Daryl Ewing, Sligo Boat Charters, reports on the fishing around Sligo Bay where the tope have made a very welcome appearance…
Keith Barry with a string of Mackerel
04 July: Great days fishing today with Keith Barry and Co! We had no problem getting mackerel for bait and had some good fishing for pollack on jelly worm and well as all the usual species on bait.
12 July: MASSIVE fishing today! One of the best days out all year. Lots of cod up to 13lb, ling, lots big pollack over 10lb, whiting, coalie, pouting, wrasse and mackerel by the truckload! Lots of mouths fed tonight.
57lb tope
15 July: BOOM! Another RECORD on board! A specimen Tope of 57lbs (specimen size is 40lb) landed this evening. In all Ireland rankings for 2014 this would have ranked second! Looking forward to seeing the 2015 specimen books next year
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Brendan Collins is the 2015 Waterways Ireland Open Champion after a fine display of dace fishing on the River Barrow at St.Mullins, Co. Carlow.
St. Mullins on the River Barrow
During the competition held on Sunday 12th July the bream appeared to have moved out of the stretch so it was dace all the way for most anglers with only a few roach, perch, rudd, skimmers & hybrids showing. Brendan drew a peg downstream of the wires and caught most fish on the float mid river with defending champion, second placed Bob Hulme running him very close fishing similarly form a peg on the stands. Third placed Attila Paldeak got the better of a peg to peg battle with Danny Murphy at the downstream end of the stretch, both anglers fishing identically 8m to hand with Atilla edging it at the scales.
Winning angler Brendan Collins
Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club would like to thank everyone who took part and the sponsors and they look forward to a bigger event in 2016.
9th World Championships Predator Boat Fishing with Lures
BREAKING NEWS…
NCFFI are are pleased to announce that further to a meeting held this evening with representatives from interested parties to include Roscommon and Longford County Councils and the Angling Council of Ireland, the NCFFI have accepted a proposal from the LoughRee Lanesborough Angling Hub to stage this event at the North of Lough Ree, the second largest lake on the River Shannon system. Subject to funding sources and a FIPS-ed technical inspection of the venue this November the Championships will be held here in October 2016.
It will be a pleasure to showcase this area of Ireland’s Lakelands region to the world class lure anglers also bringing a boost to the local economy in this rural area. With the support of the angling hub we can be sure to provide a warm welcome to the competitors.
Lough Ree, venue for 9th World Championships Predator Boat Fishing with Lures9th World Championships Predator Boat Fishing with Lures
16 Anglers battled it out for a close running league last Sunday. Lough Sillan in Co.Cavan was the venue and many thanks to Francis and the local club for organising access and to our own club members who travelled the night before to peg and sign the venue.
Some nice bream helped make weights to 6kg
Fishing was a lot different to the same week last year when roach on the pole line featured in abundance, this year very few fish were caught on the pole and those that fished at distance of 60/70 turns were rewarded with Skimmers and some good Bream.
We knew Andrius with the golden drawing hand (left one Andrius?) would be hard beaten when he drew end peg 16 at the bottom of the stretch with the wind blowing into the corner. True enough he landed some fine bream to finish with around 6 kg for the best weight on the day.
Walsh, Moloney and McLoughlin were ones to watch as they appeared to be the ones fishing at distance and getting the odd bream among periods of no bites but club Chairperson Padraig O’Riordan battled well on the playground end with over 2 kg to take a tough section despite loosing a 2 kg fish at the net!
Unfortunately the day was slightly marred by some very disrespectful boaters and water skiers who spend the last 2 hours of the match actually in the swims of some of the anglers. We are firm believers that everyone using any facility for whatever purpose should all respect each other but that principal seemed to be lost on these guys. Fair play to Alan in particular for keeping a cool head and laughing it off…
Overall we had a great day and the league is all to play for. Results and weights are below and while Mark Moloney takes the top of the leaderboard the fact that 2 droppers can be taken leaves the next 2 rounds as crucial deciders on the podium positions.
The New Naas & District Anglers Club was set up on the 31 August 2012. Our Club is a Social club. The waters around Naas are Home to brown trout ,salmon,eels, pike, perch, bream, rudd,tench. Naas and District Anglers are dedicated towards getting kids involved in the sport of angling.
Club Members are responsible for restocking and ensuring that all angling byelaws are complied with.
Membership of the club is always open and we welcome new members with open arms.
Visiting anglers to Foxford, Co Mayo, Vincent Rodgers with his father enjoyed a days pike fishing with guide Kenny Sloan on the local lakes around Pontoon area.
Vincent with his first Irish pike
Vincent hooked several pike on surface lures cast to weed beds, and also one on the fly rod.
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
By the 5th of July the Drowes was at low summer levels reading 0.39m. However, there was decent rainfall since then and the river began to slowly rise again – reading 0.42m by the 12th July. Not particularly good levels for the 3 weeks but the river did fish well however due to the continuation of the good grilse run and there was an average of about 30 salmon caught each week. A party of Spanish Rods staying at the Estate accommodations for a fortnight reported 41 salmon (mainly grilse) caught during their stay.
The Owenea ran at very low summer levels for the week of the 29th June to the 5th July with the highest reading only being 0.12m. The gauge average for the week was only 0.08 metres. There were no rods fishing in the low water and bright sun and little to report this week I’m afraid.
For the week of the 6th to the 12th July we finally received some decent water conditions. The river was running at very low levels on Monday and Tuesday but Wednesday brought a small fresh reading 0.18m. Thursday saw the river dropping again but decent rain towards the weekend meant the river had risen to 0.20m on Friday with a nice flood of 0.26m on Saturday and a big flood of 0.48m on Sunday. The gauge average for this week read a more healthy 0.20 metres. With the better water levels there was some decent fishing and a number of salmon recorded for the week.
On Thursday, Neil Gallagher recorded a 5lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 8. On Friday, Fergal Mallon reported a 10lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 8 and also lost a much larger salmon after an exciting fight! On Saturday, Frankie Byrne logged 2 salmon of 10lb each caught on a fly from beat 5 and Columba Campbell accounted for a grilse of 6lb and two sea trout weighing 1½ & 2½ lb. caught on worm. On Sunday, Jim McLean recorded a 10lb salmon caught on a spinner from beat 8. James Compston reported a 7lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 5. Finn McCrory logged 3 grilse caught on a fly from beat 7 with a 4lb fish retained and the other 2 released and Tommy Irvine accounted for a 6½ lb. grilse caught on a spinner from beat 8.
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Tom Collins of seaanglingcharters.ie in Union Hall West Cork reports that despite difficult conditions offshore for shark fishing on Saturday, 11 July, he still managed a shark for everybody on board.
A nice blue for anglers fishing with Tom Collins
On Sunday he was out again and after getting pleny of big mackerel for bait they were soon amongst the blues. There are plenty of smaller shark passing through at the moment average size 50-60lb. Tom tells us that while they are no monsters they are in great condition and give good sport on light tackle.
Greg with a good pollack
On Friday, 09 July, Greg Latour of Tir na Spideog was out on the high seas for a change. He tells us that the deep sea angling on the Rod’n’Reel,alsoout of Union Hall was average due to the coloured water. They caught some nice big fish and a lot of species, making a good day – but we didn’t take home as many fish as they normally would. Among the catch were bullhoss, conger, cod and pollock.
A good shark on the Boy Scott
Meanwhile on the second boat in the Irish Deep Sea Charter fleet, Boy Scott, skipper Adrian Nowotynski reports that they had fantastic sharking – “We only had the first 2 lines in the water when the first one took off, we lost that one then the other one ran. We lost the first few but were getting run after run. In the end we settled on one rod and gave up on the balloons and were simply throwing the bait to the waiting sharks. Its seems we could have had any amount of them today. 2 blueshark were caught and a few lost.”
On the following Sunday, 12 July they had a good day on the Cod and Pollock in deeper water with the majority of the fish landed being nice size fish. There were a few Ling about as well.
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Pictured here is Richard Gormley with his Undulate Ray
Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club fish a competition at The Spa on Sunday 12th July. They report that the competition got off to a good start with a good number of fish caught in the first few casts. Unfortunately this early catch rate didn’t continue and by the end everyone was fairly frustrated. There was a few different species around, Dogfish, flounder, eel, gurnard, and one undulate ray.
Pictured here is Richard Gormley with his Undulate Ray
The winners were as follows
Seniors
1st – Phil Ord 278 points
2nd – Richard Gormley 172 points
3rd- Aiden O halloran 151 points
Juniors
1 st- Finn Healy- 64 points
2nd- Paddy Mc Mahon 24 points
Tralee Bay SAC is a thriving community of enthusiastic anglers – young and old, experienced and newcomers – with new members joining all of the time. We have a busy schedule of shore and boat competitions and lots of social events planned throughout the year. Tralee Bay is a family friendly, welcoming club with a reputation for promoting angling and encouraging newcomers to the sport.
Joining could not be easier – simply get in touch with us via our Contact us page leave your address and we will send you out an application form. Please also let us have your email address – especially if you have any queries for us. We are especially eager to hear from junior anglers who want to take advantage of club membership. For more information on joining see here – Joining Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club.
Ghillie Vincent Appleby reports on the salmon and sea trout fishing in the past week on Lough Currane…
Dave Photo taken by Local Angler Mr. Ken Towner
9/7/15 We Start again on the upper Lakes, Enrico Fantasia of Dublin, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com on Lough Derriana caught 1 Junior and a good few Brown Trout, best weighing in at 2 lbs. All the fish were put pack to fight another day. Now we head down stream to Lough Currane and the battle of the day in Salmon Fly department. First in the striking zone was UK angler Mr. Dave Eccelstone. Fishing with his Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan of www.vincentsfishing.com, Dave caught 2 fine Grilse both in the 5 lbs. class. Fellow UK Angler, Mr. Mark Knowles wasn’t going to be out classed and that he wasn’t. He caught a fine Grilse in the 5 lbs. Class and finished his day off with four Trout up to 3 lbs. All while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com. Now to the total Sea Trout department. Mr. Ronan Brodrick, fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 4 Sea Trout from junior class up to 4 lbs, again all returned to fight the battle of going up to their spawning grounds. Wind SE light and overcast with misty rain.
Joe Simpson and his C&R Sea Trout
10/7/15 UK angler Mr. Mark Knowles, was in excellent form with the fly rod today with 3 Grilse and finished his day off with 3 Trout and his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com wasn’t amused in my reporting in the last few days, reason being, I failed to make it clear that his Client, Mr. Mark Knowles, returned all his Sea Trout that he has caught in the last few days. In my defence all I can say is, give me the facts please. In the total Sea Trout department, Mr. Steve O’Callaghan, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 3 fine Sea Trout on the fly, up to 2 ½ lbs. On the upper lakes, on Lough Cloonaghlin, Mr. Joe Simpson, caught and released a fine 3.5 lbs. Sea Trout. Wind SW and gusty at times with good cloud cover.
11/7/15 It was a wild day on Lough Currane with a strong SW wind blowing, but this didn’t deter renowned International professional Salmon and Sea Trout Guide, Mr. Matthew Solen from Co. Clare and guides his clients from Chile to Argentina and as far a field as Russia. Matthew was fishing with Waterville’s Top Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and with that combination it wasn’t long before Matthew caught himself a fine 6 ½ lbs Grilse on the fly and if it wasn’t for the wild conditions they would have added to their basket but the weather won the day and by 2.30 pm they called it a day.
Martin James with his 6lb sea trout
12/7/15 There was some good action on the Lake today and we start in the morning. Northern Ireland Angler, and no stranger to the Waterville Fishery, Mr. Andrew Wishart, fishing out of Waterville Boats and at [email protected] caught 2 fine Grilse on the troll. Staying in the trolling department, Guests fishing with local Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan of www.vincentsfishing.com caught a fine Grilse. Also in good form in the trolling department, Mr. Tony Derick, caught a 4 lbs, Grilse Trolling and finished their day off with a fine Trout,while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Now to the Salmon C&R Fly department. UK Angler Mr. Mark Knowles, caught two Grilse on the fly and sent me a picture of gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com sitting on his laurels after their catch and release. Now to the Sea Trout department, Mr. Donal Rooney, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught one 1 ½ lbs. Sea Trout on the drift. In the specimen Sea Trout department Martin James of Cork caught a 6lb sea trout on a size 12 Raymond at lunchtime. He lost another. Staying with the specimen Sea Trout, yesterday Mr. Tim O’Mahony of Cork caught 6 ½ lbs. Sea Trout on the drift and finished his day off with a 4 ½ lbs. Sea Trout. Just for the record there were a good few boats out today, whether they caught fish or not they failed miserably to let their fingers do the talking at the end of their day. Wind West light and overcast.
13/7/15 The Fly takes the head lines in today’s manipulation. I start on the South side in Copal. UK Angler Mr. Garry Carr, fishing out of http://www.cliffordbandb.com/ and fishing with his Gillie Mr. Vincent Appleby of www.salmonandseatrout.com caught his first Sea Trout on Lough Currane and may it be the first of many. Now we head over to the North Side, UK angler Mr. Kevin Wilcock, fishing with his gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught and released a fine Sea Trout in the 4lbs. Class. Now for a mixture of Salmon and Sea Trout with a touch of C&R, Mr. Mike Gallagan caught a Fine Grilse and finished his Day off with five Trout and his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com told me that all the Trout were released. Mr. Michael Wright, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com, while trolling, caught a fine Grilse and they finished their day off with a fine Sea trout. Staying in the trolling department, French angler, Mr. Pierre Loyer fishing with his gillie MD caught a fine Grilse. Just for the record on the upper Lakes there have been a few Juniors and a few good Brown Trout caught up to 2 ¾ lbs. Mr. Tom Murphy caught a fine Sea Trout on the drift. Tom ties hisown flies – his favourite a Bibio variant so to speak. It’s never off the top dropper. Wind SW fresh and overcast with misty rain at times.
14/7/15 Lough Currane was on the quiet side. To be fair to all fly anglers there was little to no wind this morning and what wind was there was from the NE and was NE all day and light to fresh in the afternoon. At least a couple of boats did see a bit of action. In the hired out boat department of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Mr. Laurence O’Reilley caught a fine 2 lbs. Sea Trout on the drift and last but not least Mr. Mike Gallagan caught a 4 lbs. Sea Trout on the fly, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com. There was some good action on the Butler Pool at www.Watervillegolflinks.ie. In the words of Waterville House, Mr. Patrick Norton, fishing the Butlers Pool at Waterville House, caught a 7 ½ lbs. Salmon on a Black Shrimp Fly and in the evening, Waterville’s Kevin O’ Shea catches the 2nd 7lbs. Salmon of the day at the Butlers Pool at Waterville House. Wind as already stated and overcast with light showers on the edges of the lake but there was no rain on the actual lake itself.
15/7/15 Lough Currane was on the quiet side with just 1 Trout recorded to Mr. Michael Wright, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. To be fair it was calm all day with bright sunshine and in the words of one angler all Lough Currane was fit for was the Killarney races.
That is your ration from the opening days on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts. Vincent Appleby
The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see Waterville lakes and rivers system
