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Dates announced for inaugural Daingean Sundew Angling Festival

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Monasterevin & Daingean Match Anglers have announced the inaugural Daingean Sundew Angling Festival will take place on Saturday June 13th. The entry fee will be €25 for adults and €12 for juniors, with complete full payout and no pegging fees.

The match is being run in conjunction with the Daingean Community Street Festival and there will be a BBQ for each competitor in the town square after the match.
You can now start booking via the contact details below:
Or mobile:
00447547735364.

44 trout landed in North Kildare Anglers C&R Competition

By
Shane O'Reilly
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This post was compiled from angling reports shared on the North Kildare Trout & Salmon Anglers Association Facebook page:

Thirteen members of the North Kildare anglers were on the banks of the Liffey at the weekend for their latest C&R club competition. 44 trout were caught, photographed and released with Gary Reville finishing the day with a combined length of 120.8cm in a very close run competition. Keith Kearney took the longest trout on the day, a nice 34cm brownie.

A full report and more photos can be viewed on the North Kildare Trout & Salmon Anglers Association Facebook Page.

Go Fishing…

River Liffey & Tributaries

 

16lb+ of Tench & Bream wins Leinster Coarse Anglers Match for Jimmy Kelly

By
Shane O'Reilly
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This post was compiled from angling reports shared on the Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation Facebook page:

The Leinster coarse anglers were back on the canal banks at the weekend for the second Enfield match on the Royal Canal. The previous nights cold temperatures meant that things were a bit sluggish on the day, but the 20 anglers stuck at it and posted some decent bags, with Jimmy Kelly the pick of the bunch with 16lb 11oz of tench and bream.

Full results as follows:

Overall.
1st…..Jimmy Kelly………16-11ozs.
2nd….Donal McGuirk….7-15ozs.
3rd…..David Cullen……..4-11ozs.
Section ‘A’.
1st……Jimmy Kelly………16-ozs.
2nd…..Donal McGuirk….7-15ozs.
3rd……Tommy Dowd…….3-08ozs.
Section ‘B’.
1st………David Cullen…….4-11ozs.
2nd……..Aidan Gill…………3-13ozs
3rd………Alan Donnelly…..3-07ozs.

A full report and more photos can be viewed on the Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation Facebook Page.

Top Dry-Fly tips from Keith McDonnell

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Angling guide, instructor and blogger Keith McDonnell usually has some interesting takes on fly fishing, and he recently put together this piece on dry fly fishing for the Guide Flyfishing website. As usual, Keith gives us plenty to think about, and it’s rare to come away from one of his articles without having gained a new perspective on some aspect of fly fishing.

National sea angler app shows Whiting, Dogfish, Coalfish, Seabass and Spurdog were the top 5 fish species hooked during Jan-Mar.

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Anglers have been logging their trips on IFI’s free IMREC Diary since 2021, and the information collected has become an important tool in improving our understanding of fish stocks around the Irish coastline. Link to IMREC site

The start of the year saw IMREC diarists catch species more commonly linked to the winter months. Dublin, Galway and Wicklow were hotspots for sea angling during these months.

Other information submitted by shore and boat anglers between January – March showed that:

  • On average, the individual angler caught four fish per trip;
  • Catch and release rates were over 90%;
  • Over the winter, each angler caught about three different species.

Active IMREC diarists are entered into regular prize draws.  So even if the fishing was slow, your trip could still pay off—just make sure to log it in your IMREC Diary.

Congratulations to William Rock, the winner of April’s draw. Hopefully William will land even more fish in the months ahead.

Inland Fisheries Ireland is seeking more anglers to sign up to the voluntary IMREC citizen science app that records their sea angling catches

Mixed bags on Muckno

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Muckno

The CM Lakelands Club held a match last weekend on Yellow Island, Lough Muckno.
Everyone had plenty of bites, with even the odd bream showing, but the top Yellow Island pegs fished the best.

• 1st overall today was Piotr Horbiński with 95 fish from peg 197; Piotr caught hybrids, roach and perch at around 30 metres to weigh 9.260 kg.
• 2nd overall was Steven Whyte, who had another mixed bag of roach and hybrids to weigh 7.125 kg from peg 196.
• 3rd overall was Paul Leese with a weight of 6.885 kg; Paul caught some nice skimmers and smaller fish on peg 205.

Section winners were

  • Neil Keane: 5.070 kg from peg 202
  • Brenton Sweeney, 5.690 kg peg 212.

Lough Muckno

 

Two summer leagues kicked off at Oaklands at the weekend

By
Myles Kelly
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Both the Athy and District Anglers Summer League and the Oaklands Fishery Summer League kicked off at Oaklands at the weekend in fine, bright conditions…

Oaklands Summer League

Adrian Browne reports:

Great turn out on Sunday for the first round of the Oaklands Summer League.
With a packed lake and cold breeze fishing was difficult in places. But there were still some heavy weight recorded. Coming out on top bagging 71.770 kg was John Browne on peg 37. Junior winner was Michael Nemeth netting 8.360kg.

Today’s Results
  • 1st John Browne 71.770kg
  • 2nd Matija Ivkov 41.890 kg
  • 3rd Velimer Mozart 25.960kg
Section A
  • Kirean Reeves 23.940 kg
Section B
  • Gordon Hill 7.640kg
Section C
  • Robert Howard 15.910 kg
Junior’s
  • 1st Michael Memeth 8.360 kg
  • 2nd Nill Macky 5.880 kg
  • 3rd Ruairi Manley Murphy 5.600 kg

Thanks to all who fished today netting up next weekend Commercial Pairs @ Oaklands.

Athy and District Angler’s Summer League

Des Bridgette reports:

Athy anglers held the first leg of the Summer League which is sponsored by Murphs Fishing Tackle weather was fine and there were some nice bags of fish.

Results
  • 1st Tommy Cahill 52lb 10 ozs
  • 2nd John MC Donagh 38lb 4ozs
  • 3rd Chris Lawlor 31lb 11 ozs
  • 4th William Coughlan 26lb 3ozs

Well done lads and thanks to everyone who took part and a big thank you to Oaklands who hosted us, looking forward to the next trip down.

Go fishing…

The NCFFI Commercial Pairs will be fished at Oaklands next weekend. Places are still available if anyone is interested.
Contact: 087 7811042.

Day tickets both day’s are limited so booking is essential booking at 087 7811042 and 051 445348.

Oaklands Fishery

Address Marsh Meadow New Ross Wexford Ireland Phone: +353 51 445348 Mobile Phone: +353 87 6988979 Mobile Phone: +353 87 781 1042 Website: oaklandslake.com
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More Species Appearing in Sea Anglers Specimen Hunt

By
IFI Staff
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James Raymond from Irish Angling Adventures is certainly doing his part to promote sea angling participation this year. Between holding down a job, guiding and organising sea angler community meet ups he’s been a busy man. But that’s not all. James has also organised a specimen hunt for the year, in which anglers from around the country are taking part and posting their specimen fish catches of various species. And James is back with an update on how the hunt is going…

Gilthead Bream, a summer visitor to our shores

Well since the last update there has been plenty of action in this years Specimen Hunt, proudly sponsored by Fishing Tackle Ireland, Shannonside Baits , IFI and Glenmar Shellfish.
With the good weather starting to shine we are seeing some fine catches of Mullet, recently shad and we are also starting to see a few ray and Giltheads make there way into the mix now, as well as a nice Red Mullet.
Currently the leader board stands
2nd and last years winner Tony Morrissey
Well done everyone so far. Looking forward to seeing what’s coming along next.

If you want to see the full list of scores check it out here: https://irishanglingadventures.com/specimen-hunt/
Again thanks to our sponsors
Shannonside Baits
Inland Fisheries Ireland.

Glenmar Shellfish

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Irish Angling Adventures

Address Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353(0)860864486 Website: http://www.irishanglingadventures.com
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First Salmon of 2026 in Galway

By
IFI Staff
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It was a long winter in Galway, and water levels remained high for most of the spring period, with no angling taking place. The dry weather of the past couple of weeks has seen water levels falling upstream, and finally the river dropped to 2 gates open on the weir. Several anglers were in to try their luck on Monday, with renewed optimism given the nice conditions, and they were handsomely rewarded!

First of the Year

James Carney hooked a springer on the spinner, and he landed a lovely fresh fish of just over 10lbs – the first salmon of 2026 in Galway. Well done James!

Dave O’Reilly from Dublin was also visiting for his first session of the year. Fishing the fly, he landed a second sparkling silver fish, almost exactly the same size as James’s fish.

And not to be outdone, Peter Farrelly, who was fishing the shrimp in Jimmy’s Pool, hooked and landed a third salmon of approx. 12lbs.

Three happy anglers heading home, and the fishery is off the mark. Great to see some lovely spring salmon in the river, and hopefully this is the start of a good spring run.

 

 

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The Galway Salmon Weir Fishery

Dave’s dawn raid lands bass in Clare

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report came in from bass angler David Galvin detailing some recent success in County Clare:

It was an early start in the hunt for a west coast bass, and as the sun rose above Mount Callan and bathed the shoreline in Quilty in West Clare in its light, this beautiful 63 cm bass took a Savage Gear Gravity Stick with sand eel colouring. These types of paddle-tail lures can be super effective when other lures fail, and after an impressive battle and a quick photo, this fine bass was returned to fight another day…

Sea angling in the Shannon Estuary and the Clare coast

 

 

 

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