Angler catches two 900lb sixgill sharks off Clare coast

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July 13, 2015

Luke Aston reports from Carrigaholt where the fishing has picked up. Oh, and by the way one of his anglers had 2 Six gill sharks of about 900lb each!

08 July: First day this season with plenty of Mackerel about. Got them at Horse Island and they were solid just north of Loop Head close in.

Shannon Estuary — A tope is released by an angler on the Clare Dragoon

09 July: Very good days Toping today in the estuary. All males up to 38lb. Also had some lovely guests out for a couple of hours this morning

10 July: Out trying for six gill sharks today and one rod hooked a small skate – but something else took an interest in it also!

shark damage — This unfortunate skate was ripped apart by what can only have been a six gill shark

It wasn’t too long until one of the angler onboard hooked into a genuine monster from the deep. David Ball was the lucky man and he managed to bring the sixgill shark safely to the boat. The huge fish was about 3.5m and estimated to weigh 900lb! It is great to see them still around. This is now the 7th year we have got them.

The 100lb skate that was also landed on the day didn’t seem so big after we got a good look at the six gill!

11 July: How many fisherman in Europe have caught a SixGill? How many have caught two? As if catching a fish of a lifetime was not enough for David Ball he went out and did it all again today. Once again he had a six gill of about 900lb . A short video of the catch is available on the Facebook page.

Luke Aston
Clare Dragoon

Go fishing…

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

Lisdoonvarna – Fanore SAC International Angling Week

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July 13, 2015

Lisdoonvarna Fanore SAC

2nd August – 8th August 2015

Dates, Venues, Times…

August 2nd Ballyreen 2pm – 6pm
August 3rd Arkeen 3pm – 8pm Tom Moloney Cup
August 4th Fanore Beach 4pm – 6pm Juvenile Beginners
August 5th Blackhead 4pm – 8pm Keith Scott Shield
August 6th Ballyreen 4pm – 8pm John Cullinan Cup
August 8th Ballyreen 11am – 4pm O’Donohue Cup

Entry

Entry Fees: Adult €80.00, Juv €35.00 for the week.

Anglers who pay entry fee for the full week on the first day get free entry to Team competition.

Burren Cup:

All anglers aged 60 years and over are eligible to enter, and there are no extra entry fees. Greatest number of points will decide the winner.

Presentation of prizes:

O’Donoghue’s Pub in Fanore on Saturday 8th August at 6.30pm.
Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and best juvenile for each day.
Prizes for the top ten anglers, based on overall points for the week, plus heaviest fish, and best team of the week. Prizes for best beginner juveniles will also be presented.
Prizes for best Angler senior and Juvenile in Species Hunt. (See Species Hunt Rules)

54th Annual Competition

August 9th Blackhead 1pm – 5pm

Rules

All competitions are fished under I.F.S.A. rules and all competing anglers must hold a current I.F.S.A. membership card.

Draw for peg numbers will take place one hour prior to start of each competition.

Points are awarded on basis of 5 points per fish and 10 points per kg or fraction of a point pro rata per fraction of a kg.

The officers of the Club kindly ask for your co-operation in our efforts to keep the angling area litter free.
Minimum fish sizes as per I.F.S.A rules will apply. (Except for Species Hunt)

For further details contact: James Linnane Secretary
Phone: 061 364595 or Mobile: 087 2215159 email: [email protected]

Trev Platt wins Inniscarra 2 Day Open with 38.900kg

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July 13, 2015

Results from the open matches on Inniscarra this weekend where Saturday’s dull and miserable weather conditions saw some good bags made up on Day 1. Trev Platt led the field with 23.900kg with Paul McCaul not far behind on 19.550kg well ahead of third placed Kevin Leahy on 13.700kg.

The bags were a bit smaller on Day 2 and the margin even smaller as Conor Browne took first place with 17.350kg closely followed by Paul McCaul on 17.300kg. Trev Platt’s 15kg was enough for third place on the day and gave him overall victory.

OVERALL 2-DAY RESULTS

1st Trev Platt 38.900kg
2nd Paul McCaul 36.550kg
3rd Kevin Leahy 27.350kg

OPEN DAY 1

1st Trev Platt 23.900kg
2nd Paul McCaul 19.250kg
3rd Kevin Leahy 13.700kg
4th Paul Mainsbridge 11.300kg

OPEN DAY 2

1st Conor Browne 17.350kg
2nd Paul Mc Caul 17.300kg
3rd Trev Platt 15.000kg
4th Kevin leahy 13.650kg

Upcoming competitions on Inniscarra Reservoir…

The Coolcower Cup

The Coolcower Cup 3-Day Angling Festival 9-11 Sep 2015
Entry €100
Full payout plus €500 from Coolcower House & O’Riordan’s Bar
To book in contact Trevor Platt +353 87 6018660
For details of accommodation and more visit https://coachfordnews.wordpress.com/fishing-in-coachford/

The Granville Cup

Sponsors of the Granville Cup 3-Day Angling Festival 13-15 Sep
Entry €100
Full payout plus €300 from Granville’s
To book in contact Trevor Platt +353 87 6018660
For details of accommodation and more visit https://coachfordnews.wordpress.com/fishing-in-coachford/

Big weights in finals day of Junior League at Oaklands

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July 13, 2015

big bag of fish — Have you ever caught your own body weight in fish?

Great fishing again this evening in the final leg of the Oaklands Junior League. The standard is getting better every year. The fishing this weekend proved that these juniors, who employed the best best tactics to make the most of the conditions on the day, are as good as any senior anglers .

Results from the competition fished on Saturday are as follows and the final places are below. Some really impressive weights were taken by these young, up and coming competition anglers. Congratulations to all involved!

Section 1

Thomas Quinalin 140lbs
Enda Minogue 115lbs
Niall O’Beirne 63.50lbs

Section 2

John Browne 75 lbs
Conor Rossiter 23lbs

Section 3

Ryan O’Donagh 23lbs

Overall Results

The winners of the Oaklands Junior League

Section 1

Thomas Quinalin 467lbs
Enda Minogue 365lbs
Niall O’Beirne 287lbs

Section 2

John Browne 290lbs
Conor Rossiter 140lbs
Nicky Croarkin 167lbs

Section 3

Ryan O’Donagh 151lbs

oaklands carp — There is a great stamp of fish at Oaklands and big bags are always possible

Fishing tough but 44.730kg needed to win Ballybay Festival

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July 13, 2015

Ballybay Angling Association’s Annual 2 Day Festival is always a well run event which is thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The competition, which this year had a prize fund exceeding €4000, saw 67 anglers fish County Monaghan venues including Drumlona, Bairds Shore, Bream Rock and Lough Egish this weekend. The Dromore system favourites produced mixed bags of roach, perch, tench and some bream. Although fishing was difficult some nice bags of fish were caught over the weekend, with a few tench and bream showing up, as well as some good quality roach.

At the end of Day 1 Nicky Seddon was coming out on top with 27.625kgs. Tony Burke was in placed Second with 25.200kgs and Kevin Johnston was in third place on 22.150kgs.

Day 2 saw more tough fishing but some of the other anglers rallied and Johnny Keith made his intentions clear as he amassed a very creditable total weight of 44.730kg to win the competition.

Congratulations to the winners.

1st Johnny Keith 44.730kgs
2nd Nick Seddon 33.495kgs
3rd Kevin Johnson 30.710kgs
4th Tony Burke 27.075kgs
5th John Fletcher 24.175kg

Total paid out over the two days was €4020 plus funding from Inland Fisheries Ireland, which was given out as €25 vouchers x 8 – vouchers were supplied by Irish Bait and Tackle Limited.
We would like to the Soda Barrel, The Welcome Inn, Irish Bait & Tackle, all who helped out with the weigh ins, the local farmers for use of their land over the 2 days, IFI, and lastly all the anglers who fished, well done to all.

Ballybay Angling Association

Lake payouts:

Section A – day 1
1st Nick Seddon
2nd Tony Burke

Section B – day 1
1st Rory O’Neill
2nd Ken Seddon

Section A – day 2
1st Andrew Lightbown
2nd Lee Symmonds

Section B – day 2
1st Johnny Keith
2nd John Fletcher

Section pay outs over the two days are as follows:

Darren Fairhurst, Val Brady, Finnian Feeney, Rob Rowe, Nick Harrison, Davy Hamilton, Willem Van Den Helm, Kevin Johnson x 2, Andy Jackson, Mark Pollard, Baz Smith x 2, Johnny Keith, Liam O’Brien, Graham Worley, Rory O’Neill, John Pollock, Nick Harrison, Tony Green, Eamon Rogers, Andy Chapman, Neil Mazurek, Jimmy Douglas, Steve Myers, Lol Higgins.

Birthday boy Ollie does well at Blessington

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July 13, 2015

Naas and District Anglers fished a knock up at Blessington on Saturday. After meeting for breakfast at Kenny’s Cafe the draw was held at 9.30. Wind and rain made life tough for anglers on the early pegs but the higher numbers pegs enjoyed shelter from the wind. In the end just 10lb 3oz was needed for the win and third place was secured with a modest 3lb catch as the Blessington fish, as ever, play hard to catch.

Ollie Doyle on his birthday was top rod with 10lb 3oz.
A very popular second place went to junior member Aussie Conway with 7lb.
NADA PRO Paul McLoughlin took 3rd place with only 7 fish for 3lb.

Join the club…

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.

Web: www.naasdistrictanglers.com

Ireland's richest river festival announced – Barrow Bonanza

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July 13, 2015

Naas and District Anglers are delighted to announce Ireland’s richest river festival. In association with Waterways Ireland we bring you the BARROW BONANZA.

22/23 August River Barrow Carlow ( stretches to be announced)

1,000 euro Guaranteed First Prize and added funds from Waterways Ireland (facilitated by the IADA)
Entry is 60euro per angler.
The event is limited to 50 anglers. 2×25 person sections rotating on day 2.
Based on full entry payout will be as follows.
1000 euro first prize (guaranteed irrespective of entry)
750 Second
500 third
300 fourth
200 fifth
5 man sections paid out daily. ( 50 euro per section)
winners decided on overall weight. No dip No draw.
An optional superpool of 30 euro paid out evenly on day 1, day 2 and overall. ( payout entry dependent)
Booking is via PM on the NADA Facebook page
VERY IMPORTANT as spaces are limited if you book in you are committing to the event and not turning up on the day or at short notice will affect anglers on the waiting list and impact on the prize pool. With the added sponsorship we expect this event to sell out so please don’t book unless you can come.

Loads of sea trout on the Owenmore, Kerry and grilse too

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July 13, 2015

Frank Maunsell from the Owenmore Fishery reports that the rain is just right and the fishing is great…

The last few days on the river have been terrific. We have had just the right amount of rain falling every second day which has kept the river in perfect fishing order. We have had south westerly winds which is the best wind on the fishery and we have had loads of fish. Every man on the river has had fish and even though the winds were quite strong which made fishing very difficult on the lakes one of our regulars had 10 trout on the lake yesterday weighing up to 2 1.2 lbs. An 85 yr old man walked across the Bog into Finnertys lake and had a most enjoyable day.

The grilse have arrived. We saw a fair share of them entering the river and one of our regulars had two on Friday 5 lbs and 7 lbs. The weather is looking good (rain) for the foreseeable future.

Frank Maunsell
Owenmore Fishery

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There are approximately five miles of fly fishing along the main part of the Owenmore River in Kerry, with 33 named pools and an additional 180 acres of lake fishing in this Kerry beauty spot. The salmon, grilse and sea trout begin to run in April. The runs continue through spring and summer into early October.

Telephone: 066 7139408 Mobile: 087 9476309

Email: [email protected]
Web: www.owenmorefishery.ie

The Galway Fishery, The Galway Advertiser

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July 10, 2015

The first documented reference to the Galway Fishery is found in the Pipe Rolls, a collection of financial records maintained by the British Treasury. The Rolls of 1283 AD refer to the fishery at the time being part of the property of Walter De Burgo. The fishery passed through several ownerships until 1521 when Henry VIII granted a licence to Janet and Anthony Lynch to have three nets upon the river of Galway between the bridge and the sea and to build one water mill upon the river wherever they thought proper…
The Galway Advertiser, 09/07/15. Read the full article ‘The Galway Fishery‘.

Fly-fishing and golf in County Mayo: You’re in for good craic, Washington Post

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July 10, 2015

Some years back, a fishing guide acquaintance of mine led pro golfers Tiger Woods and Mark O’Meara out on Oregon’s Deschutes River for a day of fly-fishing for steelhead. As my friend recounted this special day, it struck me that many golfers I know fly-fish — and vice versa. Perhaps it’s the outdoor setting, pitting man against obstacles (be they finicky trout or gaping bunkers). Perhaps it’s the similitude of the swinging/casting motion, and the fact that the ball and the fly go farther when you move smoothly…
Washington Post, 09/07/15. Read the full article ‘Fly-fishing and golf in County Mayo: You’re in for good craic‘.

Go fishing…

Dates, Venues, Times…

Entry

Burren Cup:

Presentation of prizes:

54th Annual Competition

Rules

OVERALL 2-DAY RESULTS

OPEN DAY 1

OPEN DAY 2

Upcoming competitions on Inniscarra Reservoir…

The Coolcower Cup

The Granville Cup

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Overall Results

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Lake payouts:

Section pay outs over the two days are as follows:

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