishing…

The River Bandon is a most scenic and prolific game fishing river flowing through some of the most picturesque country side in West Cork. It’s source is a few miles north west of Dunmanway from where it flows through that town and and on through the villages of Ballineen, Enniskeane, Kilcoleman, Bandon and Innishannon where it become tidal and widens into an estuary before meeting the sea past Kinsale.

Day tickets are available – http://www.bandonangling.com/visitors.html

https://www.facebook.com/BandonAnglingAssociation

Water levels
Today’s conditions on the Bandon. Water levels for the Bandon can be checked on the Farsom Digital Watercams site.

Some good salmon and sea trout reported in West Cork

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myleskelly
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Eileen Carroll from IFI’s MAcroom office has some salmon and sea trout news from the West Cork rivers…

RIVER ILEN

15 salmon reported landed and some lost on the Ilen River last week, best was 8.5lbs landed by a club member on worms. Good shot of sea trout caught, best 2.5lbs by a club angler spinning.  Nice water last week should now bring in a good run of grilse.

COOMHOLA RIVER

6 salmon landed for the week, best 12lbs landed by Michael Maguire on worms.

OUVANE RIVER

No report.

English angler bags 100lb of bream on Lough Derg

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myleskelly
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Bream
Billy Delves bagged over 100lb of prime bream on Lough Derg

St Helens AA match secretary Bill Delves takes an Irish angling break every year and his favourite venue is Lough Derg in County Clare where this year he bagged over 100lb of prime bream.

Bream
Billy Delves bagged over 100lb of prime bream on Lough Derg

Feeder fishing from a small island near to Mountshannon he cast 40m into five meters of water with worm and a groundbait feeder and this was Bill’s first and best fish.   He was staying in Moloney’s Cottages – only a short walk to the pub – on the banks of the Scarriff River and organised by Active Irish Angling.

Dave Houghton
Active Irish Angling

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Drowse dropping but grilse running through to Melvin

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myleskelly
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Drowes estuary
Summer sunset and Slieve League across Donegal Bay at the Drowes estuary.

Shane Gallagher reports on the salmon fishing on the Drowes last week…

Salmon
Maite from Spain with her 2 fish from the Red Roof on July 2nd.

07 July: At the end of the first week in July water levels have dropped steadily, apart from a very small rise yesterday. The gauge at the Four Masters’ Bridge is now reading 0.4 metres, a low summer level but encouragingly there are still good numbers of fish entering the system. A mixture of grilse of 3 to 4lbs and some larger fish are running and despite the low water, are quickly passing through to Lough Melvin.

The weather is forecast to remain unsettled this week and over the weekend. With sufficient rainfall we could see a small rise in water levels by the start of next week.

Drowes estuary
Summer sunset and Slieve League across Donegal Bay at the Drowes estuary.

Sad News From Germany

News reached us yesterday of the passing of Reiner Troester from Duisburg in Germany. Reiner had been an ardent fisher of the Drowes for over quarter of a century. He enjoyed listening to, or recounting tall fishing tales in the tackle shop during his frequent visits to the fishery with his wife Gertrude and fishing friends Dieter and Helmut. He was passionate about Ireland, about fly fishing and about the Drowes. As well as being an avid angler he was also very artistic and creative. He will probably be best remembered to many anglers on the Drowes as the creator of the fishery map which features on our brochure, the tackle shop and many pubs and restaurants throughout the area.
Sincere sympathy is expressed to his wife Gertrude, family and wide circle of friends
Ar dheis de do raibh a anam

Shane Gallagher
Drowes Salmon Fishery
T: +353 (0) 71 98 41055
M: +353 (0) 87 8050806
http://www.drowessalmonfishery.ie/reports/

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15lb Salmon and Some Nice Sea Trout Fishing on the River Boyne

By
David Byrne
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Clive Ayres With a Small Sea Trout Pictured Before Release

Water conditions are now low and clear in the River Boyne and some salmon have been caught recently on the lower stretches. A couple of fish have been reported caught around the Slane area in the last few days and over the weekend a nice 10lb fish was taken at Oldbridge. The latest fish taken was caught on Wednesday morning at Oldbridge and weighed in at 15lbs.

Sea trout fishing has been reported as very good on the lower reaches over the last couple of weeks and there are currently lots of small fish in the river. Some very nice sea trout have been taken on the fly recently with fish to 3.5lbs being reported.

Clive Ayres Salmon Fishing at Oldbridge
An Angler Tries His Luck Salmon Fishing at Oldbridge on Wednesday Evening
Fly Selection for Night Time Sea Trout Fishing
Fly Selection for Night Time Sea Trout Fishing
Clive Ayres With a Small Sea Trout Pictured Before Release
Clive Ayres With a Small Sea Trout Pictured Before Release
Some Nice Fly Water Downstream of the Obelisk Bridge
Some Nice Fly Water Downstream of the Obelisk Bridge

French anglers enjoy the pike fishing in Mayo

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myleskelly
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94cm pike
Jean Eric caught his biggest pike ever of 94cm

First time anglers to Foxford, Co Mayo, Jean Eric Gancille and friend Nicholas Escalle had a good day pike fishing with guide Kenny Sloan.

94cm pike
Jean Eric caught his biggest pike ever of 94cm

Casting into weed beds Jean Eric caught his biggest pike ever of 94 cms on a small roach.

82cm pike
An 82cm fish was the best Nicholas could manage

Nicholas did well fishing lures with his biggest pike measuring 82cms on a Salmo Slider.

Kenny Sloan
www.pikemania.co.uk

Go fishing with Kenny…

Kenny Sloan has become synonymous with big pike in the Foxford area. Kenny can guide you on the big wild waters around him Conn and Cullen but he also has a lot of smaller waters at his disposal and even if the wind blows he always has some where to fish making your break as productive as possible.
Web: www.pikemania.co.uk

Kenny Sloan
Salmon/Pike Guide
7,Riverside, Foxford,
Co Mayo.
Phone (Home) : +353 (0)94 9256501    Mob: +353 (0)87 9670310
Email: [email protected]

 

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