Conchuir Mac Eochaidh reports some great tope fishing in Wexford over the week end.
Dr James Ralph fought this specimen tope for 30 minutes before it was released to fight another day. This is Dr Ralph’s first tope . Not a bad start! Conchuir tells us this tope was accompanied by three others caught on the day.
After the birth of her first child, Annalisa Barbieri gave up angling, which she adored. Now she returns to the water with her daughter, 11, to share the joys of rods and fly-tying. My first fishing trip involved begging. I had to plead with my cousin to take me with him: I was 12, he was a bit younger. He agreed, as long as we could go after lunch, siesta time – when no one would see him fishing with a girl…
The Guardian, 15/08/15. Read the full article ‘Fishing casts its spell on my girl‘.
Kerry County Council is advising people not to swim at certain locations in Lough Leane after toxic algae scum was detected in the water. The blue-green scum can be seen at certain points along the Killarney National Park lake’s shores but overall the risk to the public is said to be low… …fisherman have also been told to avoid affected areas…
UTV Ireland, 14/08/15. Read the full article ‘Public warned of toxic algae risk in Co Kerry lough‘.
he Navy and rescue services are searching for a Chinese man who was swept out to sea while he was fishing from the shore in north Kerry. The man was fishing off rocks west of Ballyheigue in Kerry Head when he was swept away by a rogue wave on Friday afternoon. The LÉ Orla was one of the first to respond when the alarm was raised having been in the area on another task. The Shannon-based rescue helicopter, the Fenit Lifeboat, Glenderry Coast Guard and the Ballyheigue Sea and Cliff Rescue all took part in the search over the weekend…
UTV.ie, 17/08/15. Read the full article ‘Search continues for angler swept out to sea‘.
Search for missing fisherman swept off Kerry rocks to resume today, thejournal.ie – Aug 17, 2015
Search will resume off Kerry coast for missing Chinese fisherman, Newstalk 106-108 fm – Aug 16, 2015
Coastguard continues search for missing tourist off Kerry coast, Sunday World – Aug 16, 2015
Kerry sea search called off until tomorrow, RTE.ie – Aug 15, 2015
Sea conditions improving as search continues for missing tourist off Kerry coast, Kildare Nationalist – Aug 15, 2015
Search resumes for missing Chinese fisherman swept off the rocks, Yahoo News UK – Aug 15, 2015
Fishing gear found in Kerry search for Chinese tourist, Irish Times – Aug 15, 2015
Navy ship brought in to assist search for missing Kerry fisherman,
Big News Network.com – Aug 15, 2015
Search resumes for Chinese tourist missing off Co Kerry coast, Newstalk 106-108 fm – Aug 15, 2015
County Kerry: Search resumes for missing man, BBC News – Aug 15, 2015
Search to resume for man swept into sea at Kerry Head, Irish Times – Aug 15, 2015
Search continues for Chinese tourist swept off Kerry Head, Irish Examiner – Aug 14, 2015
Search for man swept into sea while fishing in Kerry, Irish Times – Aug 14, 2015
Search resumes for angler missing off Kerry coast, Irish Independent – Aug 14, 2015
Search ongoing for angler missing off Kerry coast, Irish Independent – Aug 14, 2015
Rescue operation underway in Kerry as Coast Guard search for angler ‘seen …, Irish Mirror – Aug 14, 2015
Late Night Search for Union Hall RNLI, Southern Star Newspaper – Aug 14, 2015
Investigation launched after 600 dead crayfish are found in Cavan, thejournal.ie – Aug 17, 2015
Crayfish plague kills 600 of the species in Cavan, RTE.ie – Aug 17, 2015
Scottish ministers propose to make conservation regulations to introduce a licensing system for the taking of Atlantic salmon outside inland waters and to prohibit the killing of salmon without a licence in Scotland. The proposed licensing regime will be accompanied by a carcass-tagging scheme to aid enforcement of any kill licence granted. This scheme will require that any salmon taken must have an individually numbered tag affixed to the carcass…
Irish Times, 17/08/15. Read the full article ‘Scottish fishing regulations and conservation measures welcomed‘.
Paul Harris of Dromagowlane House and bearaseafishing.com reports on the fishing around the Beara Peninsula recently…
18 August: Jason is heading back to Dublin after an action packed few days. He found the pollack in good feeding mode, as they have been for the past month, and fishing jellyworms had over 30 fish in one session with best fish topping 8 lbs.
Went for a change of pace next day and some bottom fishing. This did not provide much relief as with the flooding tide the huss and conger to 10 lb+ came on the feed in big style and he soon had to stop fishing two rods as one was more than enough. An arm aching session followed where he happily admits losing count of the number of fish taken. A nice problem…
Paul Harris,
Dromagowlane House
Anyone looking for information on fishing on the Beara can contact Paul at[email protected] or ring him on + 353 (0)27 60330.
Web sites www.dromagowlanehouse.com and www.bearaseafishing.com
Luke Aston reports on the Charter fishing off the Clare coast…
12 August: What a lovely day on the sea! With plenty bait we headed west and anchored up for slack water and had lots of congers and this 18.5lb specimen Bullhuss.
Then on the flood we had lots of mixed fish including a John Dory that at 3.6lb was a fine fish and almost the second specimen for the day.
13 August: Lovely day on the sea and fishing conditions perfect. The Pollack are on the take and getting nice and fat!
14 August: Bruno came this week for a blue shark so with the bit of wind we tried a drift today. Conditions were a bit odd because of the very big swell but he got his shark and we had six to the boat.
15 August: The seas are calming down after the swell yesterday but still a little on the rough side. Some nice drifts out to sea but we came back up the estuary to finish up the day with some mackerel.
16 August: Today was a perfect general day charter. Easy mackerel at the loop. Box’s full if whitefish by the middle of the day. Mostly pollack but also some cod. Then congers at anchor untill a blue shark started to take the baits. So down went a shark trace and in came a nice shark! Finished the day with some fresh mackerel to take home. Oh and it was calm.
Luke Aston
Clare Dragoon
Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine that operates 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: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com
The practice put in by the Munster teams ahead of the event paid off for Fermoy AC who as the 2015 NCFFI All Ireland Club Champions will head to San Marino next year to represent Ireland at the FIPS-ED World Club Championships.
Hosted by Fermoy AC this two day event attracted 6 club teams from across Ireland all looking for the title and the chance to travel to the World Championships.
The fishing itself was harder than usual on the reservoir probably down to changing water levels over the last two weeks which made the fish switch off a bit. However, Fermoy AC produced some great catches of roach and skimmers winning the event on both days.
Tommy Lawton, Fermoy AC managing both the Munster teams said:- “both teams worked exteremely hard over the last number of weeks fishing the venue and we are delighted with the win for Fermoy AC. We would like to thank the clubs who travelled here to Coachford and to O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House who accommodated the draws and prize giving.”
Oisin cahill off the Dublin Angling Initiative reports that the DAI was recently invited to assist The Rinn-Shannon & District Angling Club in hosting an introductory fishing day for The Mohill Summer Camp on Lough Rowan, Co. Leitrim. The boys and girls, ranging from the ages of 7 to 12 years, were introduced to the basics of boat trout fishing with many trout being caught. The Rinn-Shannon & District Angling Club hosted an event that was second to none with members donating their time to bring the youths fishing on their personal and club boats.
A great day was had by all and was finished with a lakeside barbeque run by the welcoming Club Secretary Paul Beck.
The lake is in a fantastic setting, full of fine fish and is run by a very professional club. The club hosts many youth events during the year and have a wheelchair accessible boat on the lake.
It`s well worth a visit and fishing enquiries can be made to Paul Beck at 087-6254740
Web: www.rinnshannon.com
