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Salmon fishing at Costello & Fermoyle very productive

By
Markus Muller
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Terry Gallagher reports from Costello & Fermoyle:
The salmon fishing at Costello and Fermoyle continues to be very productive with 64 salmon recorded, 42 of which were caught this month. There is concern regarding the scarcity of sea trout this year with only 117 landed to date. The good news is the sea trout rod catch has dramatically improved recently with 44 recorded in the last few days, most of which were fresh.
The highlights since the 13th July include the 4 salmon and 23 sea trout Denis and Donie landed on Fermoyle and Clogher loughs, which was a fair achievement considering the difficult conditions they encountered over the few days they fished. Neil Spellacy was not disappointed with the 2 fresh salmon he landed during his day on River Beat 1, fish of 6lbs 8ozs & 3lbs. Local angler, Myles Costello, also landed a bar of silver (7 lbs.) during his evening on RB1. Newcomer to salmon angling, Udo Nitschke, certainly earned his stripes on RB1 after he caught fish of 6 lbs. 8oz. & 4 lbs. 8oz.
Regular visitor from Edinburgh, Pete Westwater, had 2 productive days on Glenicmurrin & Fermoyle Loughs, landing a respectable 23 sea trout. Eamon O Brien fished Glenicmurrin over 2 days and was rewarded with 21 sea trout and a grilse. Finally, Geoffrey Fitzjohn and Neil Spellacy had an excellent morning on River Beats 3 & 4, both landing 2 salmon each, 3 of which were 7 lbs. and the remaining a fish of 5 lbs. 8oz. Before the sun came out they estimated that they must have encountered at least a dozen fish. Well worth the walk!
Fresh fish are still appearing on the tides and with 1.5 inches of rain last night there’s plenty of water to entice them in. For information and bookings, please contact Terry Gallagher at +353 (0)91 572 196 or email [email protected]

Five species of ray caught in Killala Bay!

By
Markus Muller
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Specimen thornback ray

Donal Kennedy, skipper of the Leah, reported on two terrific days fishing in Killala Bay. On July 24th & 25th, a party of anglers from Larne set out to fish Killala Bay. The weather was excellent and the sea was calm . . .everything was set for two great days of fishing!

The group caught a phenomenal 19 species over the two days including ling up to 6 lbs., cod up to 7 lbs. and pollack up to 12 lbs. But what made this outing so special were the many species of ray that were caught and put back alive! The anglers had thornback, homelyn, blonde, cuckoo and small eyed ray! They also caught and released two specimen thornback ray weighing 23 lbs. and 20 lbs.

Specimen thornback ray
Specimen thornback ray
Fine Killala Bay cod
Fine Killala Bay cod
Nice undualted ray from Killala Bay
Nice cuckoo ray from Killala Bay
Happy Larne anglers onboard the LEAH
Happy Larne anglers onboard the LEAH

To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)86 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.

Brown trout up to 4 lbs. on Lough Arrow

By
Markus Muller
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The Peter fishing on Lough Arrow is still in full swing with anglers reporting good evening action fishing sedges.

Peter Dunne had 4 trout for the week, best at 3.5 lbs., while Francie White caught two, heaviest 3 lbs. However, it was Simon Steel who had one of the best fish of the week, a fine 4 lbs. trout. Simon’s trout took a G &H Sedge. Other successful anglers included Gerry Martin with 2 trout for 2.25 lbs. and 2.5 lbs., Brian Hargadon with a two pounder and UK visitor, Hector Pearson who also boated a 2 lbs. trout.

Good sea trout & salmon fishing on Glencar Lake

By
Markus Muller
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Jim Henry and Ricky Fabozzi enjoyed excellent sea trout fishing on Glencar Lake during the week. The two anglers boated several sea trout including two very nice fish weighing 3.5 lbs. and 3.25 lbs. respectively. They also had two salmon at 7 lbs. and 5 lbs. Most successful flies were Green Peter and a yellow canary mayfly pattern fished on slow intermediate or floating lines
Fishing on Glencar Lake is managed by the Sligo Anglers Association, for details contact [email protected]
 

Some good salmon landed on Cork rivers

By
IFI Staff
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Eileen Carroll Murphy IFI reports from the Rivers Ilen, Coomhola and Ouvane for the week ending 26th July 2015:

RIVER ILEN

The river Ilen had 20 salmon landed for the week, best 10lbs by a Club Angler on a Flying C.

RIVER COOMHOLA

10 salmon landed for the week, best 10lbs by a Club Anglers on worms.

RIVER OUVANE

A local angler did the best on the river Ouvane this week with an 8lb salmon on worms – 10 salmon landed for the week.

Eileen Carroll Murphy,
IFI Macroom

Record week on River Moy!

By
Markus Muller
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Made himself the nicest birthday present: 15 year old Cian O’Bourke with his first ever salmon!

Yet another successful week for anglers on the Moy system, with 945 salmon reported, bringing the yearly total, so far, to 4,735. After a big flood over the previous weekend, angling peaked during the first half of the week resulting in very good fishing conditions upstream of Ballina. Lures and the worm proved to be the most successful methods while water levels were on the high side.

Due to the higher water levels, angling on the Moy Fishery was rather slow this past week with only 15 salmon being caught. Amongst the successful anglers were Roy Taylor, UK, and Kevin Enright, Limerick, who both had a grilse on the Ridge Pool.

The Mount Falcon Fishery topped its good result of last week with a total of 69 salmon for the week. UK anglers Garry Perks & Mike Hornsby were particularly successful accounting for 32 fish (14 released) using all methods. The Coolcronan Fishery also saw its best week of the season with lady angler, Marie Anderson from the UK, catching a nice 6.5 lbs. grilse on the worm. At Gannon’s, Patrick Zollinker from Switzerland had two fish on bubble & fly, while John Logan, Dublin, landed a cracking ten pounder (on spinner) on the Foxford Fishery. Cian O’Bourke from Crossmolina certainly celebrated his 15th birthday catching his first ever salmon on the River Moy at Foxford. Cian was using bubble & fly and hooked his fish on an Orange & Gold Shrimp pattern.

There were also a lot of happy faces at the Cloongee Fishery with over 60 salmon reported for the week. Amongst the successful anglers were Paul Burgess, UK and Jimmy Scotson from Monaghan who caught a fine 12.5 lbs. fish on spinner. German flyanglers, Lutz Koch and Kai Duscher, had great sport on the East Mayo water with several salmon up to 7.5 lbs., while fellow countryman, Lothar Waldeck, was also successful on East Mayo catching two grilse on spinner.

Made himself the nicest birthday present: 15 year old Cian O’Bourke with his first ever salmon!
Made himself the nicest birthday present: 15 year old Cian O’Bourke with his first ever salmon!

16.5lb salmon on the Bandon angler's waters

By
IFI Staff
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Eileen Carroll Murphy IFI reports from the River Bandon for the week ending 26th July 2015:

RIVER BANDON

The river fished well for the latter half of the week. The catches were mainly grilse but some larger salmon also including a 16.5lb fish taken on fly on the Bandon anglers’ water. Fresh Salmon and grilse ran the river on Friday and Saturday before the flood rose on Sunday. Prospects are good for the coming week as the river fines off after the flood.
One angler reported an  11lb salmon caught on the Bandon this week on a homemade salmon fly.
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Bandon 28.07.2015
Eileen Carroll Murphy,
IFI Macroom

8 Grilse caught on the River Lee

By
IFI Staff
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Eileen Carroll Murphy IFI reports from the River Lee for the week ending 26th July 2015:

RIVER LEE

On the river Lee this week we have a report of 8 grilse averaging 2lbs to 6lbs landed on fly and shrimp.

Eileen Carroll Murphy,
IFI Macroom

Mackerel draw the fish in Wicklow

By
IFI Staff
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The king of the east coast, skipper Kit Dunne is pleased with the mackerel off the Wickow coast.

Kit Dunne - MackeralThings are active and the fishing is busy. Kit set out this week with a bit of wreck fishing and then went in search of shark at 70-115 metres. The pollack and pouting obliged but the shark kept their distance. There was a nice drift, good rubby dubby trail, 25 mile off and the  water was only 15 degrees.  Patience is a virtue Kit so  I guess you’ll have to wait another Month so.

In the meanwhile plenty of Tope, Huss and loads of Hounds kept the customers happy.

Happy anglers…

Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters

Go fishing…

Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats available – Lisin andCastle Maiden. All levels of anglers are catered for. Anglers will benefit from your skipper’s angling experience and local knowledge with adviceand guidance on-hand at all times.

SPECIALIST ANGLING CHARTERS

Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new methods of angling.

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Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters,
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Great numbers and good sizes for Galway Buccaneers SAC

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IFI Staff
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Galway Buccaneers SAC report:

Congratulations to Steve Turner on winning leg 4 of the 2015 Galway Buccaneers SAC Master Boat Angler competition sponsored by Galway Bay Fishing. It was an overcast day with drizzle that cleared only as we passed the Foul Sound, with South Eastely winds that changed direction to the West combined with the slack enough tidal movements on the day made fishing difficult as the boat was tossed about.

With a stop to pick up mackerel, It was obvious that fishing was going to be good, mackerel were coming aboard the Maighdean Mara thick and fast and Dave Spokes picking up a non counting pollock as the competition hadn’t started.

Conor Graham was the first off the mark followed by Steve and Noel with pollock.

Galway Buccaneers SAC - July 2015 1With both Noel and Conor picking up Cuckoo Wrasse it was anyone’s game.

A second drift in deeper water saw lines dropped 60+ meters, fish were coming aboard in numbers and good sizes, it was evident by the struggle Steve was having that it was a very good fish, after much panting and sweating  the fish was landed and indeed it was a lunker of a Cod,  weighing at  12lbs it was accompanied by a Pollock weighing in at around 7lbs. Steve managed to take the lead with constant double hits of Pollock and a couple more Cod, while Conor and Noel managed to land Ling, even though still a close game Steve was able to pull ahead with a Grey Gurnard and a Haddock, all the while Noel was also picking up species with Poor Cod and Pouting.

Galway Buccaneers SAC - July 2015 3Galway Buccaneers SAC - July 2015 2With winds slowly picking up we moved closer to the island for a bit of shelter and John managed to pick up a couple of Dogfish, around this time Eoin (non member) started to look less green and start fishing for about half an hour before we pulled up to Inis Oirr to sample the skipper Kevin MacGabhann’s brew which was being served on the island.
Over all 11 species were caught, these include Pollock, Coalfish, Cod, Haddock, Ling, Cuckoo Wrasse, Poor Cod, Pouting, Grey Gurnard, Lesser Spotted Dogfish and Mackerel.

Cheers !
Cheers !

Thanks as always to our Skipper Kevin MacGabhann for looking after us and Providing us with plent of variety (and beer). ~ The Commitee

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Galway Buccaneers SAC

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