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Hedges & Trees provide only comfort for Leinster coarse anglers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation fished the 8th leg of their Leinster Open at the Millennium Bridge section of the canal at Daingan last weekend. Unfortunately, a bitter north wind made fishing extremely tough, and the only consolation was that the wind was at their backs, with a hedgeline providing some level of shelter from the biting gusts.

All in all, it wasn’t a day to remember, with a few small roach featuring and an odd small tench popping up. Ah well, there’s always next time…

Results as follows:

Section A.
1st…….A.Donnelly…….1.54.
2nd……D.McGuirk……..1.28.
Section B.
1st…….S. Ward…………….0.64.
2nd……K. Woodhouse….0.62.
Overall
1st……..A. Donnelly. …….1.54.
2nd…….D. McGuirk……….1.28.
3rd……..A. Devlin…………..0.78.

Ireland on the Fly – Empowering communities to be custodians of their local rivers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Education about and local engagement with rivers and water catchments are vital for empowering communities, kids and parents to be custodians of their local environments and one group that has been doing fantastic work in this area since the 1990s has been Streamscapes.

It came about after Paul Kearney and Mark Boyden set up the Coomhola Salmon Trust in West Cork in 1989 and evolved then into Streamscapes, working with local communities and schools in the area of aquatic and biodiversity education.

Mark joins Tom & Daire on this week’s episode to tell them more about the work that they do, the importance of empowering local communities and how it can help with the next generation in realising the importance of their environment and river catchments near them.

For more information visit Streamscapes.ie

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Keep up to date with all the latest Ireland on the Fly on https://www.IrelandontheFly.com and get regular updates on https://Instagram.com/IrelandontheFly.

Martin Edwards wins second match of IASCaire Spring League

By
Myles Kelly
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IASCaire Feeder Club reports on the second match of their Spring League fished at Lough Gowna…

Spring League – Match 2 Recap!

The second match of the Spring League took place on Lough Gowna, Tesas Shore, and let’s just say… the weather wasn’t exactly on our side! Strong winds and gusts made fishing tougher than expected, with only a handful of fish being caught. But despite the challenging conditions, a few of the lads still managed to land some decent fish and climb the leaderboard!

It was a close battle right to the very end, but here are your TOP 3 ANGLERS:

  • 1st Place: Martin Edwards – 2.930kg
  • 2nd Place: Pavel Tkachenko – 2.830kg
  • 3rd Place: Marcin Stolarz – 2.740kg

Big shoutout to Enaghan Self Catering for allowing us to use their fantastic premises! It’s a top-class spot, and if you’re looking for a great fishing getaway, we highly recommend booking in – the place can produce some serious weights in the summer!

Well done to everyone who took part! On to the next one!

Join the club…

iascaire logoFor information on club membership, upcoming event, competitions and more check out the Iascaire Facebook page or email [email protected]

Richie gets in tune for mullet on the fly

By
Myles Kelly
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Bass angling guide Richie Ryan of Eirebass reports on his early fly fishing for mullet trips…

mullet

24 March: Lost my mojo and out of practice, only one beached this morning. Lost another 5. I’d forgotten how exhilarating and exciting mullet on the fly can be , especially in the surf. Very late start for me this year.

26 March: Bigger fish this time. 4 Mullet from four takes, I was much more in tune , great craic.

Go fishing…

Eire Bass

Address Cobh Cork Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 1940744 Website: corkbass.com
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The Inshore Anglers tips on keeping Peeler crab and Lug Worm fresh

By
Myles Kelly
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Chris O’Sullivan, The Inshore Angler, has a short video on bait collection and storage methods that he uses to prolong the life of fresh bait for upcoming matches. He uses these techniques for lug worm and peeler crab as well as maddies, rag worm, whites and shellfish.

Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre gets their season off to a good start

By
Myles Kelly
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Courtmacsherry Skate being prepared for release after tagging
Skate
Skate being prepared for release

Mark Gannon reports on the charterboat fishing Courtmacsherry…

With the weather improving we put a charter together with anglers interested in gilling for pollack, cod and coalfish and then anchoring up to try for Common Skate.

We had some good sized pollack with JJ Kelly landing the biggest, and his brother Paw had plenty of medium sized coalies on feathers and lures.

At anchor we caught a few dogfish and within the hour Craig Kelly landed a Common Skate, total length 193 cm approximately weighing 160 lbs, an Irish Specimen the first one of 2025 tagged and released.

We fished till 5pm but only had several more dogfish. Great to get the season off to a positive start.

Go fishing…

Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre

Address Woodpoint Guest House Courtmacsherry Cork Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 8250905 Website: courtmacsherryangling.ie
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Young anglers start fishing with Kanturk and District Trout Anglers

By
Myles Kelly
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Alan Sheill reports on the Kanturk and District Trout Anglers youth event, fished on Sunday…

Today, we hosted an incredible Youth Fly Fishing Training Day, where eight young anglers had the chance to learn the art of casting and practice their skills on the river. Experienced instructors guided participants through hands-on practice, helping them develop essential techniques and an appreciation for the sport.

The event was filled with excitement, learning, and a shared love for the outdoors.

A big thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the day a success—we can’t wait to see these young anglers back on the water!

Go fishing…

The Kanturk and District Trout Anglers is a vibrant angling club based in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland. The club is dedicated to maintaining and preserving the local rivers, including the Dalua and Allow, which are tributaries of the Munster Blackwater

For information on membership and day tickets check out the Kanturk and District Trout Anglers Facebook page.

Johnny McKinley wins Erne Anglers Winter League

By
Myles Kelly
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Erne Anglers report on the 10th and last match in their Winter League…

Thirty-nine anglers turned out for the tenth and final round of the Erne Anglers Winter League in very cold conditions on a very low River Erne. The match was hard throughout with the deeper sections fishing best.

Winner of match 10 was Simon Huthwaite peg 6 at Innishmore winning the £208 first prize with 8.875Kgs.
Runner Up was John Potters on peg 5 at Ring with 8.600Kgs, Perry Fairclough was third on peg 9 at Innishmoe 6.775Kgs.
Other Section winners were Colin Martin on Bellanaleck, Mick Schopen and Gary Drew on Cleenish Bridge, Dave Slater and Jim McAllister at Schools and Wayne Fuller on Derrychara.

The final League placings were extremely close with the top four anglers all tying on 44 Points. Johnny McKinley came out on top on total weight with 65.975Kgs winning the top prize in the league payout of £380. Runner up with a weight of 61.150Kgs was Simon Huthwaite winning £300, with Ewan Weed (54.850) third £230 and Colin Martin also on 44 points 28.975Kgs £150.

The total payout in the League was almost £10,000 with a average turnout of 44 anglers and an average weight of almost 3.500Kgs per angler per match. This has been one of the Clubs most successful leagues to date.

The Top eighteen anglers in the Final League table will now fish the final on the 6th April with £1,000 sponsorship added to the final prize pot.

The Erne Angler AC would like to thank all its members for there support of the league and we hope to see you all again next year.

Join the Club…

If you want to find out more about joining the club or getting involved in their competitions contact Erne Anglers Angling Club  here ncffi.ie/about-us/ncffi-affiliated-clubs/ or follow their Facebook Page: facebook.com/ErneAnglers/

Erne Anglers Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie

Spring brings more species to Donegal Bay anglers

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IFI Staff
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The Killybegs Mariners club have some great fishing to report for their members…

Some great fish starting to show for the Mariners crew out and about on the beaches and piers locally with the first thornback rays for Chris, a few good bass and trout for Proinnsias, a nice selection of flounders for Cormac and some decent trout for Brendan also. Nice to see as the thermostat starts to rise with the coming of Spring.

Early season thornback ray

Well done to the lads for getting out, and showing what Donegal Bay can produce!

Note: All bass were returned alive. Bass are catch-and-release only for the months of February and March.

Go Fishing

The Killybegs Mariners are a very active club with regular outings and friendly competitions. New members are welcome. To check out the club, or their catch reports, see their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mariners.sac 

 

Good start to charter season in west Clare

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IFI Staff
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Skipper Sean Maguire has his boat, the Isle of Aran, back in the water and fishing again for the new season.

A first trip out at the weekend saw perfect weather conditions, although an easterly wind and ebb tide didn’t help the fishing. The German couple aboard still had some very nice early season mackerel, although the pollack fishing was slow.

Another fine day early this week saw a father and son from Wisconsin USA aboard, and another fantastic day on the Atlantic. Light northwesterly breeze and flood tide, fishing was much better. Lots of good size wrasse, pollock, pouting and coalfish, although no sign of mackerel today.

Go Fishing

Isle of Aran

Fishing Adventures on Séan Maguire’s Isle of Aran, a Lochin 33   charterboat which operates 15 miles from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, and Kilrush.

Whether you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean for a large selection of species, including different types of shark, or fish the estuary for ray conger tope etc, Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire.
Telephone: +353 (0) 877508758 or +353 (0) 894431182
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishingadventures.ie

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