Lough Corrib are holding the Last cast weekend on Sat 27th and Sunday 28th of September. – Fitzgerald cup
Fishing from Greenfields Sat 27th 11am till 6pm
1st prize of €500 and Fitzgerald Cup, 2nd €200, 3rd €150, 4th €100,
Entry €45 incl Meal in Anglers rest.
Sunday 28th last cast competition,
Fishing 11am-5pm
Entry €25, €20 if fishing both days
Fly-fishing 34cm limit, Life jackets Mandatory
Craig Murphy from Dublin Angling Centre heads south to Kerry and show us the Dubs mean action. He reports:
Last week was spent in the beautiful county of Kerry . Valentia island was my base for the week . Weather was excellent and I managed to get a few short session in resulting in a new personal best Huss and a first for me a specimen triggerfish of 3.6lbs . Taking on a strip of mackerel , float fished on a spinning rod and 6lbs line. Definitely a trip to remember !
Craig Murphy,
Dublin Angling Centre
Unit 2 Walkinstown Mall, 78 Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12
Tel: +353 (0)1 4569370
Email: dublinangling@gmail.com
Roach, skimmers, hybrids and perch, pegs occupied with anglers from as far afield as South East Asia, judges busy and fish jumping. Loughs Erne, Garadice, Brackley and Burneky are a hive of activity. What a great show case for angling in Cavan and Fermanagh. The World Pairs draws people from all over and its peg against peg for the prestigious prizes. The glorious sunshine and flat calm conditions make fishing difficult; nonetheless these experienced anglers have their tactics. At the time of writing Adam Wakelin and Rob Wootton (UK) are in the lead for both the Pairs title and the Daiwa Cup. Worm and red maggot hookbait are doing their bit to draw the fish. We wish all participants the best of luck.
The sunshine did little for the salmon fishing this week too with Delphi and the Drowes finding it hard as the water levels are low. The Moy suffered as well but Mount Falcon recorded 9 salmon (5 released) over just two days fishing using spinner & worm. Drumcliff River, Drumcar and Garavogue all reported a few salmon being caught. A small rise last week saw some fresh fish enter the system on the Laune. These didn’t give up easy and were difficult to catch. Noel Hickey did manage a 7lb fresh sea liced fish at Johnston’s while young Sinead Downes got her first fish on worm in four years.
The Munster Blackwater has been particularly quiet recently but Rob Green from the UK caught and released a super 10lb salmon on Kent’s beat at the lower river. This fish is our ‘Catch of the Week’ winner. Rob also caught two further fish on the same day which he released. With high tides forecasted for today and tomorrow hopefully more fish will move up into the main river.
The women out fished the men in Kerry. With both Jennifer Lane and Eva Lane catching nice fish on the Currane. Overall the sea trout department did better than the noble salmon department. Again anglers found the bright sunshine a hindrance and wished for a little bit of cloud cover.
An autumnal feel at Cashel Trout Fishery in Dungiven was very welcome. Daniel Reilly bagged three rainbow trout weighing 8lb 9ozs which took a bloodworm. Last Sunday saw the Lough Owel fly fishing competition. Mick McCormack was the overall winner and it was a rainbow of 1.975kg (4.35 lbs) that stole the show. Lough Melvin saw little action and very few anglers out and life progressed at a snail’s pace on Lough Conn. However US anglers Jack Kerry & Brian Suggeon got three trout on wet flies on North Conn (best at 3lbs) and three anglers from Kildare, had a total of eleven trout around Glass Island, best at 2 lbs.
A young gentleman with his mind set on perch paid Blessington in Co. Wicklow a visit with his Dad. Andy Teticu fished with an 8m long pole “to hand” using maggots/worm as hookbaits with dark Sensas groundbait laced with chopped worms and dead maggots. This little master angler managed to catch a few nice perch; one brown trout and a few big roach over 1 lb. Good man Andy, that’s one way to work up an appetite!
The annual Arva Fishing Festival 2014 took place last week and Neil Parkinson walked away as winner with a weight of 91.720kg. Good bags of Roach, Hybrids and Skimmer Bream were had. Anglers at Melview had success too when they prebaited a few venues. Manager Kevin Lyons reported good catches of Roach and Hybrids with the Bream and Tench eventually showing up.
A flat calm Lough Ennel saw little stirring but a variety of colourful lures tempted some good pike for those willing to put in the effort. Belgium angler Ivo Flipkens stayed at Melview Lodge where the week went very well. The party caught around 80 pike up to 1.2 along with a number of smaller males.
Sea angling certainly fared better this week with the weather conditions not affecting them as much. Cork Harbour had anglers from Switzerland, Holland, Germany and the UK. All were very pleased with their catch. Some cracking sharks were boated along with Thornback Ray, Bass, Flounder, Ling, Spotted Ray, Pollock, Cod and Conger. Wicklow too had a great variety of fish caught. While over in West Clare Bill Ryan enjoyed catching some fine specimen wrasse and a serious looking trigger fish.
Tralee Bay SAC reported that the fishing was rather poor at the Cappaclough Competition but the conversations were mighty and the craic alone would bring anglers back for more. Father and son David and Chris O’Sullivan pulled in a total of 20 fish between them taking the senior and junior title.
Inland Fisheries Ireland has prohibited angling at the ‘hotwater’ stretch in Lanesborough, Co. Longford. This emergency response it due to the confirmation of the presence of Asian Clam, Corbilcula fluminea, downstream of the ESB powerplant at the top of Lough Ree. Anglers must be aware of the dangers posed to other waters. Asian clam can spread on fishing equipment such as keep nets, landing nets, boats, rods and clothing. The fishery will reopen at the earliest opportunity once bio-security measures for anglers can be introduced. These measures will include disinfection facilities for all angling equipment.
The weather for the next few days is perhaps a little drizzle on southern and southwestern coasts, Friday night will continue dry with clear spells and light, easterly breezes; however, fog patches are likely to form inland. Fog will duly disperse on Saturday morning and any drizzle in the south and southwest will clear, leaving it dry for the day with sunny spells in most areas. Winds will be light to moderate, easterly and it will be warm generally.
On Sunday and Monday, generally dry conditions will persist countrywide. However, both days may be cloudier overall, with moderate easterly winds prevailing. As a result, temperatures will return to normal values for mid-September and exposed eastern coasts will be noticeably cooler.
Through to the middle of next week, easterly breezes will prevail and temperatures will be around normal, although western areas will be consistently rather mild. Sunshine will be less reliable on these days but mainly dry conditions will persist, apart from perhaps some light showers in places.
Safe fishing and tight lines especially here in Ireland.
Nancy Hearne
Catch, Photo, Release
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Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Lough Arrow – w/e 7th September 2014.
Lough Arrow Fish Preservation Association & District Anglers held a competition on Sunday 7th September. The event was fished on a heaviest fish basis.
Results were as follows:
1st Francis White – 4.302 lbs.
2nd Peter Roche – 1.99 lbs.
3rd Francis McSharry – 1.296 lbs.
4th Karl Murrin 1.172 lbs.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Lough Conn – w/e 7th September 2014.
Angling on Lough Conn was rather slow during the week. The calm weather and very low water levels impacted heavily on angling. However, a few anglers still ventured out and caught some fish.
Fishing out of Pontoon Bridge Hotel (relax@pontoonbridge.ie), John Barrett, John Begley & Michael Benson, all Kildare, had a total of eleven trout around Glass Island, best at 2 lbs. All fish came to dry flies. Arklow anglers, Jonathan Cafferty and Paul Butler caught four trout each on wets, while Sue & Denis Cooney from Chicago boated four trout trolling a Mepps spinner.
Cloonamoyne Fishery Crossmolina (ian@cloonamoynefishery.com) reported a 2.75 lbs. trout for Michael Creelman from Donegal. Michael got his fish around Roe Island on a Green Peter. Jason Conway & Heather Morley, UK, had 3 trout, best at 1.5 lbs. on wets, while Tom McDonald and his son Andrew, Co. Louth, had four trout (best at 2 lbs.), trolling a 12 gramme Toby.
Successful anglers on North Conn included US visitors, Jack Kerry & Brian Suggeon, with three trout on wet flies, Frank Sweeney, Galway, with 3 trout (best at 3 lbs.) on Dabblers and James Noone & Ray Lynn from Ennis who caught four trout. Elsewhere, Martin and Brian Clarke, Northern Ireland, had two trout each, best at 1.5 lbs. on Wulffs.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports – w/e 7th September 2014.
Sligo anglers, Tony Gorman and Kevin Flynn, where successful on the Drumcliff River where they landed two salmon each, while John Davis from Grange Co. Sligo caught two salmon and a sea trout on Glencar Lake on fly.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from the Garavogue River – w/e 7th September 2014.
Despite the low water levels, the Garavogue River produced a few salmon over the past weeks. Amongst the successful anglers were Basil Harte, Sligo, with a four-pounder and Kieran McLoughlin, also Sligo, with a 6 lbs. salmon. Both fish were caught on worm. Local angler, Lee Gethins also landed a 4 lbs. fish on worm, while M. O’Hare caught a small grilse on spinner.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from the Moy – w/e 7th September 2014.
Due to the extremely low water levels salmon fishing on the River Moy was very slow during the week. Angling effort was low and only very few anglers ventured out trying their luck. However, some were rewarded with unexpected results.
On the Mount Falcon Fishery, Steven Taylor Winter & friend, UK, caught a total of 9 salmon (5 released) over just two days fishing using spinner & worm. Also on Mt. Falcon, fly angler Michael English caught and released two salmon. The Coolcronan Fishery reported a 6 lbs. fish for Richard Semple, Northern Ireland, on prawn, while Michael McIvor, also Northern Ireland, had 5 salmon (best 8 lbs.) on worm & prawn on the Foxford Fishery.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Angling Guide and guesthouse owner Kevin Lyons reports from Melview Lodge on the Coarse fishing:
Gordon Bradley, Terry Thompson and Kevin Nichols who are regular anglers to Ireland and Melview Lodge decided to bring friends Russ Canner, Don Crowman, Pat Nolan, Don Cromam, and Bernie Jones who have not been for a few years. Fishing and prebaiting a few venues between them they caught plenty of Roach and Hybrids, the Bream and Tench did show in the end to reward them for their efforts.
Some of the guys decided that due to weather conditions it would not have been a good idea to use keepnets for any great length of time for the welfare of the fish, Kevin said the guys still managed to take some good pictures of some very nice fish. Well done lads and hope to see you next year.
Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road,Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: info@melviewlodge.com Web: www.melviewlodge.com
Inland Fisheries Ireland has prohibited angling at the ‘hotwater’ stretch in Lanesborough, Co. Longford. This emergency response it due to the confirmation of the presence of Asian Clam, Corbilcula fluminea, downstream of the ESB powerplant at the top of Lough Ree.Inland Fisheries Ireland has deployed a rapid response team to erect signs in the location prohibiting angling on this fishery until further notice.
Anglers must be aware of the dangers posed to other waters. Asian clam can spread on fishing equipment such as keep nets, landing nets, boats, rods and clothing. A decision has been made to close this section of the fishery as a temporary measure to avoid the accidental spread of Asian Clam to other waters. The fishery will reopen at the earliest opportunity once bio-security measures for anglers can be introduced. These measures will include disinfection facilities for all angling equipment.
Inland Fisheries Ireland officers received a report this morning, Thursday 11th September 2014, and responded immediately to the popular fishing area. Dr. Joe Caffrey, a Senior Research Officer with Inland Fisheries Ireland, attended the location also and confirmed the presence of the invasive species this afternoon. An initial assessment further downstream did not show signs of a presence of the invasive. A full assessment will be carried out and a meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday 15th September between the relevant agencies to agree the next steps, to ensure that there no further spread towards Lough Ree occurs.
Like the Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), Asian Clam has the ability to become highly invasive in a short period of time and at high densities it can alter the food web and compete with native mussel species. Asian clam are known to aggressively out compete native invertebrate communities, limit phytoplankton biomass, biofoul water intakes, alter benthic habitats, add biologically available nitrogen and phosphorus to systems, and impact aesthetic and recreational values of public beaches, lake front properties and swimming areas. Their high rates of filtration, metabolism, reproduction, tolerance to wide ranges of habitats, and juvenile dispersal allows Asian clam to aggressively expand ranges and to rapidly re‐invade areas; limiting management, reducing restoration efforts and impacting native benthic communities. Asian clam are capable of both filter feeding (feeding from the water) and pedal feeding (feeding directly from the sediment).
A fish stock survey carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland on Lough Ree in March 2014 also included grab sampling for the Asian Clam invasive in 200 sites over the entire lake. No Asian Clam was found at that time.
Amanda Mooney, Director for the Shannon River Basin District of Inland Fisheries Ireland, stated “It is a tremendous shock to discover that this aggressive alien invasive species is present and established in this popular fishery. Inland Fisheries Ireland is responding to this serious development and anglers and other water users are encouraged to report any siting of this or other invasive species to our 24 Hour confidential hotline : 0818 34 74 24 or use the IFI Invasive Species App’.
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Notes to Editor
Inland Fisheries Ireland is a statutory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and was established under the Fisheries Act on 1st July 2010. Its principal function is the protection and conservation of the inland fisheries resource. IFI will promote, support, facilitate and advise the Minister on, the conservation, protection, management, development and improvement of inland fisheries, including sea angling and develop and advise the Minister on policy and national strategies relating to inland fisheries and sea angling
